Temporary Works Specialist

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.

Are you up for the challenge?

We have a unique opportunity for a Temporary Works Specialist – Scaffold to join our national Temporary Works team.  This position is based in Sydney, with flexibility to consider Melbourne for the right candidate.

This key role provides specialist advisory, review and coordination support for scaffold, access and work at heights activities across projects.  You will support the planning, review and implementation of safe and compliant access solutions from pre-contracts through to delivery, ensuring consistent safety, quality and compliance outcomes.

About the Role

• Manage, plan, and coordinate scaffold and work at height activities without supervision


• Provide specialist technical advice and coordination for scaffold, access and work at heights (WAH) systems across projects from tender through to delivery which meet JH quality, safety and risk requirements


• Implement and manage JH Temporary Works Design Process and systems


• Identify and manage safety, compliance and constructability risks associated with scaffold, access and WAH systems across engineering lifecycle


• Undertake reviews of scaffold and access designs prepared by subcontractors and consultants including methodologies and constructability to ensure safe, consistent, practical and compliant solutions


• Provide technical input into bids, reviewing scaffold and access methodologies, scope, programme, risk and cost considerations


• Influence and support engineering functions and project teams in planning, designing, procuring, installing and using scaffold and access systems, including complex and high-risk configurations


• Drive the application of best practice, innovation and continuous improvement in scaffold and access systems across projects


• Contribute to and implement the group Temporary Works strategy within specialist domain (Scaffold, Access, WAH) on complex and high‑risk projects


• Apply commercial and contractual awareness in dealing with clients, contractual requirements, subcontractors and external designers to manage scope, programme and budgets when working with project teams


• Develop and facilitate scaffold, work at height, supervision and temporary works training sessions


• Support capability development through training, mentoring, toolbox talks and active contribution to the Temporary Works Community of Practice


• Support HSE operations, GMR-7 high risk safety audits and incident investigations

About You

You will hold a relevant trade qualification and a High Risk Work Licence for Advanced Scaffolding, with strong experience working with scaffold, access and work at heights.

You will bring extensive experience across scaffold, access, edge protection and work at heights systems, including work on major and complex projects across a range of construction environments and the application of Australian Standards, industry requirements and Codes of Practice.

You will have experience reviewing scaffold and access methodologies and identifying risks to support safe and practical outcomes.

You will also have experience working with subcontractors and ensuring compliance with approved methodologies, safety requirements and Temporary Works governance, along with capability using digital tools such as Navisworks, Revizto and Bluebeam.

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills are essential.

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

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 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.

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.

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.