Divisional Manager

Fulton Hogan Australia Pty Limited; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tailored training & mentoring

Flexible working arrangements

Health & wellbeing benefits

Parental leave & family support

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Fulton Hogan Australia Pty Limited is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the Civil Department in Ormeau, QLD. You will drive strategic, safety, operational, and financial performance, mentoring the team and ensuring transparent, accountable delivery with a focus on continuous improvement.

You will apply strong commercial acumen, lead stakeholder relationships, manage budgets, forecasting, and cost control to deliver sustainable project pipelines and high-quality infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Senior Project Manager in civil construction.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen with cost control focus.
• Ability to lead and mentor teams and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Oversee overall operations and performance of the Civil Department ensuring health, safety, quality and environmental compliance.
• Drive a safety-first culture across the department and align with Living Safely values.
• Complete monthly cost reviews and manage forecasted project costs.
• Recruit and onboard staff to support civil services implementation.
• Monitor market trends and secure a sustainable project pipeline with estimating teams.
• Develop new business opportunities from inception to operation and lead the team.
• Assist in selecting and procuring plant and equipment.
• Report spend analyses and identify improvement opportunities for self-performing works.

Skills

Leadership

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Estimating

Cost control

Budgets & forecasting

Subcontractor management

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?

Reporting to the Regional Manager Infrastructure Services, you will be responsible for all strategic, safety, operational and financial aspects of civil works based in Ormeau, QLD. Driving a culture of continuous improvement to ensure efficient delivery, you will create an environment which is open, transparent, and accountable. Your ambition to lead and mentor a team, will be demonstrated by your guidance and support to ensure individual development, growth, and high performance.

You will be an accomplished and agile operational leader with strong technical skills, effective leadership, and a high level of commercial and financial acumen. Effective communication, enthusiasm, professionalism, and the ability to influence at all levels is essential. You will have proven evidence of delivering results in a fast‑paced environment and the ability to drive a safety‑first approach across the business in line with Fulton Hogan's "Living Safely" Culture.

Your Contribution

• Solid management experience, ideally demonstrating full accountability, for all commercial, financial, leadership and operational aspects of a civils business.
• Proven leadership qualities - the ability to lead change whilst driving team engagement.
• The commercial acumen to improve business performance in challenging markets.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Be responsible for the overall operations and performance of the Civil Department ensuring compliance to all health and safety, quality, and environmental legislation and company procedures.
• Drive a safety‑first approach across the department in line with Fulton Hogan's "Living Safely" Culture.
• Complete commercial and financial monthly cost reviews of ensuring forecasted costs are accurately completed across all projects.
• Recruit and onboard staff to drive the successful implementation of the civil services department.
• Understand market trends and movements, and work closely with the estimating team to secure a sustainable and strategic pipeline of future works.
• Develop new business opportunities from inception through to operation and provide ongoing management and leadership to the team.
• Assist in the selection and procurement of plant and equipment.
• Report and provide analysis of department spend on projects and detail opportunities for improvement with a focus on self‑performing works.

How will you connect to the role?

To be successful in this role, you will be a highly enthusiastic and energetic hands‑on‑industry professional with robust experience in civil construction. This role will be well suited to a Senior Project Manager looking for their next career challenge. You will have strong financial and commercial acumen and excellent people leadership skills. You will be adept at building sound relationships, managing stakeholders and have an ability to take ownership and problem solve. A demonstrated understanding of costings, budgets, forecasting, subcontractor management, estimating and cost control is necessary, as is an ability to drive positive outcomes, while fostering a culture of autonomy, accountability, and continuous improvement.

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.

We are committed to reconciliation and building and nurturing respectful relationships with First Nations peoples. Through our First Nations Engagement Strategy and Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), we aim to promote opportunities, cultural understanding and partnerships that celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of Indigenous communities.

For over 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, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.

Fulton Hogan delivers high-quality infrastructure to improve the lives of people in AU and NZ, every day. Our 10,000+ strong team works in every kind of weather, creating, connecting, and caring for communities. After more than 90 years in business, we believe resilient infrastructure will help tackle the challenges of a changing world, and we will continue to invest and innovate to play our part. We build and maintain the roads, rail, ports, airports, bridges, parks and utility networks which make up connected, functioning towns and cities across Australia. We also create the vast networks of pipes and drains below ground which supply clean water, energy, fuel, data and manage waste.

Fulton Hogan delivers high-quality infrastructure to improve the lives of people in AU and NZ, every day. Our 10,000+ strong team works in every kind of weather, creating, connecting, and caring for communities. After more than 90 years in business, we believe resilient infrastructure will help tackle the challenges of a changing world, and we will continue to invest and innovate to play our part. We build and maintain the roads, rail, ports, airports, bridges, parks and utility networks which make up connected, functioning towns and cities across Australia. We also create the vast networks of pipes and drains below ground which supply clean water, energy, fuel, data and manage waste.