Senior Asphalt Crew Lead — Safe, On-Time Paving

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

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.