National Health & Safety Manager

Job Posting End Date

October 11,

Job Location

Eight Mile Plains

Job Description

Life at Fulton Hogan is about making the most of opportunities, taking responsibility, and making it happen. We appreciate our peoples’ courage, curiosity and unique perspectives, and look to collaborate as much as possible to explore safer, smarter and more efficient ways of working in this rapidly changing world. We don’t stand still – there are always opportunities to do more and do better.

  • Keen to progress your career? Take full advantage of our tailored training, leadership, and mentoring programs; or leverage our partnerships with industry association such as Engineers Australia, Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia, Infrastructure Sustainability Council, The National Association of Women in Construction, plus many more.
  • Looking to enhance your wellbeing? We will encourage you to explore flexible working arrangements where possible. We offer great benefits, including corporate health and fitness programs, health insurance discounts, personal banking support, a range of retailer discounts, up to 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave and up to 10 days paid secondary carers leave, access to our Employee Assistance Program (including your immediate family), and the option to take more time for yourself throughout the year with our Purchase Leave Policy.
  • Want to help us better the communities we live and work in? Our purpose of creating, connecting, and caring for communities is more than a saying to us – it’s a way of thinking, working, and living because we’re locals too, and seek to give back in ways that strengthen and build resilient communities. We do this because we genuinely care, enjoy what we do, and even manage to have some fun along the way! You’ll find us partnering with local and national community groups, like Clontarf Foundation, Black Dog Institute, and Soldier On, in addition to indigenous groups and social enterprises, to ensure that our good work positively impacts and brings about sustainable change within our industry.
  • Do we offer a ‘competitive’ salary package? Of course! Speak to our Talent Acquisition or People & Culture team to learn more.

What’s on offer?

We currently have a position available for a National Health & Safety Manager to be based in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane. Reporting directly to the Executive General Manager (EGM) of People, Safety and Sustainability, this is a career-defining opportunity that will allow you to deliver a significant strategy, roll out key Health and Safety initiatives and make a REAL positive change that will benefit Fulton Hogan employees and industry.

You will provide overarching leadership to further establish and maintain effective and sustainable Health and Safety policies and practices for the organisation, whilst ensuring systems are effectively integrated and consistent across the business.

You will ensure that Fulton Hogan meets health and safety legislative requirements on an on-going basis and where necessary, advocate on behalf of FH to present and represent the interests and perspective of the company. Partnering up with the EGM – People Safety and Sustainability, you will continue to develop, sustain and advocate the implementation of an approach ensuring people and the communities in which we work are protected, delivery of work is on time and to our customer’s requirements, we operate within environmentally responsible and respectful operations and in line with all legislative and regulatory requirements, all the while supporting our people as part of a positive culture based on REAL values. Other key accountabilities will include, but not be limited to:

  • Continue to execute the National Health and Safety Strategy and key initiatives with EGM People Safety and Sustainability and HSQE leads.
  • Ensure Health and Safety systems are effectively integrated ensuring consistency across the business.
  • Analysis of data for accurate reporting allowing the business to make evidence-based decisions in line with the strategic objectives.
  • Governance of Health and Safety policies and procedures that interacts and supports each of the business streams.
  • Maintain up to date knowledge of Standards and Legislation, guiding the business to best practice approaches.

How you’ll connect to the role?

Your exceptional leadership capability will see you successfully continue to further establish and maintain effective and sustainable Health and Safety policies and practices for Fulton Hogan. You will hold relevant tertiary qualification and possess significant practical, industry-related experience at a national level. Strong acumen in leading Health & Safety disciplines with the ability to impact, influence and change strategy could set you up for success in this role.

Ability to effectively communicate with executive management, and senior customer representatives, to identify and interpret key data insights to effectively improve business decisions, and to conceptualise, formulate and operationally deliver strategies will stand you in good stead for this role as will a collaborative approach to delivering business outcomes.

This is a unique opportunity to showcase your expertise in a highly complex yet rewarding environment and to create meaningful, lasting strategies by connecting, influencing and supporting others across functions.

If you believe you have the skills, experience and leadership to take on the challenge, we would like to hear from you.

Our people share the same set of values that keep us REAL. Respect, Energy and Effort, Attitude and Leadership encapsulate what we stand for at Fulton Hogan and encourage us to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where we listen to, care for, celebrate, and respect everyone. If our values resonate with you, please submit an application for the position. If you’re not sure that you meet 100% of the selection criteria, that’s okay, we would still like to hear from you and potentially discuss how your skills could be utilised at Fulton Hogan.

For 90 years, Fulton Hogan has been delivering high-quality infrastructure to improve the lives of people every day. Our 10,000 team works in every kind of weather and environment, creating, connecting, and caring for communities across Australia and New Zealand.

We celebrate and embrace diversity across our business and are committed to equal employment opportunities.

We believe in the value that diversity brings to our team and people who share our REAL values are encouraged to apply