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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Overhead Wiring Supervisor to join our Sydney Metro West Linewide Project Team. The role will commence in January 2027 and is a full-time permanent position reporting directly to the Superintendent.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the work and performance of multiple teams & subcontractors to achieve outcomes.
- Provide and take leadership responsibility in health, safety, and environment management.
- Contribute to development of work methods and rolling short term construction programs and plan daily/weekly production work.
- Build strong internal and external stakeholder management through positive, proactive, and professional communication to keep key personnel informed.
- Complete progress reporting, and activities, reports for shift handovers and consistent regular reporting to the Superintendent including daily site diaries.
- Read and understand plans, review design documentation, read drawings, and provide constructive review and implementing of final designs.
- Apply contractual mechanisms of subcontractors.
- Identify and mitigate risks prior to works commencing, communicate with and engage relevant stakeholders to control risk and contribute to build a risk management culture.
- Select, train, and develop workforce leading hands / team leaders and ensure the observance of safety, other work standards, and fair and reasonable application of industrial agreements.
- Maintain effective consultation with various workers’ representatives and committees on industrial and safety subjects handling issues as they arise and referring major issues to the Superintendent.
- Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems, and procedures.
- Contributing to the preparation and maintenance of technical and quality documentation, records and handover information as the works progress.
- Undertake quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment to ensure acceptable quality of structures and finishes.
Requirements
- Relevant Qualifications and training, e.g Cert III ESI Rail Traction and MEL53 qualification
- Skill in review of OCS / OHW design documents, ability to understand drawings, provide constructability review and implement design plans.
- Previous supervision experience.
- A strong understanding and focus for Safety.
- People and Performance Management of subcontractors, suppliers, and direct labour.
- Demonstrable experience in Rail/Overhead Wiring Sector.
- 25kv electrification experience.
- Skill in use of document and record management, progress and project performance reporting compliance and procedures.
Skills
- Health, safety, and environment management
- Stakeholder management
- Progress reporting
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Workforce training and development
- Consultation
- Technical documentation
- Quality assurance
- Review of OCS / OHW design documents
- Understanding drawings
- Constructability review
- Document and record management
- Project performance reporting
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Cert III ESI Rail Traction
- MEL53 qualification
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration
- Salary continuance
- Salary sacrifice options
- 18 weeks paid parental leave with super
- Up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave
- Multicultural leave exchange
- Two extra days to prioritise wellbeing
- Career progression opportunities
- Learning and development opportunities
- Access to emerging talent programs
- Clear career pathways
- Technical and leadership training and development
- Flexible working options
About the Company
- John Holland's purpose is to transform lives with everything they do.
- They believe infrastructure is about people – customers, employees, and communities.
- They have deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people.
- They are committed to being an employer of choice.
- They pride themselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- They prioritize providing rich career experiences and ongoing development.
- They are about connecting your sense of purpose to theirs.
- They believe in supporting employees as whole people.
- Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of how they work.
- They are fostering a more inclusive culture backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy.
- They have active employee resource groups supporting commitments around gender equality and reconciliation.
- They are committed to helping people work flexibly.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- 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.