Citation read out on the night of the awards
“Sali embodies Health & Safety leadership in her role as Safety, Quality, Training and Environmental Administrator, at Fulton Hogan in Nelson, not just for the site teams as a whole but also in her care of individual staff and their personal wellbeing.
She has impressive longevity with Fulton Hogan, having been with them for 12 years, but has adapted over time, and encourages others to do so, too. She has achieved extraordinarily high Health & Safety compliance rates, especially for subcontractors. Her referee advised that she "raised the H,S&E bar in the industry" - an impact beyond that of her local Nelson office or even the company on a national level.
Locally, Sali has helped roll out the "My Voice" app which is a simple and immediate incident reporting system direct from the site team member’s iPhone or Ipad. Sali gets the information instantly and can follow up on incidents and other events straight away, speeding up Health and Safety response and communication times.
Sali makes huge efforts to put Health and Safety in everyday language for everyone - and the judges noted that "It was clear Sali's very open, unassuming approach was instrumental to getting the level of compliance and respect she has." Her referee noted that "She ends up acting as a counsellor to many staff as she gives them an ear, takes them aside and looks after people. She owns the health and wellbeing of people. She goes above and beyond and has a huge impact on our culture".
Beyond her day to day work, she is involved with tandem cycling alongside a vision impaired cyclist, helps with Helicopter rescue fundraisers, and her referee told us that she even makes soup on Thursday nights to bring into the team, and has instituted "Fruit Fridays" to make sure the Fulton Hogan team feels looked after and valued.
She has also initiated a Mole Mapping programme for the office, which has now rolled out across the business, actively protecting people through getting concerns escalated to specialists.”
Post awards question:
What has winning this award meant to you?
“It is an amazing opportunity to have been nominated, let alone win my category. I am very grateful for my Fulton Hogan Whanau – both Dunedin who gave me the opportunity to work with them and now my Nelson Whanau who are nothing but supportive of all the ‘opportunities’ I put out to them on a regular basis. I love my work – 99% of the time and I never not look forward to my work week, wondering what is coming my way next! I am very passionate about getting more of our fabulous Women in Construction nominated for next year!”
Sali Mann
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