Senior Project Engineer

• 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, 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?

Our Infrastructure Services Team is looking for their next Senior Project Engineer based in Dapto. This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of civil projects throughout regional NSW, providing valuable exposure beyond metro delivery within a flexible and supportive workplace environment. Reporting to the Divisional Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering projects and ensuring safety, cost, quality, and time targets are achieved while fostering strong client and stakeholder relationships.

As part of our growing regional capability, you’ll bring a hands-on approach, working across varied project environments and adapting your communication style to suit different clients and stakeholders.

In this role you’ll be responsible for:

• Liaising with clients, community, council and service authorities, ensuring clear and effective communication aligned to regional expectations.

• Managing client and subcontractor progress claims, EOTs, and variations.

• Coordinating supervisors, site engineers, and subcontractors across multiple work fronts and disciplines.

• Managing designers on D&C contracts and ensuring practical, buildable outcome.

• Managing budgets and cost forecasts, including cost-to-complete tracking.

• Programming and coordinating works to meet critical delivery milestones.

• Identifying design and constructability issues and contributing to efficient, practical solutions.

• Supporting the estimating team during tender phases, including scoping and pricing targeted works.

• Travelling (as required) across regional NSW to support site teams and project delivery.

How you’ll connect to the role?

We are looking for someone who values collaboration, communicates effectively, and can confidently contribute across all aspects of project delivery.
 

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering.

• 5 years’ experience working as a Project Engineer on civil infrastructure projects.

• Experience working within a regional project environment (Desirable)

• A solid track record of effective stakeholder engagement and communication, with the ability to adapt your style to suit different clients and communities.

• A high level of resilience and with a willingness to step into different project challenges and support where needed.

• A willingness to travel and support projects across NSW as required.

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 flexible, diverse and inclusive culture where we listen to, support, 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.