Senior Stakeholder Manager

Job Description

Nau mai haere mai ki tā mātou whānau | Welcome to our Fulton Hogan Family

Are you a strategic thinker who thrives on complexity, builds influence at all levels, and knows how to protect and enhance reputation on high‑profile projects? If you’re ready to step into a key regional role, we’d love you to bring your expertise to our whānau and help shape how we work with communities across Tāmaki Makaurau.

As a Senior Stakeholder Manager at Fulton Hogan, you’ll provide strategic direction and leadership for stakeholder and community engagement across major projects and programmes. You’ll be the trusted advisor to our regional business leaders, guiding how we navigate sensitive issues, political and reputational risk, and long‑term relationship management with communities, iwi, councils, and key partners.

You won’t just implement engagement plans – you’ll set the strategy, lift best practice, and lead others to deliver consistent, high‑quality outcomes that reflect Fulton Hogan’s REAL values.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and lead stakeholder strategy across multiple projects and programmes, designing and governing engagement frameworks.

• Lead early engagement and consultation to shape project scope and mitigate community, political, and reputational risk.

• Provide strategic advice to senior leaders on complex stakeholder issues, media sensitive matters, and high-risk decisions.

• Lead, mentor, and develop stakeholder and engagement teams, and coach project and site leaders on best practice engagement and communication.

• Act as the escalation point for complex complaints and politically sensitive situations, including crisis/incident communication, and oversee media monitoring and insights.

• Provide strategic oversight and quality assurance for public facing communications and project level engagement plans, ensuring alignment with brand, legal, and client requirements.

• Build and maintain high value relationships with senior external stakeholders (e.g. councils, iwi, business partners, community leaders) and provide thought leadership on engaging diverse communities.

• Stay close to project delivery while focusing primarily on direction, oversight, coaching, and safeguarding Fulton Hogan’s reputation rather than day to day coordination.
   

Good Work equals Good Benefits

At Fulton Hogan, we genuinely care about the wellbeing of our people and giving them the tools and opportunities they need to succeed and grow with us.  

• Medical insurance and Life insurance after the eligibility period.

• KiwiSaver employer contributions after service milestones up to 7%.

• Parental leave top-up payment with additional return to work support.

• Ongoing training and development, career growth and progression opportunities.

• Great discounts at a wide range of retailers.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Ideally 8–10+ years in stakeholder, community, or engagement roles within construction, infrastructure, or similarly complex environments.

• Proven experience leading teams or portfolios, mentoring others, and lifting capability and performance.

• A track record working on major or politically sensitive projects, with demonstrated experience managing high‑risk or high‑profile stakeholder issues.

• Relevant qualification in communication, marketing, engagement, or a related discipline.

• Strong governance and advisory skills providing clear, strategic advice to senior leaders and influencing decisions at a senior level.

• Deep statutory and legal understanding – including the Privacy Act 2020 and obligations relevant to public‑facing infrastructure projects.

• Expert written and verbal communication, confident across both traditional and digital channels.

• Competent Microsoft Office user: experience with engagement, CRM, or stakeholder databases is beneficial.

• Full driver’s licence is essential.

If you’re ready to step into a senior, strategic role where you can shape how we engage with communities and partners, we’d love to hear from you – submit your application today and discover where your career with Fulton Hogan could take you.

All successful candidates must undergo and pass a pre‑employment medical and drug screen prior to employment.

All successful candidates must under-go and pass a pre-employment medical and drug screen.

We celebrate and embrace diversity across our business and are committed to equal employment opportunities.

We believe in the value that diversity brings to our team and people who share our REAL values are encouraged to apply.