Regional Commercial Manager

• Tier 1 Construction & Utilities contractor

• Permanent role with career progression

• Be rewarded & recognised for the ‘Good Work’ you do!

A rare opportunity to join a business that has been in operation for 90+ years and is focused on creating, connecting and caring for communities.

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, and Black Dog Institute, 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 a highly experienced and energetic Regional Commercial Manager with proven business acumen gained from your firsthand experience in large infrastructure projects/ programs of work (>$300 million/ >$100m p.a) environments, to join our Fulton Hogan Utilities business in New South Wales. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your career within a vibrant delivery team that is proud to partner with our client to deliver world class utilities services for the customers and communities within which we operate.

The role will see you accountable for managing all contractual, claims, disputes, financial and project controls aspects of the project, ensuring key obligations and objectives are met and complied with.

In this role you'll be responsible for:

• Reviewing contracts in the tender phase to assess risk and acceptability of the offered terms

• Delivery of multidisciplinary commercial support for the project, encompassing contracts management, commercial claims, finance, and project controls

• Driving the management, preparation, submission, and resolution of complex contract claims, including time-related and cost-based claims, on major infrastructure projects

• Annual budget setting and oversight, ensuring alignment with contractual obligations and claims risk profiles

• Overseeing program-wide time and cost control, monthly forecasting, and preparation of robust monthly reporting, with a particular emphasis on claims tracking and commercial risk mitigation

• Utilising your advanced commercial negotiation skills to successfully resolve contractual issues, disputed claims, and variations in a collaborative and strategic manner

• Proactively responding to changes in client needs and expectations, and managing the development of collaborative relationships built on trust, transparency, and consistent commercial outcomes.

How you'll connect to the role:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in commercial law, construction management, business management, engineering or a related discipline

• Comprehensive knowledge of major project/program commercial requirements based on firsthand experience working for a large construction contractor

• Firsthand experience with joint venture enterprises an advantage

• Ability to apply various techniques to seek constructive outcomes to contract negotiations, including ability to influence others and defend commercial positions.

• Demonstrable experience in developing and maintaining interactions and relationships with internal and external key stakeholders

• Adopting and driving Fulton Hogan’s Living Safely 2.0 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.

We are committed to reconciliation and building and nurturing respectful relationships with First Nations peoples. Through our First Nations Engagement Strategy and Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), we aim to promote opportunities, cultural understanding and partnerships that celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of Indigenous communities.

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 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.