Area Manager – Earthworks

John Holland

Area Manager overseeing bulk earthworks projects at John Holland, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality standards while managing teams and stakeholder relationships.

Posted 5/25/2026full-timeCootamundra • 🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Providing leadership and direction to site engineers, supervisors, and teams working on the bulk earthworks, fostering a collaborative work environment.
Operational management, overseeing bulk earthworks projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
Working with senior management to develop strategic plans for the earthworks department, including improvements in processes and the incorporation of new technologies.
Encouraging the adoption of innovative practices and technologies to improve efficiency and productivity in earthworks operations.
Apply contemporary practices in construction methodology to complete assigned works in compliance with client expectations, company objectives and contractual obligations.
Manage development of and present to construction manager construction plan, programming and completion schedules.
Monitor progress, ensuring that work quality and techniques are of a high standard and report regularly on project performance, and cost against baseline targets.
Authorise engagement of subcontractors, management of subcontractor work to achieve outcomes.
Ensure that stakeholders are actively engaged and that beneficial relationships between the project and the client, subcontractors, community and other external parties are developed and maintained.
Establish and develop a high performing team to ensure the project has the capability to achieve targets.
Ensure strong contract, commercial and financial risk management, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue, take corrective action in line with JH’s authority and reporting frameworks and maximise the profit margin for the project.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree qualified Civil Engineer, Construction Management or similar
Previous experience within a Tier One contractor
Delivery of infrastructure projects, with exposure to Civil, Earthworks, Roadworks and Rail construction
Exposure or knowledge in material processing, crushing, screening, and blasting
Direct or transferable experience from other disciplines welcome
Passion for teamwork and delivering on tight deadlines
Excellent time management and prioritisation
Understanding of HSEQ management systems, compliance, and reporting procedures

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

civil engineeringconstruction managementbulk earthworksinfrastructure projectsmaterial processingcrushingscreeningblastingcontract managementfinancial risk management

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationstrategic planninginnovationteamworktime managementprioritizationstakeholder engagementrelationship managementperformance monitoring

Certifications

degree in Civil Engineeringdegree in Construction Management