Head of Technical Partners

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 role

In this national role you will establish, implement and maintain strong relationships with John Holland’s core Technical Partners, including leading the John Holland Technical Partners Strategy. You will drive consistency and discipline in Technical Partner engagements, reporting, performance and dispute resolution across the business to enhance overall performance, work winning and profitability.  

Responsibilities of the role

• Lead the development and management of the John Holland Technical Partner strategy
• Establish and maintain key business to business relationship management processes between John Holland and our key Technical Partners
• Establish and implement tools to track and monitor the performance and capabilities of Technical Partner entities across John Holland projects and tenders
• Oversee implementation of consistent evaluation and approval tools for the selection and engagement of Technical Partners
• Work closely with group commercial to align and manage National Framework Agreements and smaller consultancy panel agreements
• Participate in Go/No Go and pre-contract gate evaluations to endorse Technical Partner selections
• Liaise with pre-contract managers across all business units to ensure currency of information regarding market trends and Technical Partner performance and capabilities
• Record and maintain database of commercial details and rates for benchmarking purposes
• Develop and actively manage relationships with clients and Technical Partners to align on work winning strategies and identify strategic opportunities
• Forge and enhance client relationships, optimising synergies with other John Holland functional streams, managing strategic partnerships and contributing to broader sector activities to achieve superior results across all John Holland projects.
• Attend conferences, seminars, presentations and workshops to promote John Holland to the wider industry
• Contribute to assessment of project feasibilities and development of business cases for project development and investment
• Liaise with business development specialists to exchange market intelligence and coordinate plans for each market segment
• Develop, analyse and report on Technical Partner performance
• Lead business to business sessions to maintain executive connectivity between businesses

What we are looking for

• ­Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Science, Project Management or Construction Management
• ­Chartered Engineer or equivalent
• 15+ years' experience in construction, consulting or a related field
• ­Broad range of multi-discipline project experience in design and construction, including major or complex projects
• ­Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills
• ­Demonstrated effective people leadership capabilities
• ­Strong stakeholder management and relationships with major design partners
• ­Business development and tendering experience
• ­Demonstrated competencies in Head Contract, Consultancy Service Agreements and Subcontract understanding and interpretation.

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.

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.