Executive General Manager – Health

At Fulton Hogan we're enthusiastic about creating, connecting, and caring for communities, with people at the heart of everything. It's why we've created a culture of empowerment and autonomy to ensure our people can deliver "Good Work" each day. You'll have a fulfilling & rewarding career working with us and contribute to a sustainable future we can all be proud of.

The Opportunity

"A head for operations, a heart for people, and a passion for health and safety"

Fulton Hogan Australia (FHA) is recruiting for our Executive General Manager – Health & Safety, Environment and Sustainability (EGM HSES), with the role able to be based out of Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane. Reporting directly to CEO Australia, this senior executive position offers the opportunity to take a key leadership role in a true market leader in the civil infrastructure industry. You will be responsible for partnering with the FHA Executive, including operational stream leaders of our Construction, Utilities and Infrastructure Services divisions, to lead the strategic direction and effective coordination of effort, resourcing and HSES performance across Australia.

You will implement and further the development of national strategies, initiatives, and resourcing, ensuring ongoing alignment with Fulton Hogan's overall group priorities. This role is pivotal in shaping a culture of responsible decision-making, risk management, and operational excellence aligned with FH REAL values.

As a senior leader and member of the FHA Executive, you will maintain effective links to Fulton Hogan's Group Executive and wider resources across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, whilst representing the interest and needs of the Australian business, context and operating environment.

If you're ready to lead and inspire positive change across a growing business while creating and nurturing positive working relationships, you'll find success and fulfilment in this opportunity.

You are key to our success - without our people, we do not have a sustainable business.

Some of your key accountabilities will be:

• Lead the implementation and ongoing development of the Living Safely 2.0 strategy in collaboration with executive and operational teams.
• Champion proactive health and safety initiatives, ensuring alignment with company standards, H&S legislation, and Group strategy.
• Provide guidance, resources, and governance to support effective H&S risk management across all operational streams.
• Monitor, review and report on H&S performance, supporting operational delivery and recommending solutions to drive continual improvement.
• Lead and develop national environmental strategies, working with executive and operational teams to ensure alignment with Group and FHA objectives.
• Oversee the effective delivery of environmental initiatives, reporting and governance, supporting continuous improvement.
• Provide guidance on environmental and sustainability legislation, standards and risk management, driving best practice.
• Implement the existing national Sustainability strategy and continue its further development in collaboration with FHA Executive and operational stream leads.
• Align individual stream sustainability strategies with the overall FHA and Group objectives, supporting operational delivery and ensuring timely reporting requirements are met.

How you'll connect to the role?

To be successful in this role, you will have a great blend of technical, analytical, leadership, and business skills as a senior-level leader in Operations and/or HSES functions. You will hold a relevant tertiary qualification and have significant national industry experience in Health & Safety, Environmental and Sustainability disciplines. You'll be a strategic thinker who understands commercial realities, is able to manage large-scale business complexity across diverse geographic and jurisdictional areas.  Your effective communication and negotiation abilities with senior management and diverse teams, exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills will set you up for success.

A proven track record in motivating and leading high-performing teams will be complemented by your technical capability and collaborative approach.

We value leaders who can work genuinely across functions, bringing operational focus, analytical sharpness, and the ability to develop practical solutions. The ability to drive positive change and deliver measurable business improvement through effective strategy and stakeholder engagement is key.

At Fulton Hogan, our people are what make us great and so, we're looking for someone who lives our REAL values: respect, energy & effort, attitude, and leadership. You'll take pride in your work and that of your team and your natural ability to build lasting relationships will be visible in your exceptional interpersonal skills. Strong attention to detail, willingness to mentor others, adaptability, resilience under pressure, and a proactive, organised approach will help you thrive.

This is a unique opportunity to showcase your expertise in a highly complex yet rewarding environment and to create meaningful, lasting impact by connecting, influencing and supporting others. We invite you to be a key driver to our vision.

For over 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, New Zealand and the South Pacific

We celebrate and embrace diversity across our business and are committed to equal employment opportunities.

We believe in the value that diversity brings to our team and people who share our REAL values are encouraged to apply.