Senior Project Engineer – Tunnel Civil Fitout Lead

John Holland Group; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

John Holland Group, as part of the Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Alliance, seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead tunnel civil fitout work in Adelaide's North-South Corridor project. You will coordinate planning, design, and construction, guiding a small engineering team and interfacing with M&E to ensure safe, on-time handover.

The role requires major infrastructure or tunnelling experience, strong planning and problem-solving skills, and proven ability to manage subcontractors, schedules, and

Qualifications

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Significant experience in civil construction, preferably within major tunnelling, road, rail or underground infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex civil fitout packages, ideally including precast installations, cross passage works, architectural finishes or road deck construction.
• Experience planning and delivering complex installation activities involving specialist plant, temporary works or bespoke gantry systems.
• Strong technical, planning, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex construction and engineering challenges.
• Demonstrated experience managing subcontractors, construction interfaces, programme delivery, cost control and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of tunnel civil fitout works, from planning and design coordination through to construction, completion and handover.
• Manage the installation of precast barrier panels, ensuring compliance with design requirements, tolerances, quality standards and installation methodologies.
• Oversee cross passage internal fitout works, coordinating construction activities, interfaces and completion requirements.
• Manage XPIG works, ensuring effective coordination of engineering, construction sequencing and associated interfaces.
• Lead road deck replacement activities, including the planning and execution of works using a bespoke gantry system.
• Oversee architectural panel installation, ensuring alignment with design intent, programme requirements and quality expectations.
• Coordinate construction methodologies, temporary works, lifting operations, access requirements and installation sequencing.
• Identify and proactively manage design, construction, and interface risks, implementing practical solutions to maintain progress and minimise disruption.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the engineering team, fostering a collaborative, accountable and high-performing culture.
• Develop and manage detailed work plans, construction programmes and short-term lookaheads.
• Monitor progress against key milestones, identify potential delays and implement recovery strategies where required.
• Manage subcontractor performance, productivity, resources and construction deliverables.
• Plan and coordinate the transition of completed civil works to the Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) team.
• Drive interface management to ensure civil fitout works are completed in the correct sequence and are ready for downstream M&E installation and commissioning activities.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Project leadership

Tunnelling experience

Subcontractor management

Construction planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

John Holland Group, as part of the Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Alliance, seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead tunnel civil fitout work in Adelaide's North-South Corridor project. You will coordinate planning, design, and construction, guiding a small engineering team and interfacing with M&E to ensure safe, on-time handover.

The role requires major infrastructure or tunnelling experience, strong planning and problem-solving skills, and proven ability to manage subcontractors, schedules, and