Project Engineer

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The Lake Macdonald Dam is located in the Noosa hinterland and is part of the South East Queensland drinking water supply operated by Seqwater.

John Holland has been awarded the Contract to undertake the largest upgrade to the dam since its installation in 1965 as part of the Seqwater Dam Improvement Project. The upgrade will include but not be limited to:

• Pre-construction Approvals, Procurement and Site Establishment
• Lake Lowering and Aquatic Salvage
• Installation of Upstream Coffer Dam
• Cofferdam, Spillway Demolition and Working Platform
• Dam Construction
• Reinstatement, Rehabilitation and Demobilisation

As construction of LMDIP (Lake Macdonald Dam Improvement Project) gets under way, John Holland is actively recruiting for a talented Project Engineer to join our team and play a key role in the successful delivery of this iconic Noosa hinterland project.

• Coordinate the activities of an engineering team, program workloads and provide technical and administrative guidance to the engineering staff to ensure aims and objectives are effectively and economically achieved.
• Play a key role in the accurate forecasting of costs and revenue.
• Assign work and assist with reviews for accuracy and adherence to required standards of supplier/subcontractor quotations and purchase orders.
• Participate in planning future requirements including machine tools, ancillary equipment, major plant and labour.
• Review design and construction plans, schedules, and method statements to ensure constructability.
• Monitor project progress against the programme and budget.
• Effectively assign task. to project team members to deliver the requirement outputs to agreed specifications.
• Prepare accurate project reports.

• A Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering
• 3-4 years experience in large scale Infrastructure projects.
• Leadership ability to provide mentorship to direct reports.
• Demonstrated commercial experience to include planning and reporting on progress, cost and risk.
• Knowledge of civil construction standards, codes and regulations
• Demonstrated personal commitment to health and safety
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

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 different perspectives and ideas will deliver 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'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 industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

• Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice packaging options available
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with superannuation and up to an extra 18 weeks of superannuation paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two additional John Holland Days to prioritise health and 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
• Inclusion and diversity is part of how we work and do what we do at John Holland. Our active commitment to being an employer of choice is evident in the delivery of our Gender Equality Strategic Plan supported by our Pride, Celebrate Women, RAP and Grow networks
• Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether its flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.