J. Wyndham Prince

We're Hiring!

Yep, JWP is on the lookout for passionate, innovative and dynamic people to join our growing team. Not only will you be joining an uplifting and motivating team, you'll become part of a professional organisation with over 40 years of success under it's belt designing, managing and delivering some of the largest and most innovative land development projects across Greater Sydney for both the public and private sector.

Located in brand new, contemporary offices in Penrith CBD this is a fabulous opportunity to further develop your skills and your career.

Check out the roles we have available...
Project Manager https://loom.ly/0NdXRCY
Water Resource Engineer https://loom.ly/NZpNSko

Come on, join us:) We can't wait to welcome you to team JWP!

Building communities is one thing. Supporting them is another.

Not everyone has the luxury of a safe home, or even the certainty of a hot, healthy meal every day. Thankfully there are people like Mama Lana's Community Foundation (MLCF) to help fill the gaps.

At JWP, we're proud to be a Turn The Tables partner of Mama Lana's, providing ongoing financial assistance to cover the rent and running costs of the MLCF premises.

Want to know more about how MLCF helps those less fortunate than us? Check 'em out on our website https://loom.ly/oRo_Qe0

Corporate Social Responsibility J Wyndham Prince is a proud supporter of Mama Lana’s Community Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping the homeless…

As new estates and communities grow, so too does our need to be connected and to move around. It's imperative that roads infrastructure keeps pace with the growth of housing, and with people's expectations of being able to move quickly, efficiently and safely from one place to another.

We're proud to have played a major role in the upgrade of Bernera Rd. The new upgrade connects Camden Valley Way & Bernera Road linking to the Liverpool-Parramatta Bus-Transit way and Edmonson Park Station.

See more about the Bernara Rd Upgrade on our website https://loom.ly/OwFs2-Q

Bernera Road Bernera Road Project – the new road upgrade serves as a link road between Camden Valley Way & Bernera Road…

What a TEAM!

We're so proud of team JWP for their efforts in this year's City2Surf. Not just their results, but the fact they showed up on a weekend to help make a difference in people's lives by fundraising for SANE, supporting people living with complex mental health issues in our community.

Our superstar, Dan finished in 1hr 11min & placed 8332 of 77,671 people 🙂 (show off) with Noah & Jack both finishing in 1hr 30min. Maninder finished in under 2 hours with the rest of the team finishing between 2 hours 30 and 3 hours 30.

Looks like they might have had a bit too much fun and should have run faster 😅

The 19th century gold rush in Kalgoorlie and surrounds is entrenched in the folklore of our nation. It led to massive growth in our population, an increase in multiculturalism and the start of enormous wealth for some people.

Sadly it also led to an explosion in diseases like Typhoid, Scarlet Fever and Pneumonia due to poor sanitation.
That's when civil engineers stepped in to save the day with The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.

Opening in 1903, this project, stretched 560km from Perth to Kalgoorlie and brought water to these new and expanding towns. It’s the longest water supply pipeline in the world and, in fact, when it was built the amount of steel used in construction was greater than any other steel structure.

Another defining moment in the history of civil engineering in our great nation!

Check out more about this project on the WA Government website https://loom.ly/byzX1_A

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There's less that 2 weeks to go, and team JWP are ready to take on the City To Surf 👟


On Sunday 11 August 2024 our team of 17 will be taking on The City to Surf, the world's largest fun run bringing 80,000+ people together from all walks of life to run, jog, walk or stroll the iconic 14km course from the Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach.

Team JWP are also fundraising for SANE. SANE supports & helps people living with complex mental health issues in our community. SANE's Vision: A brighter future for people affected by complex mental health issues by ending mental health inequity and social and economic exclusion.


If you can, we'd love you to show your support for Team JWP and this critically important cause. Simply click on the link below for our fundraising page.

https://loom.ly/ggYSqEU

We've talked about the Sydney Metro project before. While not one of ours, it's an exciting project from so many perspectives and one we're keeping an eye on because, well, we love big infrastructure projects:)
The Western Sydney International Airport tunnels are done! Check it out... https://loom.ly/nTuSJGI

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On July 5th we sponsored Hamish in the Hattah Desert Race, and today we're stoked to bring you the results 🏍️

The race included 247 riders in four separate classes.
Qualifying is known as the Prologue, which is a timed race over a 5 km track that sets the riders' starting position in the main race. Racing is full of curveballs and it did not go to plan, with Hamish starting a little bit lower than he had hoped at position 181⏱️

Over the next hour and 45 minutes, Hamish raced against the conditions and other riders and continued to make up places in the race.
After 2 laps of the 22 km track, Hamish was in position 155 and continued to move through the field finishing in position 139 🏁

What a cracking effort to make up a huge 42 places during the race to finish 25th in his class of 47 riders

Top job Hamish, we're proud of you buddy!

