MELBOURNE WATER
John Holland Group Promoting Safety & Diversity
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John Holland Group ( JHG ) is among Australia ’ s leading contractors and plays a key role in helping Melbourne Water deliver an ambitious capital works programme . Mal Shepherd , JHG ’ s General Manager , Water Services praises the efforts made by Melbourne Water to promote a positive safety culture in which the workforce is inspired to take ownership of work plan solutions :
“ We want to make working safely a habit , not only for John Holland but across the water industry . This requires bridging the gap in our thinking away from more rules and tools , to building capacity in the workforce to be agile , more risk conscious and adapt work plans to suit change in the work environment .” Addressing the need for diversity in the workforce , Glenn Crisp ,
Australia . We are deeply invested in the financial success and economic independence of Indigenous Australians .”
Melbourne Water has incorporated a number of social procurement KPIs into its new framework agreements . “ the more entities that are actually driving in the same direction , the more successful we ’ re going to be ,” says Kelly . “ Our contractors realise they need to contribute also . It ’ s proven now that the more diverse your workforce , the more successful you ’ re going to be and the more we reflect the make-up of our communities , the more we can connect with them .”
Looking to the future , the JHG-KBR joint venture and the Safety Focused Performance consortia will compete for the bulk of Melbourne Water ’ s capital works program ( approximately $ 200m / annum ). “ The model ’ s interesting because it ’ s not an alliance but a highly collaborative model within a
SEPTEMBER 2019