Program 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, 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 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 seeking to strengthen our Utilities division with the addition of a Program Manager to lead a high performing team and portfolio of multi-million dollar infrastructure projects. This leadership position will be pivotal in shaping the successful delivery of complex works on live operational sites, ensuring excellence in health and safety, commercial performance and stakeholder engagement. You'll play a central role in driving program and project outcomes that align with our ambitious growth strategy - all the while enhancing Fulton Hogan's strong relationship with our blue chip client.

In this role you'll be responsible for:

• Overseeing the successful execution of projects and programs, delivering milestones on time and within budget, and optimising outcomes by managing commercial, safety, environmental and quality aspects
• Providing visible leadership and direction to project teams, ensuring delivery of contract obligations, client requirements and fostering a high-performing, safety-led culture
• Managing program finances including cost control, robust forecasting and accountability for financial performance in line with budgets and contractual commitments
• Ensuring the project activities are adequately resourced taking into consideration all variables including project requirements, complexity and budget constraints
• Liaising with key client representatives and maintaining collaborative working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.

How you'll connect to the role:

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, construction management or other relevant field
• Seasoned leader with proven experience overseeing large-scale infrastructure programs, ideally in the utilities or water sector
• Extensive experience in the successful management of complex Design & Construct infrastructure projects
• Experience and proven capability to work collaboratively with clients under any type of contract commercial model
• Strong stakeholder liaison skills - client relationship development and management are key
• Brownfield infrastructure construction experience (water/wastewater preferred)
• Adopting and driving Fulton Hogan's Living Safely 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. 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.