Mō te tūranga | About the role
Join our Palmerston North team as a TTM Engineer supporting the NZTA IDC across Manawatū-Whanganui.
This is a role with real impact. You’ll help keep people moving and keep them safe by making sure traffic is managed well around roadworks, maintenance activities, and events affecting the network. You’ll assess sites, understand the risks, and work out practical traffic management approaches that support safe delivery and keep the job moving.
You’ll be trusted to give clear advice on staging, timing, and traffic management arrangements, whether that means planning for night works, off-peak delivery, or responding to changing site conditions. It’s good work that matters, with a team that backs each other and takes the work seriously, not ourselves.
Ngā tino kawenga mahi | Key role responsibilities
Assess work sites to identify risks to road users, workers, pedestrians, and cyclists.
Develop practical temporary traffic management advice based on site conditions, traffic volumes, speed environments, nearby intersections, and surrounding land use.
Recommend how works should be staged and when they should take place to balance safety, efficiency, and network performance.
Coordinate traffic management crews and subcontractors to ensure setups are implemented correctly and maintained to the required standard.
Brief crews on safety and compliance requirements and support a high-standard, low-ego team environment.
Work closely with department managers and NZTA to support smooth delivery across the contract.
Liaise with emergency services and public transport operators where needed.
Respond to field issues such as congestion, incidents, or weather changes with a calm, practical approach.
Support monitoring and audits of temporary traffic management operations.
Drive continuous improvement across temporary traffic management activities to lift both safety and efficiency.
Kei te kimi mātou i tētahi e whai ana i ēnei pūkenga | We’re looking for someone with
A Civil Engineering degree, diploma, or relevant traffic management qualifications and industry experience.
Experience in temporary traffic management, roadworks, or civil infrastructure.
Strong understanding of road safety, traffic behaviour, and TTM standards.
Ability to assess work sites and identify risks for all road users.
Experience planning or advising on staging and timing of works, including night works or off-peak periods.
Proven ability to coordinate crews and subcontractors in a delivery-focused environment.
Strong focus on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Confident communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with managers, NZTA, emergency services, and public transport operators.
Solid problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing conditions on site.
He pai te mahi, he pai ngā painga | Good work, 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. You’ll have access to:
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, with clear career growth and progression opportunities.
Great discounts at a wide range of retailers.
The salary range for this role is $90,000–$100,000 per annum.
Ko wai mātou | About us
At Fulton Hogan, Good Work is about more than what we deliver. It’s how we show up, how we treat each other, and how we keep moving forward together.
We’re proud to deliver the NZTA Integrated Delivery Contract for Manawatū-Whanganui, maintaining and renewing key state highway links that keep communities connected and safe. You’ll join a team that is flat, friendly, and forward moving, where ideas matter, support is real, and people are trusted to get stuck in and make things happen.
We care about our communities and the environment we work in. Our people give back through local causes and initiatives, and we partner with others to lift industry standards and deliver infrastructure in smarter, more sustainable ways. It’s serious work, not so serious people, and that balance matters here.
This role is based in Palmerston North, working 40 hours per week.
Me pēhea te tono | How to apply
If you’re keen to do good work with good people and build your career with a team that backs itself and each other, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and join Fulton Hogan in Palmerston North as our next TTM Engineer.
Skills Required
- Civil Engineering degree, diploma, or relevant traffic management qualifications
- Industry experience in temporary traffic management, roadworks, or civil infrastructure
- Strong understanding of road safety, traffic behaviour, and TTM standards
- Ability to assess work sites and identify risks for all road users
- Experience planning or advising on staging and timing of works, including night or off-peak works
- Proven ability to coordinate traffic management crews and subcontractors
- Strong focus on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement
- Confident communication skills and ability to build relationships with managers, NZTA, emergency services, and public transport operators
- Solid problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to changing site conditions
What We Do
Fulton Hogan has 90 years experience in the transport, water, energy, mining and land development infrastructure sector in New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. We create communities from the ground up, starting with our own network of quarries, complemented by our asphalt, emulsion and precast plants and we pride ourselves on being a family company – one which cares about communities and the people in them, especially our customers, suppliers and our people. Our 10,000+ strong team helps to create, connect, and care for communities; building the roads, ports, airports, infrastructure and property which bring people together
