Title:  Sustainability Advisor

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.

The Project:

Sydney Metro West is a transformational 24 km underground railway connecting Sydney CBD to Parramatta, with stations at Westmead, Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, North Strathfield, Burwood North, Five Dock, The Bays, Pyrmont and Hunter Street.

The Linewide package connects the entire system, delivering the critical rail infrastructure and technology that bring the metro network to life.

Project offices are located across several Sydney locations including the CBD, Clyde, Rosehill, The Bays and Burwood North.

The Role:

To drive sustainable outcomes and ensure the project creates value for the Sydney Metro West Linewide Project, our client and communities

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate compliance with contractual requirement as they relate to Sustainability
• Coordinate with interface contractors to align Sustainability requirements to achieve contract and rating tool compliance.     
• Coordinate and provide day to day specialist sustainability support to internal stakeholders including the design and construction teams.
• Implement project data collection, auditing and review processes
• Promote an understanding of risks and opportunities related to sustainability for the project, ensuring well balanced long-term decision making is consistently applied
• Hold sustainability workshops with external and internal stakeholders
• Monitor sustainability consultants and the collection of sustainability information
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of all sustainability requirements, ensuring management and staff are kept informed of any relevant changes to project requirements.
• Provide training to staff on sustainability matters such as assessment tool obligations and other requirements.
• Implementation of the Sustainability Management Plan.
• Mentor and support the development of project sustainability professionals within the team
• Perform all duties in accordance with the SMWLW policies, processes, systems and procedures

What We Are Looking For:

• Must have experience in ISC and using version 2.1
• Preferrable to have infrastructure project experience
• Preferable to have experience delivering a Green Star rating
• Attention to detail and very organised
• Minimum 5 years experience in Sustainability; tertiary qualification in Science, Engineering, Environment or Sustainability or equivalent.

As Part Of The Team, You Can Help Transform Lives:

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.

We Offer:

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.

• 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.
• Flexible working that works for you as we know 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.