Senior Project Engineer - Parental Leave Cover

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.

John Holland is GoldlinQ's nominated design and construction contractor for GCLR3, to extend the existing light rail network by 6.7kms from Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads, including eight new light rail stations, two new light rail-bus connections, and intersection upgrades along the alignment.

The John Holland Gold Coast Light Rail is currently sourcing a Senior Project Engineer to join the Roads team for a Parental Leave Cover until February 2025, based on site in Broadbeach. Reporting into the Area Manager, you’ll be accountable for coordinating on-site construction engineering activities to achieve project time and budget objectives.

Your key responsibilities include;

• Management of the civil construction scope of works for projects and ensuring delivery on time, within budget and to high quality standards
• Provide technical guidance to project team to ensure compliance with construction specifications and standards
• Leading and coordination of subcontractors, suppliers and other stakeholders to ensure alignment in construction planning and objectives
• Maintaining project documentation related to scope of works, including quality documentation, progress reports, risk assessments and plans
• Reporting to management on the progress and status of projects

• A recognised degree in Engineering, or other relevant discipline.
• Minimum experience of 5 years in large multi-facet projects
• Leadership ability to provide mentorship to direct reports.
• Demonstrated commercial experience to include planning and reporting on progress, cost and risk.
• Demonstrated personal commitment to health and safety.

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’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.

• 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 its flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.