About The Role

John Holland has recently been awarded the Illabo to Stockinbingal section of Inland Rail in NSW. The Illabo to Stockinbingal section is about 39km of new rail corridor located within the local government areas of Junee and Cootamundra-Gundagai. It will provide a direct route from east of Illabo, tracking north to Stockinbingal and connecting into the existing Forbes rail line.

Illabo to Stockinbingal is a DIDO Project, accommodation is provided on the 2:1 (2 weeks on / 1 week off) roster.

If you move to within an hour of Stockinbingal / Cootamundra, the Project will contribute (in line with the relocation policy) towards your relocation.

Area Manager – Earthworks

Providing leadership and direction to site engineers, supervisors, and teams working on the bulk earthworks, fostering a collaborative work environment.

Experience in remote location roster based work and highly resilient

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.

Stakeholder management: 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

People management: Establish and develop a high performing team to ensure the project has the capability to achieve targets

Financial management: 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 To be successful in this key role, you must have:

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

We Offer

Competitive salary and advantages, including salary continuance and salary sacrifice options

Flexible work arrangements and generous leave, including 18 weeks paid parental leave

Career development through technical, leadership and emerging talent programs

Opportunities to work on some of Australia's most iconic projects A diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong

Wellbeing support and benefits designed to help you thrive

At John Holland, our purpose is simple: we transform lives with everything we do.

We know infrastructure is about people - our customers, our employees and the communities we work in every day. That's what sets us apart: deep expertise, proven capability and a genuine commitment to creating better outcomes for people along the way.

With expertise spanning engineering, construction and operations, we're delivering the projects and services that keep communities moving. From rail, roads and bridges to hospitals and stadiums, we've helped shape Australia through iconic projects. You'll even see us operating buses, trains and trams.

Be part of a team that's up for the challenge of transforming lives.

John Holland does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CVs from agencies that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers

📌 Area Manager - Earthworks (Cootamundra)
🏢 John Holland
📍 Cootamundra