Job Description

About John Holland

We’re all about transforming lives by finding solutions to complex challenges across a wide range of industries including infrastructure, property, rail, building and water projects in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

From the epic, to the intimate, everything we do improves life for someone, somewhere. It gives our business momentum and means we approach things a little differently.

While our competitors talk about what they do, we focus on why we do it. We transform communities to make them easier to move around, more connected and better to live in.

Are you up for the challenge?

About the Project

The Linewide Alliance, comprising John Holland, Alstom, RATP Dev, KBR and WSP, are excited to be delivering the transformative Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East Linewide package.

When SRL opens, the new rail services for passengers will also be delivered by, a venture between RATP Dev and John Holland to operate and maintain the franchise for 15 years from 2035, to be known as TransitLinx.

The Alliance will deliver a world-class, service-proven driverless metro system that sets new benchmarks for comfort, safety, and reliability for Melbourne.

SRL is a transport and urban planning project that will deliver world-class public transport, reduce travel times, and support the delivery of more homes and housing.

About the Role;

SRL East is committed to industrial relations governance. The team will operate with integrity and be focused on innovative, long-term, commercially focussed solutions for the project.

The Industrial Relations Manager will develop and implement IR strategies across the Project, develop the IR capability of the Project Managers, and ensure governance and compliance.

All our employees have a key role in ensuring the success of SRL East’s health, safety, environmental & quality management program.

What you will do;

• Be personally involved in successfully managing the industrial risk on the project.
• Coach and build capacity of leaders on the Project to manage effective IR.
• Ensure the relevant project persons understand and meet their regulatory and legal obligations as they relate to IR.
• Provide practical training to Project personnel on how to manage obligations.
• Proactively develop and promote best practice across the Project.
• Maintain professional awareness and understanding of industry trends, case law, legislative changes and identify own development needs.
• Point of escalation for complex, sensitive or high-risk IR issues.
• Lead complex, critical and/ or high-risk industrial relations initiatives and projects.
• Provide advice in relation to and resolving industrial relations issues.
• Negotiating and drafting industrial instruments in consultation with Senior IR Managers and the Alliance Leaders.
• Providing advice in relation to and resolving industrial relations issues.
• Partnering with senior management and Project leaders to provide expert advice and Industrial Relations solutions to address issues that may arise on site.
• Undertake complex investigations as required, including gathering evidence, preparing investigation reports and making recommendations to the decision maker.
• Lead EBA negotiations (where required) for the Project.
• Build Projects overall IR capability through the provision of strategic and tactical specialist knowledge, expertise and guidance.
• Provide strategic IR support across the Project.
• Provide onsite support in the management of IR issues as required.

What we are looking for;

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and relevant experience in Law, Business, Industrial Relations, Human Resources or Employee Relations.
• Certificate II, III, or IV in Business Administration
• Post graduate qualifications e.g. graduate certificate, graduate diploma in Commerce, Accounting, Business, Construction, Property, Quantity Surveying, Law or other associated disciplines.

Experience

• Relevant major projects experience in industrial relations, employment relations or workplace relations, ideally in the Construction industry.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Victorian IR environment and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience dealing with Employee Relations or Industrial Relations in a unionised environment within the construction. industry.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills – you can explain complex issues in clear, practical, people-centred language.
• Ability to influence stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, with strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Skill in the implementation of compliance and governance processes and practices.

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 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.

Learning and development opportunities where you'll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

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