Regional Safety Manager

Job Description

Tier 1 Construction contractor

Permanent role with career progression

Mile End location within a family values based business

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 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 are seeking a suitably experienced and driven Regional Safety Manager for our South Australian and Northern Territory (Central Region) Infrastructure Services business, based in Mile End reporting to General Manager Central Region FHIS.

Our operational remit encompasses an array of diverse work areas including asphalt and spray seal operations, road maintenance work, minor civil construction, asphalt production, laboratories, emulsion and speciality products.

You will provide safety leadership to a high functioning safety team, ensuring we meet compliance with legislative requirements in line with client and company health and safety standards.

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

Coordination of deployment schedule in line with program requirements to ensure adequate coverage.

Monitoring and management of Health and safety key performance indicators and identifying and implementing strategies to further streamline systems and processes.

Liaising and reporting directly with client Health and Safety personnel to ensure requirements and expectations are exceeded.

Planning and performing Health and Safety compliance audits to identify and evaluate conformity and opportunities for improvement.

Providing leadership support across risk, compliance, incident investigation, quality control, environmental management whilst driving continuous improvement.

Driving improved performance by identifying trends, analysing statistics, preparing reports and implementing compliance initiatives, identifying and addressing risk.

Strategic leadership to develop comprehensive plan designed to manage and reduce workplace risks, protect employees, and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

How you’ll connect to the role?

We are seeking a suitably experience person who has gained relevant expertise from other top or mid-tier contractors that deliver either construction or engineering maintenance projects.

Your tertiary qualification in Health and Safety or related discipline, possession of Lead Auditing Qualification (preferably ICAM lead investigator) as well as your expertise in accredited safety systems and incident investigation will set you up for success.

You will have the ability to lead, develop, engage, coach and foster relationships at all levels of an organisation. Your high degree of proficiency in report writing, presentations and client facing interactions will set you up well.

Furthermore, your positive, engaging, and solutions-oriented attitude will let you quickly make an impact and successfully integrate into this close-knit and collaborative team.

This is an opportunity to operate within an ever-changing environment, navigate competing demands and deliver solutions that are reflective of where we want to go and what we want to achieve over the coming years.

We encourage an attitude of ownership and empowerment’ where you will be able to take responsibility for performance in your area.

Hard work, results and dedication are rewarded with career development opportunities and employee benefit programs. Joining Fulton Hogan means joining an organisation where your contributions are rewarded, and your value is recognised.

Sound like you?

If you would like to help build on our Good Work culture, and meet a number of our roles’ requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application.

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