This is it! The moment we've been waiting for! Our new website is finally live and we can't wait for you to see it 😍 With some fresh content, updated imagery and a bold, modern new look and feel, it really brings our website into line with J. Wyndham Prince's position as a progressive leader in the field of Civil Engineering. Check it out and tell us what you think... https://www.jwprince.com.au/

As our populations grows, it's important to have areas of medium and high density housing to prevent urban sprawl from growing too far, and to protect some of our bushland.

The key to success here is to ensure those housing estates have appropriate infrastructure like roads, electricity, sewer and stormwater drainage, but also that they have accessible green and community spaces.

We're proud to have helped create such an estate at Botanica, just 14km from Sydney CBD.

There is a lot of talk about sustainability at the moment, but civil engineering in Australia has been focused on sustainable outcomes for decades.

Described as one of the Civil Engineering Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers, The Snowy was build between 1949 and 1973. It generates on average 4,500 gigawatt-hours of renewable electricity each year by capturing melting snow and recycling water between Talbingo Reservoir and Jounama Pondage. Water is then released into the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers via a series of tunnels.

To learn more about this incredible project, check out https://loom.ly/NG_Eoo0

The Snowy Scheme - Snowy Hydro Described as one of the civil engineering wonders of the modern world, the Snowy Scheme consists of eight power stations, 16 major dams, 80 kilometres of aqueducts and 145 kilometres of interconnected tunnels. POWER STATIONS The Snowy Scheme consists of eight hydro power stations*, including two tha...

How's this for excitement?

Hamish, the son of one of our leadership team, is racing in the Hattah Desert Race in Mildura on his trusty KTM. The races is over 134 km and he's up against 200+ other riders. Yep, quite a feat, and we're proud to be one of his sponsors.

Check out the race details here https://www.hattahdesertrace.com.au/ and we'll bring you an update on his results next week!

Our team is nothing if not versatile and multi-talented:) Our very own Paul Knowles makes a special cameo in this sewer and water update on the exciting development at Figtree Hill.
It's a privilege for us to be working alongside Lendlease to bring 5000 new homes to the community of South Western Sydney.
https://loom.ly/SES1FAE

Figtree Hill Sydney Water Update The Figtree Hill development will be a high-quality community delivering over 5,000 new homes in south-west Sydney. Where we’ve been given approvals by Sydne...

The days of 'She'll be right mate' and just sucking it up are gone.

Thankfully, as a society, we've realised the importance of maintaining good mental health and the impacts poor mental health can have on people's performance at work and more importantly their lives and their families.

At JWP we take our responsibility as custodians of our people's health, physical and mental, seriously. We now have 6 trained and accredited Mental Health First Aid officers across all areas and at all levels of the business reflecting our commitment to this critical area of WHS. A project manager, a business development coordinator, an accounts officer, a senior water resources engineer, an HR officer, and, the Corporate Services manager - 2 men and 4 women.

Mental Health doesn't discriminate based on age, gender, social status or job title so we're covering all the bases!

Thanks to St Johns for their nationally recognised 'Recognise and Respond to Crisis Situations' course, we're now better placed than ever to keep our people safe.

For more details on the course, check it out here https://loom.ly/-0o27OI

Modern residential developments are so well designed and constructed these days, with consideration given to important issues such as ease of traffic movements, liveability, flood mitigation green space and recreation, but it wasn't always that way.

The Deakin University Website says 'The first Australian Town Panning Conference was held in Adelaide in October 1917. Delegates came from across the country, and internationally, and included professionals in the new field of town planning, politicians from all levels of government, representatives from public works department and individuals with a vested interest in improving their own patch of Australia.

Although this was the first formally convened conference on the subject, the papers presented show evidence that a keen enthusiasm for town planning was alive and well within municipal councils across the country.

This first conference has been described as "...an explosion of excitement and a cross-fertilization of ideas, and it has become a cornerstone of Australian comprehensive town planning thought." (Hutchings, 2007, p.4).'

We love helping create more liveable cities and communities and being at the forefront of progress and development in civil engineering and design.

Yoga, Civil Engineering style. Bet you never thought you'd hear that! It pays to stay flexible on the worksite. Happy World Yoga Day. 🧘‍♂️

Just one of the fabulous projects we've been fortunate enough to work on. Bingara Gorge is set in a spectacular semi-rural setting with gently rolling hills and green nature corridors.

The masterplan incorporates premium residential, parks and green space, a village heart, and the pulse recreational hub, all wrapped around the 18-hole GRAHAM MARSH designed golf course. Modern residential estates are about so much more than housing, they're about lifestyle and liveability!

Australia is home to fabulous examples of ground breaking civil engineering. Take our very own Sydney Harbour Bridge for example.

