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Job Description
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
The Beveridge Intermodal project is a landmark freight and logistics development in Victoria, set to play a critical role in Australia’s national supply chain. Located in Melbourne’s north, this major infrastructure project will deliver an integrated intermodal terminal, connecting road and rail to improve freight efficiency, reduce congestion, and support long-term economic growth.
Delivered within a complex project environment, the works involve multidisciplinary interfaces across civil, rail systems, logistics, and operational stakeholders to create a nationally significant freight hub.
About The Role
We are seeking a Senior Safety Advisor to support the delivery of Work Health and Safety outcomes across the Beveridge Intermodal project.
Reporting to the Safety Manager, this role plays a key part in implementing and maintaining best-practice safety systems and driving a strong, proactive safety culture. You will work closely with project leaders and site teams to ensure compliance, manage risk, and embed continuous improvement across all areas of delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert advice, coaching, and support on WHS practices across the project
- Implement and maintain safety management systems, policies, and procedures
- Support operational teams to meet legal, contractual, and compliance obligations
- Partner with leadership to deliver safety initiatives, programs, and capability uplift
- Lead or support incident investigations and ensure outcomes drive improvement
- Monitor, analyse, and report on safety performance, risks, and trendsIdentify improvement opportunities and implement preventative measures
- Engage with stakeholders across site teams, contractors, and leadership
- Promote and embed a consistent, positive safety culture across the project
What We Are Looking For
- Formal qualifications in Occupational Health and Safety or related discipline
- Minimum 5+ years’ experience in construction, infrastructure, or high-risk environments
- Strong understanding of WHS legislation, standards, and management systems
- Proven experience in monitoring, reporting, and improving safety performance
- Demonstrated capability in incident investigations and risk management
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office and safety systems tools
- Proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong attention to detail
As part of the team, you can help us 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.
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.
- 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.
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.