Construction Manager at John Holland

Shire of Strathbogie, Victoria, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

24 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

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Skills

Construction Management, Project Coordination, Stakeholder Management, Financial Management, People Management, Safety Standards, Quality Assurance, Contract Management, Risk Assessment, Subcontractor Management, Resource Procurement, Construction Methodology, Performance Monitoring, Industrial Relations, Attention To Detail, Problem Solving

Industry

Construction

Description

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 goodAbout the Role As the Construction Manager for Euroa/Benalla, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of all project scope within the Euroa and Benalla areas as part of the Beveridge to Albury Tranche 2 project. Your role will involve working closely with project teams, subcontractors, and stakeholders to ensure the successful completion of works that align with project timelines, safety standards, and objectives. Collaboration will be integral to your success, as you will coordinate with multiple disciplines across various sites to drive the safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of all activities, while maintaining the highest standards of quality. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and contribute to the delivery of a significant infrastructure project within the Northern region of Victoria. This role is site based and required the successful applicant to be full time onsite at Euroa/Benalla.Project Description Inland Rail is transforming how goods are moved around Australia, connecting Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. This 1,700km fast freight backbone will complete our national freight network – better connecting producers to markets and creating new opportunities for regional businesses, industries and communities. The Beveridge to Albury (B2A) project is the Victorian portion of the program undertaken along approximately 305 kms of existing northeast rail corridor between Beveridge and Albury. B2A is staged in two tranches. Tranche 1 includes enhancement works across four sites and corridor wide works. Tranche 2 works will be delivered by John Holland and includes adjustment of track alignments, the provision of new road overbridges and station modifications to enable the safe operation of double-stack freight trains across eight B2A project sites between Wandong and Benalla. Responsibilities of the role include Overall responsibility for the role on this high-profile major project includes:• Oversee all construction activities across the Euroa and Benalla areas, ensuring compliance with client expectations, company objectives, and contractual obligations while applying contemporary practices in construction methodology.• Procure necessary resources for assigned projects• Review and authorise construction planning, programming and completion schedules• Review and authorise engagement of subcontractors, management of subcontractor work to achieve outcomes, and all major subcontract variations• Assist in the implementation, monitoring and review of a construction management plan• Monitor progress, ensuring that work quality and techniques are of a high standard and report regularly on project performance, and cost against company objectives• Ensure correct supervisory levels, construction cost, schedule and change management are implemented• Ensure that HSE requirements and risk controls are considered in all construction planning and processes• 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: Develop a high performance team to ensure the project has the capability to achieve targets• Financial management: Ensure strong contract, commercial and financial risk management, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue, take corrective action in line with JH’s authority and reporting frameworks and maximise the profit margin for the project • Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems and procedures.To be successful in this key role, you must have • Minimum 15 years’ experience gained on construction, engineering or associated projects• In depth knowledge of contemporary practices in construction methodology • Contractual, legal, commercial, industrial relations and legislative compliance management experience• People and performance management experience including industrial relations• Advanced financial management experience including cost reduction and meeting budgets• Experience in development and delivery of a process and/or product system of audits and schedules • Advanced skills in relevant computer software packages• Quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment skills• A proactive and solution-focused mindset with strong attention to detail.• Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality, and environmental standards.• Experience working on rail or large-scale infrastructure projects will be highly regarded.• Current driver's license and the ability to travel to various sites as required.As part of the team, you can help us 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.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.• 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.

Responsibilities

Oversee all construction activities across the Euroa and Benalla areas, ensuring compliance with client expectations and company objectives. Coordinate with multiple disciplines to drive the safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of all activities.