Regional Engineering Manager - W.A

About the Role

As the Regional Engineering Manager, you will lead the growth of John Holland's Engineering Management capability across the region, supporting both tender opportunities and project delivery. Working across our Infrastructure, Rail and Building businesses, you will provide strategic engineering leadership, oversee the development of competitive and client-focused solutions, and build strong relationships with clients, government authorities and key partners.

Responsibilities of the role

• Lead and grow Engineering Management capability across the region, supporting both tender development and project delivery.


• Provide engineering leadership across Infrastructure, Rail and Building business units.


• Oversee Engineering Management inputs to tenders and projects, ensuring competitive, client-focused and deliverable solutions.


• Establish and manage relationships with regional clients, government authorities, partners and key stakeholders.


• Identify and engage local consultants, technical partners and supply chain networks to support successful project delivery.


• Implement regional engineering systems, processes and frameworks aligned with John Holland standards and local requirements.


• Ensure compliance with regulatory, design, safety and Safety in Design requirements across all project activities.


• Drive integration between design, construction and operational outcomes, delivering practical, sustainable and whole-of-life solutions.


• Provide commercial and contractual leadership, managing risk and supporting successful project outcomes in the regional market.


• Develop local engineering capability and workforce succession through mentoring, industry engagement and talent development.


• Foster collaboration, innovation and knowledge sharing across regional and national engineering teams.

What we are looking for

We're seeking a degree-qualified engineer, ideally with Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status or equivalent, and a proven track record in engineering and technical leadership. You will bring extensive experience in the delivery of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects across design, engineering and construction environments, along with strong expertise in leading technical teams through both tender and project phases.

The successful candidate will demonstrate sound commercial, financial and program management skills, including experience managing budgets, driving efficiencies and reducing costs. Strong stakeholder management capabilities are essential, with the ability to build trusted relationships, influence outcomes and effectively engage with clients, consultants and design partners. Experience in identifying and managing design risks, combined with a demonstrated ability to lead will be critical to success in this role.

What's in it for you?

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 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.

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.

John Holland does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies.