Safety Manager

Fulton Hogan; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working where possible

Health insurance discounts

Parental leave up to 18 weeks

Carer’s leave 10 days

Employee Assistance Program

Purchase Leave

Retailer discounts

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Fulton Hogan is seeking an experienced Safety Manager to join our West Region Delivery project team. You’ll lead safety across multidisciplinary Sydney Water projects, driving the safety culture and aligning with client requirements.

You'll provide visible safety leadership, support planning from design to delivery, and mentor the safety team to ensure compliant, proactive risk controls across civil, structural and mechanical interfaces.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Safety Manager or senior WHS leader in construction, utilities or complex infrastructure.
• Relevant HSEQ qualification and auditing certifications.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and risk management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Reinforce and drive the safety strategy across joint ventures and projects.
• Provide safety leadership to ensure compliance with legislative and client requirements.
• Plan safe delivery from design to execution and influence process decisions.
• Develop critical control plans and verify in the field.
• Lead and manage a safety team and coordinate deployment to match program needs.
• Champion Fulton Hogan Living Safely 2.0 culture.

Skills

Safety leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Report writing

MS Office

Leadership coaching

Client facing

Safety culture

Education

Health, Safety, Environment or Quality qualification

Lead Auditing Qualification

ICAM lead investigator certification

Job description

• Permanent role with career progression
• Be rewarded & recognised for the ‘Good Work’ you do!

A rare opportunity to join a business that has been in operation for 90+ years and is focused on creating, connecting and caring for communities.

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, the Australian Water Association, WaterAid, 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 arrangementswhere 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, and Black Dog Institute, 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 looking to strengthen our West Region Delivery project team with an experienced Safety Manager within our Fulton Hogan Utilities business. You’ll work across multidisciplinary Sydney Water projects throughout Western Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Western Sydney Growth Area and parts of the North West Growth Centre.

With civil, structural, pipeline, mechanical and electrical interfaces, this role will suit someone who thrives in a fast-paced delivery environment and enjoys both leading people and shaping safety culture. You’ll have strong support, excellent growth pathways, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across our operations.

In this role you’ll be responsible for:

• Reinforcing and driving the business Safety strategy from the ground up and adapt Safety strategy to align with client requirements and expectations
• Providing Safety leadership across a multidisciplinary Joint Venture, ensuring compliance with legislative, client and internal management system requirements
• Supporting the project team to plan safe delivery from the outset — proactively influencing construction methodology, staging, resourcing, and risk controls at early design and pre‑start phases
• Leading the development of critical control plans, ensuring they are clearly defined, understood and actively verified in the field
• Day to day management of a high functioning Safety team and coordination of deployment schedule in line with program requirements
• Providing leadership support over f: sure?

How you'll connect to the role:

• Proven experience as a Safety Manager or senior WHS leader within construction, utilities, or complex infrastructure environments
• Relevant Qualification in Health, Safety, Environment or Quality related discipline
• Hold a relevant Lead Auditing Qualification
• Hold ICAM lead investigator certification or equivalent (Learning Teams approach preferred but not mandatory) and be competent in maintaining an accredited HSEQ management systems
• High‑level stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Proficient user of the Microsoft Office Suite in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Teams
• Proficient in report writing, presentations and client facing interactions with proven ability to lead, develop, engage, coach and foster relationships at all levels of an organisation
• Adopting and driving Fulton Hogan’s Living Safely 2.0 Culture.

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.