Safety 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?

We are currently recruiting for an experienced and motivated Safety Manager to join our Macquarie Park Bus Depot project team. Working closely with Transport for NSW this project will accommodate approx. 150 battery electric buses, supporting public transport services to the lower North Shore and Northwest suburbs of Sydney, stretching to Chatswood and Parramatta. The project scope includes construction of electric bus charging stations, wash bay, maintenance workshop plus administration building. This multi-million dollar project is set to commence late 2025 and will provide essential infrastructure to Northwest suburbs of Sydney.

You will help lead our "Living Safely" values throughout the project while, encouraging and educating teams on best practice approaches to safety. Looking after all safety aspects of the IMS, standards, legislation and guidelines enabling the development of a proactive and robust safety culture. You will also:

• Participate in developing and reviewing processes for the safety aspects of the IMS ensuring appropriate implementation;
• Report on the safety performance of the IMS and any need for improvement as required;
• Provide guidance, and where required, lead liaison with safety regulatory authorities e.g. State Departments, including incident notifications;
• Schedule and conduct audits to assess the safety performance of the IMS;
• Conduct and review safety audits, incidents etc. at planned intervals to ensure the IMS's continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness;
• As required mentor or train workplace personnel in regards to the safety aspects of the IMS, and
• Conduct investigations to identify underlying causes of non-conformances, near misses and incidents to prevent reoccurrence.

Your proven experience leading teams within a project environment will stand you in good stead for the role. Your strong attention to detail, the ability to influence and promote a safety culture, and the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team will set you up well in the team. As this is a leadership role, you will need to bring a coaching mindset to drive best practice outcomes across the project.

The pre-employment process will include a medical check, including drug and alcohol screening.

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.