Environment & Sustainability Manager at John Holland… · Melbourne

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 Project:

John Holland’s Infrastructure division is currently constructing some of Australia’s most complex projects.

We are currently seeking an Environment and Sustainability Manager for a wastewater and Class A Recycled Water project north of Craigieburn. The project is undergoing an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) phase that involves the development of a reference design to approximately 50% maturity and submission of pricing to progress to the subsequent detailed design and construction (D&C) phase of the project in 2027.

Your Role:

• Manage and support the development of environmental and sustainability team personnel in leading environmental practices and driving improvement.
• Provide environmental and sustainability guidance, diligence and consistency to internal stakeholders.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of all relevant legal, regulatory and company environmental requirements, ensuring management and staff are kept informed of any relevant changes to project requirements.
• Identification and effective management of environmental risks.
• Liaise with government bodies and professional organisations on environmental matters.
• Establish, monitor and report on key environmental and sustainability performance objectives
• Develop and implement project inspection, auditing and review processes.
• Communicate environmental roles and responsibilities, review project team environmental competencies and identify training/development needs.
• Manage environmental and sustainability budget allocation as required to ensure environmental management is undertaken in a cost-effective manner.
• Manage environmental consultants and the collection of environmental field monitoring information.
• Provide training to staff on environment matters such as spill response, legal and other requirements.
• Support project induction and environmental management systems/tools training.
• Working in collaboration with the design, procurement and construction teams and disciplines to embed sustainability into project delivery.

About You:

• Tertiary qualification in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or a related discipline
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Construction Environmental and Sustainability Management, preferably in large infrastructure projects, particularly roads, rail, or tunnels.
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative environmental risk assessment and development of risk controls and actions involved in delivery and implementation of projects.
• Ability to lead high level investigations involving multiple internal and external parties.
• Knowledge of environmental statutes and legislation
• Understanding of sustainability schemes and standards

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