WHSE Advisor

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, 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?

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Work Heath Safety and Environment (WHSE) Advisor to join a nationally significant Defence infrastructure project on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located in Australia’s remote north-west Indian Ocean Territory.

Working within a major Defence-funded infrastructure project, this role provides an exceptional opportunity to establish yourself within one of Australia's fastest-growing sectors.

Working under the guidance of a Senior Advisor, this is an excellent opportunity for emerging professional who is recent in the role with interest also welcomed from exceptional graduate candidates with practical experience.

With project certainty through to the end of 2029, this role offers the rare combination of long-term stability, genuine responsibility and a career-defining scope of work.

You will play a key role in supporting development, implementation and continuous improvement of our workplace health, safety, and environment. Working closely with the project team, you will help drive a high-performance culture, ensure compliance, and provide practical advice and support.

Key responsibilities include:

• Champion Fulton Hogan’s positive safety culture and support compliance with project HSE plans, policies, and standards, reinforcing safe behaviours and consistent day-to-day safety performance.
• Apply working knowledge of WHS and environmental legislation, Codes of Practice, industry standards, and project requirements to support compliant project delivery.
• Deliver face-to-face inductions and assist with WHSE onboarding and mobilisation, while contributing to toolbox talks, pre-starts, site inspections, and continuous improvement activities.
• Undertake workplace inspections and observations, identify hazards, assist with incident investigations and close-out actions, and support compliance across SWMS, risk assessments, permits, plant and equipment inspections, and environmental controls.
• Maintain accurate safety records, registers, compliance documentation, dashboards, safety reports, and project performance data to support monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Track workforce competencies, compliance documents, and training expiry dates, co-ordinate environmental monitoring, inspections and initiatives, and assist with implementation of the Projects Biosecurity Management Plan through monitoring, inspections, and record keeping.

We are ideally seeking:

• A minimum Cert IV Work Health and Safety or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in a construction or industrial environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Acute attention to detail and competence in WHS administration and record-keeping.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and safety systems.
• Confident working independently in a remote environment while remaining highly organised and responsive.
• Experience with Salesforce / PDP-AU (or equivalent compliance systems)

If you’re someone who enjoys being the ”go to” person, takes pride in keeping everything running smoothly and safely, and wants to grow within a respected company – we’d love to hear from you!

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.