Design Coordinator - Water

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 role:

We are dedicated to delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for water treatment and distribution infrastructure as we expand our portfolio.

The Design Coordinator will assist in managing the design delivery process by coordinating design management activities to maximise the winning of work or the delivery of successful project outcomes.

The role reports into our National Engineering Lead – Water, and can be based in either Melbourne, or Brisbane.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Assist the Design Manager to plan and control the delivery of project design to ensure the achievement of quality, completion and profit objectives


• Coordinate the interaction of project members in the design delivery process, including design, construction, planning and environmental resources


• Monitor and evaluate the work of designers allocated to the project to ensure that their progress meets requirements


• Assist in the design approval process by coordinating issue resolution


• Work in conjunction with the Design Manager around project resourcing


• Assist with client and stakeholder expectations and communicate effectively with the project team


• Manage work and performance of subcontractors with design responsibility


• Work in conjunction with the Design Manager in the development of design budgets and schedules


• Collate information and report against budgets


• Understand design compliance and reporting procedures and processes and leadership in the communication of requirements


• Perform duties in accordance with John Holland processes, systems and procedures

To be successful in this key role, you must have:

• Tertiary Qualification in Engineering.


• Min 5 years experience in design coordination or construction experience on water infrastructure projects


• Strong time and cost management skills


• Strong stakeholder management

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 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.