Barton Johns

• ‍Director, Engine Room VM
• Defence infrastructure specialist with 17+ years in capital delivery‍

Barton Johns is a senior project leader with deep experience managing capital works across defence, education, aviation, and government sectors. At Engine Room VM, he leads high-value infrastructure programs with a focus on clarity, compliance, and results.

Previously, Barton spent nearly four years as Project Director at Jacobs, where he delivered major defence programs including:

• $250 million in new defence facilities at RAAF Base Edinburgh (LAND 19 Phase 7B)
• Counter-IED infrastructure at national training sites (LAND 154 Phase 4)
• Distributed Ground Station facilities across South Australia
• Early planning and PM/CA for confidential defence capability programs

Before that, he worked at RPS for nearly nine years, managing both planning and delivery phases for:

• The Moorebank Units Relocation Project ($900 million), Holsworthy Barracks
• The HMAS Cerberus Redevelopment Project ($463 million), Victoria
• Qantas ramp upgrades at Sydney Airport T1 and T3
• New school infrastructure for the NSW Department of Education
• SEA and AIR Series defence programs, including SEA4100, SEA5000, and AIR6500

Earlier in his career, Barton held roles at Gallagher Jeffs, Evans & Peck, and Kell & Rigby, delivering commercial fitouts and acting as a Contract Administrator on high-end residential projects.