Change Communications Specialist

The Fulton Hogan Life is about making the most of the opportunities, taking responsibility, having a crack, being accountable and making it happen. We live by our REAL values – Respect, Energy & Effort, Attitude, Leadership – and we demonstrate these through the good work we do, every day, as one team.

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

As a Change Communications Specialist on the Future Systems Programme, you will work closely with the Communications & Engagement Manager and Delivery Teams to deliver our transition communications to the business, bringing our major business change programme to life by engaging stakeholders in meaningful ways, and enhancing the value of the programme outcomes. You’ll provide structured, clear information to our stakeholders, and make it easy to understand the Future Systems Programme and the change it will bring to the business. This is a fixed-term role until July 2026, based in Burnside, Christchurch.

In addition to the above you will:

• Prepare communication plans to engage the business, customers and suppliers at each delivery stage of the Programme.
• Update the delivery communications & engagement plans to reflect business requirements, and work with delivery teams to deploy plans across key stakeholder groups.
• Measure communication and engagement effectiveness against established criteria.
• Identify, quantify, and prioritise opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with people across the Programme to create and adapt engaging content to use across different communications channels and media.
• Support change leadership within the business.
• Track and monitor activity, including regular preparation and distribution of reporting, and escalating issues and risks where appropriate.

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.

Good Work equals Good Benefits:

• Medical insurance.
• Life insurance.
• KiwiSaver employer contributions after service milestones up to 7%.
• Fuel discount card.
• Parental leave top-up payment with additional return to work support.
• Family scholarships.
• Ongoing training and development, career growth and progression opportunities.
• Great discounts at a wide range of retailers.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience in change management communications, including creation and implementation of communication plans.
• Excellent stakeholder relationship skills.
• Ideally, experience working in major change programmes in large and complex organisations.
• High level user of Microsoft suite and familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ideally, you will have experience working on large scale change programmes.

Creating, Connecting and caring for the community. Our people regularly donate their time to local causes and initiatives, while at a regional and national level we provide financial support, skills and resources to a wide range of organisations that are strengthening our communities. Our focus aims to also reduce our impact on the environment, and regenerate healthy new ecosystems. We look to partner with others to lift the standards of our industry and show customers lower-impact, sustainable ways of delivering infrastructure.

Learn more about us: Homepage - Fulton Hogan and make an application to join our growing industry. Applications close on 15 July 2025. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as we receive them and the advert may be closed early. Applications must be submitted through our portal. Applications submitted via email will not be considered. Candidates must have legal rights to work in New Zealand. All successful candidates must undergo 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.

About Us: We are driven by fresh ideas and opportunities. We aim to do more and do better – for our people, our communities and the countries that we work in. As an employer, we know this relationship is a two-way street. We’re always looking for people who are passionate about the work they do. If that’s you, we’d like to invite you to become part of our family and join us in the good work we do.