Electrical Project Engineer

About John Holland

At 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.

About the Position

Join our WA Rail Business Group in Perth We're currently looking for an experienced Electrical Project Engineer or Electrical Senior Project Engineer to join our team You will play a crucial role in ensuring the planning, coordination, and delivery of rail signalling systems within project requirements. This includes ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and technical standards while meeting project timelines and budgets. The role involves collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver innovative and effective signalling solutions.

This is a Perth based position where you will be across multiple projects supporting construction delivery with Electrical Project Engineering duties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage on-site engineering functions through subordinates, which may include Site/Project Engineers, and/or Cost/Planning Engineers
• Obtain relevant design parameter information for incorporation into detailed designs and construction specifications
• Monitor quality and quantities of incoming equipment and material, check work drawings, construction and specifications against site plans and conditions and arrange corrections or modifications where necessary.
• Coordinate the activities of an engineering team, programme work loads and provide technical and administrative guidance to the engineering staff to ensure aims and objectives are effectively and economically achieved
• Ensure that project engineering completion is on time and within budget. Record completed work, costs incurred, materials used and retain progress drawings
• Accurate forecasts of costs and revenue and utilise corrective action in line with JH's authority and reporting frameworks to maximise the profit margin
• Assign work and assist with reviews for accuracy and adherence to required standards of supplier, subcontractor quotations/purchase orders as well as subcontractor arrangements
• Participate in planning future requirements including machine tools, ancillary equipment, major plant and labour. Direct site surveys and preparatory work prior to construction.
• Liaise with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers and planning authorities to ensure satisfactory completion of structures and construction work

To be successful:

• ­Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related discipline.
• Experience working in a site based Electrical Project Engineer or Electrical Senior Project Engineer position within a similar industry.
• Experience throughout the full project lifecycle is essential
• Ability and willingness to be upskilled in Rail Signalling
• Proven ability to manage subcontractors and suppliers. ­
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. ­
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. ­
• Proficiency in relevant software tools (e.g., CAD, signalling design tools).

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 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.