Fire Protection Testing & Commissioning Lead

John Holland Pty Ltd; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

John Holland Pty Ltd, in partnership with Bouygues Construction, Arcadis Australia, Jacobs and Ventia, is delivering the Torrens to Darlington Alliance’s 10.5km project in Adelaide. We seek a Testing & Commissioning Fire Lead to drive safe, progressive handover of fire protection systems for the T2D project.

You will lead testing, commissioning and handover activities across multiple disciplines, ensuring compliance with Australian standards and project specs, and coordinating with construction

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in fire systems testing and commissioning, ideally within major infrastructure, tunnels or complex building services environments.
• Strong technical knowledge of fire detection, fire suppression and associated life-safety systems.
• Experience leading commissioning activities across multiple contractors, subcontractors and technical disciplines.
• Strong understanding of relevant Australian Standards, regulatory requirements and project specifications.
• Proven ability to develop commissioning plans, test procedures, schedules and supporting documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive issues through to resolution.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work across construction, engineering and project leadership teams.
• A strong commitment to safety, quality, compliance and delivering fully tested and operational systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the testing and commissioning of fire protection and life-safety systems across the T2D project.
• Develop and implement testing and commissioning plans, procedures, schedules and methodologies.
• Coordinate system readiness activities with construction, engineering, subcontractors and commissioning teams.
• Lead functional, pre-functional and integrated testing of fire systems and associated interfaces.
• Manage specialist fire subcontractors, vendors and commissioning resources to ensure activities are delivered safely and efficiently.
• Review testing results, documentation and certification to ensure compliance with project requirements and relevant standards.
• Identify, manage and drive the resolution of commissioning defects, non-conformances and outstanding works.
• Coordinate interfaces between fire systems and other tunnel, electrical, mechanical, controls and life-safety systems.
• Provide technical input into operational readiness, integrated systems testing and emergency response scenarios.
• Support final system handover, including commissioning records, as-built documentation, O&M information and close-out requirements.

Skills

Fire systems testing

Commissioning leadership

Stakeholder management

Testing procedures

Safety compliance

Job description

John Holland Pty Ltd, in partnership with Bouygues Construction, Arcadis Australia, Jacobs and Ventia, is delivering the Torrens to Darlington Alliance’s 10.5km project in Adelaide. We seek a Testing & Commissioning Fire Lead to drive safe, progressive handover of fire protection systems for the T2D project.

You will lead testing, commissioning and handover activities across multiple disciplines, ensuring compliance with Australian standards and project specs, and coordinating with construction