About North East Link 

The Spark Consortium has been selected to deliver the Central Package of the North East Link Project - Victoria's biggest road project.

The Spark Consortium’s Design and Construction Contractor - which comprises Webuild, CPB Contractors, GS Engineering and Construction and China Construction Oceania - will deliver the twin three-lane tunnels and key interchanges for the project.

The Central Package will be delivered as a Public Private Partnership and provides three-lane twin tunnels that will close the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network from the M80 Ring Road to an upgraded Eastern Freeway, reducing journey times and diverting heavy vehicles away from local roads. Up to 135,000 vehicles will use North East Link every day, reducing congestion in the north-east while maintaining local roads.

About the Opportunity

To will support the delivery of the North East Link Central Package, we are seeking an experienced Structures Supervisor to join our team. The role is required for immediate start and candidates must be flexible with nightshift work.

This role will be accountable for:

• Maintaining and emphasising a healthy and safe work environment through Spark procedures, standards, and legal regulations
• Ordering materials and equipment and organising application of necessary permits.
• Resolving problems, contributing information to strategic plans, and identifying improvements for the project
• Managing and coordinating subcontractor partners
• Ensuring compliance with identified environmental procedures and controls. They will be responsible for checking the site on a      regular basis, ensuring the WEMPs are followed, ensuring nominated personnel undertake regular maintenance of controls and complete actions on observations raised, ensuring site personnel attend pre-start meetings and targeted toolbox training (as required).
• Identifying and mitigating risks prior to works commencing, communicating with and engaging relevant stakeholders to control risk and contributing to build a risk management culture.
• Building strong internal and external stakeholder management through positive, proactive and professional communication to keep key personnel informed.
• Selecting, training and developing leading hands and ensure the observance of safety, other work standards and fair and reasonable application of industrial agreements.

Qualifications:

• Trade Qualification or similar.

Minimum requirements for this role:

• 2-5 years previous construction experience in a similar role. 
• Substantial Industry experience in Trade and Construction 
• Technical competency and understanding in the area that supervising 
• Skill in review of design documents, ability to understand drawings, provide constructability review and implement final design plans. 
• Leading Hand experience  
• People and Performance Management of subcontractors, suppliers and direct labour
• Ideally, previous experience working for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Contractor on a major project
• Proven experience in successfully delivering large work packages
• Excellent awareness of, and attitude toward Safety
• High level verbal and written communication skills
• Ensuring compliance with contract terms and conditions for the project
• Effective communication and builds positive relationships with clients, project team, management, suppliers and subcontractors
• Previous experience with budget control and site delivery management
• Exceptional Team Leadership skills
• Computer literacy on MS systems & Outlook

What we Offer:

• Ongoing career support and development opportunities
• Generous parental leave
• Strong culture charter
• Quarterly social events
• Reward and recognition program
• Flexible working arrangements
• Competitive salary

If this opportunity is of interest to you, please click on the ‘Apply now’ button to register your interest and please also subscribe to ‘Job Alerts’ to be notified of upcoming opportunities with SPARK.

Whilst we are keen to hear from candidates with proven infrastructure project experience or experience working for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Contractor to be a part of an iconic construction project in Melbourne, Victoria, we also will consider applicants who are seeking to enter or re-enter the industry.

SPARK is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and actively seeks to remove barriers people may face in gaining a successful position on the North East Link Central Package. We value diversity, inclusion and equity through providing a working environment where all employees feel included, valued, and free to bring their different skills, experiences and perspectives.