Our beloved 'Coathanger' is the tenth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the world and the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 m (440 ft) from top to water level.*

Construction of the bridge took nine years, six million rivets, 52,800 tonnes of steel and 45,000 tons of Moruya granite and required the demolition of 799 homes and a school to make way for the massive pylons***

Built in 1932, it carries road and rail traffic, as well as pedestrians and cyclists, from Sydney’s central business district to the north shore and vice versa.

Chief engineer on the scheme, John Bradfield, got the idea for the structure’s design after a trip to America in 1921 – drawing up outline plans for a crossing based on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York.**

The bridge was eventually opened by New South Wales prime minister Jack Lang on 19 March 1932 after Francis de Groot of right-wing group the New Guard, rode up on a hrorse and slashed the ribbon it in half with a sword.**

crowd of around 1m people turned up for the event.

*Credit Wikipedia
** Credit ice.org.uk
*** Credit Australian Traveller
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We've been itching to share this with you all, and we can finally let the cat out of the bag. We have a new GM!

When Matthew White retired a few months ago, we knew we had big shoes to fill. And, well, we filled them!

With over 25 years’ of experience across operations, manufacturing, IT, consulting, project management, change management, sales & marketing, and customer experience, our new GM, Mark MacKenzie, brings a wealth of knowledge to the team. He has worked across a host of industries including engineering, FMCG, financial services, manufacturing, and transport & logistics. During our discussions with Mark, we learned he thrives on developing high-performing teams, building a strong corporate culture and embedding strategic plans. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Business Administration, and, is an accredited Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Outside of work, Mark has a strong association with Surf Lifesaving NSW as a Senior Official, plays golf, and enjoys V8 Supercars and Formula 1. (Must be something to do with those finely engineered machines!)

Join us in welcoming Mark to team JWP.

It's hard to wrap your mind around the sheer scale of this project.

As excitement builds around the opening of Western Sydney International Airport, we're more excited to follow the journey of Peggy and Eileen as they toil away underground boring tunnels for the Western Sydney Airport line of Sydney Metro rail link.
(We secretly love that these fabulous machines have names. What about you?)

https://loom.ly/x6B_OKU

We love a bit of history here at JWP.

Did you know the first self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton* John built the third version of the Eddystone Lighthouse in 1759, a watershed construction because of it's influence on lighthouse design and the use of concrete in construction. The first two versions were built of timber (not by John of course) and, naturally, that didn't end well...

In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers. Though there was evidence of some technical meetings, it was really more of a social society.

Things have certainly changed since then, but we love to look back at where it all began...

*Thank you Wikipedia.

Building roads infrastructure isn't just about getting cars from A to B.

Naturally, roads are there to help people move around efficiently, but there are other factors to consider when we're designing and building these kind of projects.
✅ Guttering and stormwater drainage needs to be designed to quickly and effectively move large volumes of water off the road and safely into the water management system.
✅ Street lighting and traffic control signals have to be designed into the plan so roads work effectively in all weather and traffic conditions.
✅A nd of course we need footpaths for walking the doggo, so the kids can go for a pedal and so there is safe passage for people with mobility issues.

Who knew there was so much involved in building roads! (Us. We knew... 😎)

The countdown has begun, and the team is in training!

We're so proud of our people. 14 of our team will be running in this year's City is Surf on August 11th. Not only are we representing our business, team JWP are also fundraising for SANE.
SANE supports & helps people living with complex mental health issues in our community. SANE's Vision: 'A brighter future for people affected by complex mental health issues by ending mental health inequity and social and economic exclusion.'

If you would like to donate and support Team JWP, click on the link below for their fundraising page for City2Surf.

https://loom.ly/ggYSqEU

We'll be sure to bring you a photo of Team JWP with their finisher's medals too🥇

🌸 Happy Mother's Day to all the incredible moms out there!
🌼 Whether you're a mom by birth, adoption, fostering, or simply nurturing those around you with love and care, today is for you.
Your strength, compassion, and endless support make the world a better place. Wishing you a day filled with love, laughter, and cherished moments with your loved ones.
You deserve all the appreciation and celebration today and every day! 💖

As much as we love what we do, there's no question that having offices like these make it just a little sweeter. According to an article in Forbes Magazine citing the Fellowes Workplace Wellness Trend Report, quality workspace design leads to a less stressful and more productive atmosphere.
So not only does it look fab, having modern and well designed offices is actually a win win for everyone!

'But don't you only work with Government departments?

No, we work with the private sector too. It's true, we're fortunate to have excellent relationships with all levels of Government, and we work on some massive public infrastructure projects, but we've got the skills and resources to work with large and small private sector developers too.

In fact it's often the smaller, more innovative, private sector projects where our team really shines.

You can see just some of our fabulous clients here 👉 https://loom.ly/Fe1_Mlo

‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.’

Lest we forget.