People Administrator

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:

Sydney Metro West is a transformational 24 km underground railway connecting Sydney CBD to Parramatta, with stations at Westmead, Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, North Strathfield, Burwood North, Five Dock, The Bays, Pyrmont and Hunter Street.

The Linewide package connects the entire system, delivering the critical rail infrastructure and technology that bring the metro network to life.

Project offices are located across several Sydney locations including the CBD, Clyde, Rosehill, The Bays and Burwood North.

About The Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced People Administrator to join our Sydney Metro Linewide Project.

The primary objective of this position is to support the People Team with operational People service delivery, ensuring the People policies, programs and initiatives are delivered consistently across the Project.

 This role directly supports the Recruitment and Workforce Development and Industry Participation (WDIP) Team.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide administration support to the HR Recruitment team.

• Maintenance and integrity of Resource Plan, Staff List and Mobilisation Tracker. 

• Manage all Recruitment and onboarding process of all staff and workforce engagements.

• Maintain HR data systems, reporting, ensuring data accuracy, producing regular and ad hoc reports.

• Provide support to the WDIP team, including coordination of meetings, stakeholder engagements, and project events.

• Maintain WDIP data, tracking key metrics and preparing reports to support compliance and performance outcomes.

• Support subcontractor and stakeholder engagement (documentation, organising forums, and maintaining accurate contact and participation records.)

About You:

• Degree in HR, Buisiness or similar.


• Proven experience working in a People function team and recrutiment. 


• Experience with high volume recruitment and hr onboarding. 


• Experience working in Construction or similar industries (Desirable).


• Project experience (Desirable).


• Excellent commmunication skills both verbal and written.


• Strong administration experience. 

As Part Of The Team, You Can Help 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.

We Offer:

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.

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