Signalling & Communications Manager NSW/ACT

About John HollandAt John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We've always known at its heart infrastructure is about people - our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.
That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.
Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.
As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to 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 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 are currently looking for a Signalling and Communications Manager to lead our NSW/ACT/QLD Signalling and Communications team based out of Seven Hills, Sydney, reporting to the Operations Manager - Rail Services NSW/ACT/QLD.
Applicants must have strong people skills and be able to inspire and lead a team.Responsibilities of the role include:

• Ensure adequate resource balance and capability to support the delivery of larger John Holland projects as well as delivering for Rail Services NSW/ACT/QLD projects both for now and the future
• Lead new business development, continuous improvement and contribute to broader business activities
• Provide and take leadership responsibility in health, safety and environment management
• Manage the overall delivery on or ahead of schedule with all stakeholder expectations met or exceeded
• Ensure compliance in commercial and financial management including meeting budgets and identifying cost saving measures, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue, take corrective action in line with authority and reporting frameworks and maximise the profit margin for the project
• Build strong internal and external stakeholder management through positive, proactive and professional communication to keep key people informed
• Advise on industrial relations issues and implications and develop appropriate resolution
• Demonstrate leadership in risk management, compliance and auditing, and ensure legislative, pre-contract and commercial obligations are met, including compliance with the relevant Building Code
• Stakeholder management: Ensure that stakeholders are actively engaged and that beneficial relationships between the project and the client, subcontractors, community and other external parties are developed and maintained
• People management: Monitor staff and labour resourcing to ensure the project has the capability to achieve targets, supervise workforce, including subcontractors, and foster a high-performance team within a positive employee relation environment
• Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems, reporting and procedures

Necessary Skills:

• Provide energy and leadership that encourages team enthusiasm and innovation in order to meet or exceed project targets and objectives
• Provide technical advice during tender and delivery phase
• Proactive monitoring to positive performance over the lifecycle of the projects

To be successful in this key role, you must have:

• Trade qualifications and training e.g. Degree, Diploma, Engineering, Building/Construction, Project Management
• Previous rail experience in a similar role understanding how to lead and develop a business
• People and performance management of subcontractors, suppliers and direct labour
• Safety and environment management, resource management and construction program and methodology.
• Skill in review of design documentation, ability to understand drawings, provide constructability review and implement final design plans.
• Supervision of projects in excess of $100M construction projects
• Understand productivity factors and utilisation planning
• Experience in pre-contracts and tendering
• Experience with Industrial Relations

What's in it for you when you join John Holland?
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.We offer:

• 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.
• Learning and development opportunities where you'll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
• 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 it's flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.