About

I commenced working for Hugh & Co Contracting in 2014 for what I was convinced would only be a short stopover in my career, however, Hugh and his leadership left me thinking there is no better company to work for, and I ended up staying seven years. I started laboring on building sites, until Hugh gave me work in the office. It gave me great experience in all areas of the company. I progressed to running the company’s operations, managing staff and liaising with clients.

I found Hugh’s view on his staff was always positive and personal and we enjoyed a fair bit of fun working around Perth and away. Hugh has a tremendous work ethic and experience in people skills that I learned from him. I have never come along with someone that treats his employees with that care and thought. The company kept a good spirit even in some hard times. If you want to work for a company with loyalty and friendship and are happy working to create something useful and beautiful, Hugh & Co might be the right option for you.

Circumstances in my family life, forced me to come back to Europe and settle here for some time. When I left Hugh there was a fair and friendly goodbye. If you are considering joining Hugh & Co , I am more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Best to contact me on hanseldalibor@gmail.com

Dalibor Hansel (MEng)

HCC is one of the Best Places to Work for a high energy atmosphere, transparent culture and excellent leadership by Mr Hugh Smith.

I worked as a Bookkeeper from 2013 to 2015 while studying accounting at University. It was indeed a very enriching experience for me. Hugh supported me a lot, not only in my duties but also supported my study. Without the experience at HCC, I would not be able to succeed in my career in Australia.

HCC provides reliable, professional commercial brick paving, and I wish all the best for its continued growth and success.

Mioko Nagai

I worked for Hugh & Co from 2009 – 2013.

I being an Irish Citizen initially contacted Huge via a phone call while pursuing many potential well established contractors, whom I taught might be able to offer sponsorship.

From the very start I found Hugh to be extremely professional, genuine and I got a good feeling from our call, Hugh agreed to talk with my migration agent.

Hugh & Co committed to sponsoring me and complied with all requirements. The whole process was seamless due to Hugh & Co’s professionalism and willingness.

I was initially employed with Hugh & Co as a Brick Paver, with the potential and expectation that I would progress to a team lead.  From the very start I was welcomed into the company, a company that I found to be very closed nit, where Hugh himself was very much hands on and involved with right down through the teams. This made the whole initiation lot easier as this was a whole new start for me.

Within the space of a few months I had progressed from being paver to team lead. This was a very easy transition as Hugh & Co ensured that all the training, mentoring and encouragement were in place and were also offered lots of support while in this role. I held this role for about a year or so before progressing again to a Supervisor, managing a number of teams.

Hugh suggested I upskilled and enrolled me in a course for Project Management. Once I return to work, I was promoted to a project management position, working very closely with Hugh and the admin team, where I looked after the majority of the tendering, procurement and management of the construction teams. A role I loved doing.

In 2013 I unfortunately had to leave Australia due to family issues. Since then and to date, Hugh has kept in touch and I have seeked advise from Hugh in some of my career and study choices as I always valued his opinion.

I look back and think of Hugh & Co to be one of the best experiences in my career, it lead me to where I am now, it gave me the skill, the ambition, the drive, the opportunity’s and the good ethics that I still carry today. I found Hugh & Co to be one of the most reputable, well organised, supportive and genuine companies I have come across, and can genuinely say I would recommend any person thinking of getting into this trade to consider a position with Hugh & Co. I still follow Hugh & Co’s progression & growth from afar and see that they have progressed into larger more civil engineering, design & build projects, but have maintained there long standing presence within the commercial brick paving sector in WA and beyond where many others have come and gone.

I wish Hugh and Hugh & Co continued success and growth in the future.

Shane Delaney – CSA Quantity Surveyor

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Bsc (Hon) Quantity Surveying

BEng (Hon) Civil Engineering

Level 6 Project Managment

Shane Delaney

When I arrived in Australia Hugh & Co was the first company to take me as a full-time employee and give my chance to be become a member of his organisation. After a year, I asked Hugh if he could sponsor me, he immediately gives me that chance too. Working at Hugh & Co was not only a working experience from my point view but it has also changed my life in a better way.

What I can say that the company has offered me so many opportunities over the years such as, training that I needed to improve my skills and Knowledge, they have helped me step up from worker to a supervisor position, they have always offered support in difficult times. Also Hugh has offered me the chance to work overseas in Vanuatu where I was training brick paving to the locals, that was on the best working experience I had in my life. To conclude my experience a Hugh & Co was a blast and has provided the knowledge, the confidence that I needed to chase new challenges in my life.

Massi Mire