Ground Penetration Permit Coordinator

CPB Contractors is Australia’s leading contractor and the largest infrastructure construction company in our region. Part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing Australia’s future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients. We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come.

The Project

The Tram to Springvale Alliance (TSA) comprising CPB Contractors, BMD Constructions and Arup has been selected to deliver the Eastern Freeway Upgrades between Tram and Springvale roads. The major upgrade includes new express lanes, upgraded noise walls and revitalised sections of the Koonung Creek Linear Park. The Project is being delivered under an Alliance Contract with Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA) as the Project Owner and TSA (CPB, BMD and Arup) as the Non-owner Participants (NOPs). Together they form the Alliance working as one to deliver this critical infrastructure project.

As a key component of the North East Link Program (NELP), this project will provide a safer, more efficient freeway connection for over 135,000 vehicles daily, removing 15,000 trucks from local roads, and reducing traffic across the arterial road network crossing the Yarra River by 50,000 vehicles per day.

We’re completing the link together and bringing it home for our community.

Your opportunity

• To ensure the safe compliant management of working in and around underground and overhead services and assets.

Reporting to theDelivery Manager, the Ground Penetration Permit Coordinator will sit within the project team and be accountable for:

• Ensure the safe and compliant management of works around underground and overhead services, in accordance with legal, regulatory, project, and HSE requirements.
• Ensure compliance with environmental procedures and controls, including regular site inspections and adherence to project environmental requirements.
• Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with utility authorities, relocation subcontractors, project teams, and other key stakeholders in a complex project environment.
• Coordinate site inspections and walkthroughs, ensuring identified actions and controls are effectively managed and closed out.
• Communicate service status, permit requirements, and controls to personnel undertaking works in the area.
• Manage and coordinate the Ground Penetration Permit (GPP) system and serve as the sole authority for GPP approvals.
• Arrange the identification, location, and verification of assets affected by the works.
• Report incidents, non-conformances, and near misses, and participate in investigations as required.
• Ensure site personnel attend pre-start meetings and targeted toolbox talks where required.

Our minimum requirements for this role are:

• Degree, diploma, trade qualification, or equivalent experience in Construction, Civil Engineering, Utilities, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience working in environments involving live utility services and infrastructure.
• Strong technical knowledge of utility service providers' duty of care requirements, with the ability to identify, interpret, and effectively communicate compliance obligations.
• Demonstrated ability to review, interpret, and apply construction and engineering plans, drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, Veterans and Active Defence Reserve members, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. CPB Contractors is proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Citation - Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.

We’re always looking for ways to make CPB Contractors a more rewarding place to work and offer a unique set of benefits, including:

• A rewarding career where we support your development, training and promote from within.
• Opportunities across all construction sectors so that there is always an opportunity suitable for the next stage in your career.
• Competitive remuneration and excellent benefits including a health and wellbeing program, discount portal and company-funded salary continuance insurance.
• Flexible work arrangements and a culture that values diversity and innovation.

Please note: This role is being sourced through CPB Contractors directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.