Job Description

Nau mai, haere mai ki a Fulton Hogan | Join us at Fulton Hogan

Our team is behind key infrastructure projects and we’re looking for a Contract Manager based in Auckland to play a key role in shaping future projects.

About the role

You’ll take ownership of the full contract lifecycle from tender support and contract award through to delivery, variations, and close-out. Working closely with project, commercial and operational leaders, you’ll help shape winning bids, manage contractual risk, and keep financial performance on track.

Core Focus: Safe Delivery | Commercial Discipline | Stakeholder Engagement | Leadership

• Lead contract administration across a portfolio of projects, including claims, variations, and payment schedules.

• Drive commercial performance by tracking costs, margins, risks and opportunities, and providing clear reporting to project leaders.

• Coordinate tender and negotiation processes, ensuring contract terms are understood, documented, and followed.

• Partner with project and site teams to resolve issues early, manage disputes, and keep relationships with clients and subcontractors strong.

• Support planning and review of project resourcing and staffing, providing development and commercial insight to ensure teams are set up to deliver safely, profitably, and on programme.

• Champion compliance with Fulton Hogan processes, legal obligations, and health and safety requirements in all contract activities.

This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where you’ll be in the thick of decision-making, not watching from the sidelines. You’ll be a key voice in making sure we honour our commitments and keep Good Work happening on every job.

We’re looking for someone with

• Proven experience in contract management or commercial management in construction, civil infrastructure or a related field.

• Strong understanding of contract law and standard construction contract forms (e.g. NZS / NZ3910).

• Confident communication skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and build trusted relationships with clients, partners and internal teams.

• Solid financial and analytical skills, comfortable working with budgets, forecasts and commercial reports.

• A proactive, outcome-focused approach – you’re organised, calm under pressure, and able to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.

• A collaborative, low-ego approach that fits our open, friendly, ideas-first team culture.

Good work, Good benefits

• Company Vehicle

• KiwiSaver employer contributions

• Family scholarships

• 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 and additional Fuel discount card

• Medical insurance “an eligibility period applies”

• Life insurance

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.

Ko wai mātou | About us

We’re an integrated infrastructure, construction, and services business across New Zealand and Australia. We’re behind major projects that keep communities moving – from roads, bridges, and structures to airports, ports, water, energy, and complex infrastructure. We design, build, operate, and maintain these assets with our partners to deliver long-term, sustainable outcomes. Our teams are open, friendly, and forward moving – we take the work seriously, not ourselves, and we back our people to speak up, share ideas, and grow their careers.

Creating, connecting and caring for communities is at the heart of what we do – and Good Work underpins how we show up for each other, our customers and the environment every day.

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply

Ready to shape the commercial side of projects that really matter across Aotearoa? Apply now and start your journey with our Fulton Hogan whānau.