Title:  Program Coordinator

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. 

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

Are you ready to help shape the future of engineering at John Holland?  
We’re seeking a proactive and highly organised Program Coordinator to join our Chief Engineer’s Office. In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to coordinate and support critical engineering programs, build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and ensure the seamless delivery of key initiatives across our national engineering and design cohort.

What you’ll do:

-Manage multiple programs, projects, and initiatives on behalf of the Chief Engineer’s Office, ensuring delivery within time and budget.
-Coordinate logistics, reporting, and administration for the SLT, including SharePoint repositories and communities of practice platforms.
-Build and maintain strong relationships with technical partners, consultants, contractors, and industry bodies.
-Prepare correspondence, presentations, marketing materials, and reports for business and client purposes.
-Draft communications across various channels (posts, articles, emails).
-Analyse, prioritise, and respond to communications on behalf of the SLT, escalating or delegating as appropriate.
-Support project and tender activities, document control, dashboard reporting, and onboarding of new staff.
-Assist with the coordination of conferences, presentations, and events.
-Conduct data analysis to develop evidence-based insights for key initiatives.
-Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, and systems.

About you:

-Tertiary qualified, ideally with a diploma or higher in engineering, construction, or science.
-3–5 years’ experience in a team or program coordinator role, preferably within engineering or construction.
-Demonstrated business development experience and capability to conduct research into key topic areas.
-Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and process improvement skills.
-Excellent relationship-building skills across multiple divisions and stakeholder levels.
-Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and familiar with corporate governance and enterprise processes.
-Discretion and intuition in handling sensitive matters.

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.