Divisional Manager

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?

Due to recent changes and growth in our South Australian business we are looking to appoint a new Divisional Manager - Spray Seal / Blending and Emulsion. Based in Adelaide, you will oversee our Spray Seal, Blending and Emulsion Business Units, helping us drive effective, safe and profitable outcomes. We are seeking a leader with experience and skill in managing change, developing people and who has a demonstrated ability to satisfy both internal and external customers. You will be someone with solid business acumen and will know what it takes to deliver financial and safety performance through people.

What you will be accountable for:

• Providing direction and leadership to the Blending and Emulsion and Spray Seal businesses, clearly establish roles and responsibilities and ensuring performance expectations are consistently met.
• Leading your team in the delivery of bituminous surfacing projects for public and private sector clients; ensuring exceptional customer service, while maximising operational performance, profitability and return on investment.
• Driving a safety-first approach in line with Fulton Hogan's "Living Safely" Culture
• Preparing targets and objectives for the Business Units and providing regular reporting feedback as to actual progress towards targets.
• Preparing business plans and associated annual budgets, including capital acquisition requests.
• Completing commercial and financial reviews of monthly project costs ensuring forecasted cost to complete are accurate across all projects for the month.
• Showing initiative to identify and address issues before they arise, with the aptitude and flexibility for taking on new challenges.
• Employee mentoring and development.
• Ensuring bituminous products and spray seal practices meet client's specification requirements.

What we need from you:

• Proven technical knowledge and track record of delivering profitability on various bituminous surfacing projects and programmes of work, within a safe environment.
• Experience leading a geographically dispersed business, with strong financial and commercial acumen to improve business performance in challenging markets.
• Demonstrated understanding of budgets, forecasting, subcontractor management, estimating and cost control.
• A persistence to drive positive outcomes, while fostering a culture of autonomy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, coupled with the ability to take ownership and problem solve when competing stakeholder interests.
• Proven technical knowledge on bitumen, emulsion, and its various applications.
• Proven strong commercial understanding within the construction sector.

Fulton Hogan Philosophy

We build and maintain critical infrastructure that connects and enhances communities across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Everything from roads and bridges to airports and utilities. We're committed to ensuring the Good Work we do will make a positive difference to the quality of life for our people, our customers, and the communities we all call home. Our continued success relies on generating new and diverse ideas, which is why our 'Good Work' culture encourages ownership and empowerment, while never forgetting the importance of balancing life's priorities.

Sound like you?

If this sounds like and you would like to help build on our Good Work culture, then we would like to hear from you.

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. If our values resonate with you, please submit an application for the position. If you're not sure that you meet 100% of the selection criteria, that's okay, we would still like to hear from you and potentially discuss how your skills could be utilised at Fulton Hogan.

For 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 and New Zealand.