Asphalt Foreperson

Fulton Hogan; Whangarei; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Medical after eligibility

KiwiSaver employer contributions

Parental leave top up

Training and career progression

Retail discounts

Job summary

Fulton Hogan is seeking an experienced Asphalt Foreperson to lead the crew and deliver high-quality surfacing work on site. You will coordinate labour, plant, and subcontractors, and ensure safety, on-time delivery and adherence to standards.

The role requires hands-on leadership with a focus on teamwork, quality checks, and clear communication with engineers and supervisors. We value practical, safety-first approaches and flexibility across roles to uplift the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years construction experience ideally in asphalt and paving.
• Current Class 2 licence, and Class 4, W, T, R endorsements ideal (we can assist).
• At least 2 years' experience leading and supervising crews and coordinating jobs, plant, and subcontractors.
• Ability to interpret and deliver against plans, undertake quality checks, oversee time and attendance, use various technology.
• Strong verbal and written communication for handover between shifts, and working with Engineer and Supervisor.
• A practical, safety-first approach with strong communication skills, good judgement, and a genuine team focus.
• Ability and willingness to lead stakeholder and client relationships, ensuring trust and confidence in FH and your crew.
• Flexibility to work across roles, support capability uplift of your team and lead by example.

Responsibilities

• Lead the asphalt crew to deliver work safely, efficiently, on schedule and to quality standards, contributing across the team where needed.
• Manage relationships, and coordinate site operations, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Run pre-starts, identify hazards, manage risks and ensure safety, environmental and quality processes are followed.
• Complete required documentation such as timesheets, daily job sheets, pre-start inspections, plant usage sheets and quality checklists.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Communication

Safety-first

Job description

Mō te tūŋanga | About the role

We're looking for an experienced Asphalt Foreperson to lead from the front and help deliver Good Work across our surfacing operations. In this role, you'll lead your crew day to day, coordinate plant, labour and subcontractors, and make sure work is delivered safely, on time and to a high standard.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who knows asphalt, backs their team, and knows how to keep jobs moving. At Fulton Hogan, titles matter less than ideas, and you'll be trusted to make good calls, and create a safe, productive site for everyone.

Ngā tino kawenga mahi | Key role responsibilities

• Lead the asphalt crew to deliver work safely, efficiently, on schedule and to quality standards, contributing across the team where needed.
• Manage relationships, and coordinate site operations, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Run pre-starts, identify hazards, manage risks and ensure safety, environmental and quality processes are followed.
• Complete required documentation such as timesheets, daily job sheets, pre-start inspections, plant usage sheets and quality checklists.

Kei te kimi mātē i tū e whai ana i ēnei ūŋ | We're looking for someone with

• Minimum 5 years construction experience ideally in asphalt and paving.
• Current class 2 licence, and class 4, W, T, R endorsement ideal (we can assist).
• At least 2 years' experience leading and supervising crews and coordinating jobs, plant, and sub-contractors.
• Ability to interpret and deliver against plans, undertake quality checks, oversee time and attendance, use various technology.
• Strong verbal and written communication for handover between shifts, and working with Engineer and Supervisor
• A practical, safety-first approach with strong communication skills, good judgement, and a genuine team focus.
• Ability and willingness to lead stakeholder and client relationships, ensuring trust and confidence in FH and your crew.
• Flexibility to work across roles, support capability uplift of your team and lead by example.

He pai te mahi, he pai nā painga | Good work, good benefits

• Life insurance from day one and Medical after the eligibility period.
• KiwiSaver employer contributions after service milestones, up to 7%.
• Parental leave top up payment with additional return to work support.
• Ongoing training and development, with clear career growth and progression opportunities.
• Great discounts at a wide range of retailers.

Ko wai mātē | About us

At Fulton Hogan, Good Work is about more than what we deliver. It's how we show up, how we treat each other, and how we move forward together. We're flat, friendly and down to earth. We take the work seriously, not ourselves.