Construction Manager

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Construction Manager to lead the construction and installation phase of major civils projects.

You will coordinate constructability input, allocate skilled staff, manage resources, and drive delivery against schedules and budgets, while maintaining high quality.

A proactive leader with strong stakeholder relationships and a track record in civils is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Major Civils projects.
• Experience in a Construction Manager role or similar.
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).
• Excellent stakeholder management and client/subcontractor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Overall management of project teams during the construction and installation.
• Coordinate constructability input during solutions identification and development phase.
• Allocation of construction staff to projects based on experience, skills and knowledge.
• Liaises with Project Managers to ensure the resource pool matches projected workload.
• Overall management of construction resources including Labour, Plant and Materials.
• Performance management of subcontractors and ensuring schedules and budgets are met.
• Oversee duties of the Principal Contractor in line with CDM Regulations.
• Interface with functional leaders to handover to the client.

Skills

Major Civils experience

Construction Manager experience

Stakeholder management

Leadership / people development

Education

HNC / HND / NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)

Job description

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water.

Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses - Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.

Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as 'One Murphy' - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Murphy Construction Manager:

• Overall management of project teams during the construction and installation phase of the project.
• Co-ordination of constructability input during solutions identification and development phase.
• Allocation of construction staff to projects ensuring that appropriate construction and installation staff are appointed to individual projects: based on experience, skills and knowledge.
• Liaises with the Project Managers to ensure that the construction resource pool is an appropriate size, with an appropriate blend of skill sets for the projected workload.
• Overall management of construction resources including Labour, Plant and Materials.
• Performance management of subcontractors.
• Ensures that the construction and installation teams are accountable for their performance against agreed schedules and man-hour budgets.
• Oversee the duties of the Principal Contractor are discharged in accordance with the CDM Regulations.
• Control all temporary and permanent construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with agreed quality procedures.
• Interfaces with all other functional leaders within the organisation to facilitate successful development of the project from solution stage constructability through construction, installation, commissioning, and handover to the client.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience in delivering Major Civils projects.
• Experience within a Construction Manager role or similar.
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
• A true leader with passion for people development, can do attitude and a flare for innovation.

Profile:

A day in the life of a Murphy Construction Manager:

• Overall management of project teams during the construction and installation phase of the project.
• Co-ordination of constructability input during solutions identification and development phase.
• Allocation of construction staff to projects ensuring that appropriate construction and installation staff are appointed to individual projects: based on experience, skills and knowledge.
• Liaises with the Project Managers to ensure that the construction resource pool is an appropriate size, with an appropriate blend of skill sets for the projected workload.
• Overall management of construction resources including Labour, Plant and Materials.
• Performance management of subcontractors.
• Ensures that the construction and installation teams are accountable for their performance against agreed schedules and man-hour budgets.
• Oversee the duties of the Principal Contractor are discharged in accordance with the CDM Regulations.
• Control all temporary and permanent construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with agreed quality procedures.
• Interfaces with all other functional leaders within the organisation to facilitate successful development of the project from solution stage constructability through construction, installation, commissioning, and handover to the client.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience in delivering Major Civils projects.
• Experience within a Construction Manager role or similar.
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
• A true leader with passion for people development, can do attitude and a flare for innovation