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.
What’s on offer?
We are looking to build on our existing team with a proactive and people-focused Community & Stakeholder Advisor to work on key water infrastructure projects for Fulton Hogan Utilities. This is a great opportunity to help lead meaningful engagement across a diverse range of projects. Working closely with the Communications Manager, project teams, contractors, councils, and community representatives, you’ll help ensure engagement is well planned, responsive, and aligned with program priorities.
In this role you'll be responsible for:
Lead stakeholder and community engagement across water and wastewater projects
Develop engagement strategies and provide advice on risks, issues, and opportunities
Build strong relationships with community groups, landowners, customers, councils, delivery partners, and regulators
Plan and deliver engagement activities including meetings, workshops, briefings, consultations, and targeted communications
Prepare high-quality engagement materials, reports, presentations, and correspondence
Monitor stakeholder sentiment and support responsive communication and decision-making
Contribute to improved engagement, communication, and reporting practices across the program.
How you'll connect to the role:
Experience in stakeholder and community engagement, ideally in water, infrastructure, utilities, construction, local government, or a similar environment
Strong relationship-building skills and confidence working with senior leaders, project teams, and external stakeholders
Sound understanding of engagement planning, consultation, issues management and reputation risk
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences
Confidence managing sensitive or complex issues with sound judgement and professionalism
Strong organisational, digital, and reporting capability, with a collaborative working style
Relevant tertiary qualifications are desirable, along with a commitment to 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.
