Construction Services Manager

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 good.

About the Role / Are you up for the challenge?
As a Construction Services Manager working on the Inland Rail Beveridge to Albury Tranche 2 Project you will be responsible for overseeing and managing critical delivery functions across site logistics, utilities, traffic and survey teams.

This role is pivotal in ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant execution of works across multiple sites, while fostering collaboration and driving performance excellence.

The role is primarily based out of our Docklands and Broadford offices. However, it will involve travel to various construction sites to oversee the logistics, utilities, traffic, and survey teams to ensure that project deliverables are achieved in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.

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 northest 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 / What you will do;

• Lead and Manage Delivery Teams – Oversee site running. logistics, utilities relocation, traffic management, and survey operations across B2A sites, ensuring alignment with project objectives and compliance with approved plans.
• Safety and Quality Leadership – Champion John Holland's safety-first culture, ensuring all works meet health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Program and Budget Control – Monitor progress against schedule and budget, identify risks, and implement corrective actions to achieve financial and delivery targets.
• Stakeholder Engagement – Liaise with councils, authorities, and key stakeholders to secure permits and approvals for utilities and traffic works.
• Team Development – Coach and mentor supervisors and subcontractors, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring capability across disciplines.
• Compliance and Reporting – Maintain accurate records of construction activities, including incident reports, compliance documentation, and progress updates.

• Additional Duties:

• Coordinate traffic staging plans and ensure compliance with TMPs.

• Manage utilities interface with design and delivery teams to avoid clashes.
• Oversee survey control establishment and verification for critical works.
• Support procurement of subcontractors for utilities and traffic packages.
• Drive innovation in work methods to minimize disruption and improve efficiency.
• Ensure environmental controls are implemented for all site activities.
• Manage site running resources and site logistics

To be successful in this key role, you must have / What we are looking for;

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in major infrastructure projects, preferably rail.
• Proven leadership in managing utilities relocation, traffic management, and survey operations.
• Accreditation in Traffic Management Implementation (TMI) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of relevant codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• White Card and current driver's license.
• Strong commercial acumen and contract administration experience.
• Have experience in financial reporting and budgeting
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership credentials and a 'can do' attitude

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 flexi