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 project:

A 30 ML/d seawater desalination plant will be delivered at Belmont South NSW, to provide weather independent supply to the community in the lower Hunter region.

Seen as one of the largest capital projects in the water sector in Hunter region, the community is expecting a sustainable outcome for the nature of a seawater desalination plant. It is also the first project in Hunter Water pursuing an IS Rating, as part of its Carbon Neutral Strategy by 2035.

We are looking for an experienced Completions Engineer to join the Belmont Desal project based in Newcastle, NSW.

Your Role:

• Drive completion, quality, and close-out objectives through planned, controlled work processes aligned with project requirements.
• Implement and maintain the Belmont Desal completions and in-field defects management systems in compliance with project, and electrical requirements.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, Engineering, Project Delivery, and Commissioning to establish completion strategies, deliverables, preservation processes, and handover conventions.
• Develop and deliver completions training, and support engineers, supervisors, and subcontractors in completion and handover processes.
• Establish handover packages, condition precedent requirements, and completion milestones, ensuring they are integrated into project programs and tracked in relevant systems.
• Manage detailed completions and operational readiness programs, including precedent matrices, close-out deliverables (Design and Construction), and milestone reporting.
• Lead walkdowns, punch list inspections, and defect close-out activities to support commissioning readiness and compliance with best practice standards.
• Develop, validate, and facilitate operational and final handover packages, including manuals, maintenance standards, Hexagon – Smart Completion, GIS information, and transfer of records to final repositories.
• Track completion notices, certificates, inspections, NCRs, corrective actions, and non-conformances, ensuring timely resolution and compliance across durability, safety, environmental, and operational requirements.
• Support continuous improvement by reviewing completion and handover processes, preparing lessons learned, communicating quality alerts, attending meetings, and maintaining orderly compliance records.

About You:

• Relevant qualification in Engineering, Science, Building, Construction, Quality Management or Project Management, or a Trade Certificate, with degree studies desirable.
• Strong experience in quality management systems, planning techniques, and application of relevant Australian and international standards.
• Engineering or construction experience, including at least 3 years in a similar completions and/or commissioning role on a large-scale project.

• Proficiency in programme, conditions precedent, GIS, and risk management tools and practices, including Aphex, Aconex, Hexagon, and GIS applications.

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.

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