John Powell has been the construction manager of Highway Construction since 2009. He is a civil engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, holding senior roles on large-scale road infrastructure, bridge construction, quarrying, blasting and mining infrastructure projects across regional and metropolitan Western Australia. He commenced his career in the civil construction industry as a site engineer for a large civil & mining contractor where he worked on projects including the Kalgoorlie Airport redevelopment, Argyle Alluvial project and the Yarrie Railway project.