Leading Hand

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 a range of environments, creating, connecting, and caring for communities across Australia and New Zealand.

What's on offer?

Due to business growth, an opportunity has arisen for a Leading Hand to join our Infrastructure Services business based from our Warrnambool depot. With demonstrated road construction or asphalting experience highly regarded, you will support the Spray Seal Foreman to lead a team, ensuring that there is a strong commitment to workplace safety, quality, punctuality, reliability and respect for others.

This role is an integral part of a high performing spray sealing team, and will assist coordinating work tasks, operating plant and equipment, supervising execution of roles and delivering high quality results. Working throughout the Southwestern region of Victoria, our team can travel within 3 hours of Warrnambool so there will be a requirement to work weekends, nights and away from home at times. We're looking for a hardworking ethos, reliability and honest and an individual with previous road construction experience.

Responsibilities will include:

·       Ensure job site is safe for Fulton Hogan Employees, Sub-Contractors and the public.

·       Encourages crew to contribute to achieving daily productivities in a safe manner.

·       Proactively problem solve day to day issues on site

·       Give feedback to foreman and crew on individual performance, quality and timeliness or work

·       Operate plant and equipment safely, equipment may include: skid-steer, steel or wheeled roller, asphalt paving machine, heavy vehicles.

·       Perform manual labour tasks as required including, but not limited to, shovelling, raking etc.

·       Identify and discuss any the following issues with the Foreman: safety, quality or environmental issues, traffic control, onsite congestion and vehicle movement

·       Assist the foreman in managing the delivery of the job including resource allocation, anticipate next steps, spread additives, change machinery attachments, clean down gear etc.

How you will connect to the role:

·       Previous asphalt or spray seal experience highly regarded

·       Road construction experience preferred

·       Construction Induction card.

·       An interest in working outdoors and in all weather conditions

·       Previous experience in managing a team

·       Forward thinking, ability to plan & coordinate works considering different factors (weather, team availability etc)

The pre-employment process will involve 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 are 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 REAL values resonate with you, please submit an application for the position.