Title:  Principal Structural Engineer

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day. That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way. Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good. 

We have a unique opportunity for a Principal Structural Engineer to join our Chief Engineers Office. The role can be based in any of our offices around Australia. 

This role will see you responsible for taking a leading role in the development of design solutions to facilitate the construction of permanent structure, including the management and coordination of external consultants.  You will support the design delivery process by managing the validation and development of structural concepts through pre-contracts phase to completion.

We are after an industry leading technical structural engineer with a deep understanding of different types of structures who can challenge and refine designs.

We need you to be a subject matter expert and use your technical skills to ensure industry best practice and design are at the forefront of everything you do. 

About the Role:
-Conduct tender reviews and project reviews to ensure structural designs are efficient, safe and constructable 
-Provide alternative solutions and advice to mitigate risks to construction programme and quantities
-Ensure specialist design technical inputs that support the needs of the business, add value and achieve outcomes
-Provide solutions to complex challenges using software and detailed knowledge of structural design 
-When necessary, perform site inspections and work with construction teams on the design, installation, construction, and commissioning of Structural work
-Provide technical advice and solutions to group clients and assist in client negotiations
-Attend to the technical aspects of requests for quotations and technical literature
-Awareness and full understanding of national and state safety regulatory frameworks, systems and key risks
-Contribute to winning bid strategies and bid structures, in particular identifying and implementing opportunities to employ high level concept and as required, innovative engineering solutions to optimise bids 
-Contribute to communication and relationships with key stakeholders on the construction and operations components at each phase of project cycle.
-Perform duties in accordance with John Holland processes, systems and procedures

About You:

-This position will require you to hold a Civil or Structural Engineering Degree and be a Chartered Engineer with Engineer’s Australia. 

-You will have extensive structural design experience with proficiency in structural analytical and design software such as RAPT, Etabs, Space Gass which will allow you to challenge structural designers.

-Your ability to build and nurture relationships, utilising your excellent stakeholder management skills, will see you succeed in the role.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What’s in it for you?

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

-Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

-Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

-Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

-Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.