Project Manager

Murphy; Golborne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays (buy 2

Discretionary annual bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Health screening & enhanced sick pay

Maternity/paternity pay enhancements

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Retail discounts & cashback

Gym discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting a Project Manager to lead rail infrastructure projects on the TRUe programme in Leeds. You will oversee delivery, safety, budget, and quality, coordinating cross-disciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure on-time, within-budget completion.

The role requires proven experience in high-profile rail projects, PTS or equivalent safety training, and strong programme planning skills. Murphy offers extensive development, pension benefits, and a supportive working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in high profile rail upgrades and bridge/structure projects.
• Safety training/qualification appropriate to works (e.g. PTS).
• Experience in project and construction management across multi-disciplinary workstreams.
• Client and stakeholder management experience.
• Awareness of project controls to monitor status and performance.
• Commercial awareness and ability to plan programs.
• HNC/HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree) or equivalent.
• Professional qualification or active progression toward.

Responsibilities

• Lead and be accountable for delivery of a project or portfolio of small projects within budget and schedule.
• Plan, manage and deliver works safely and to quality standards.
• Organise project team and provide guidance for professional development.
• Chair regular project meetings and ensure actions are tracked.
• Ensure change control and contract requirements are followed.
• Develop resource forecasts aligned with the programme.
• Oversee financial performance and deliver expected outcomes.
• Develop effective client and stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Rail project management

Safety training (PTS)

Project & construction management

Client & stakeholder management

Project controls

Commercial awareness

Programming/planning

Driven forward-thinker

Education

HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)

Professionally qualified or working towards

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Project Manager to work with Transportationon the TRUe project based out of Cross Green in Leeds - LS9 0SG

With a proud history dating back to the 1960s, we provide practical, innovative results, working around the individual needs of our customers. Rail renewals to enhancements, bridge building, highways, ports and emergency earthworks - our award-winning team has extensive experience and has been involved in projects that have changed the face of transport networks in three countries.

We dedicate ourselves to being 'better engineered' to ensure our transportation infrastructure solutions meet and exceed customer requirements, delivering value for money through innovation.

The aim of the TRU East Alliance is to transform the East of Leeds route allowing people to travel faster, more reliably and in greater comfort between the North's great cities. Providing passengers with more choice, more seats, and better facilities on a safer, cleaner, more environmentally friendly railway.

You will be responsible to lead and be accountable for a project (or aspect of a larger project) or portfolio of small projects, ensuring that the scope of works are delivered in a safe manner, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting the acceptance criteria and achieving the expected financial outcomes.

What you will be doing

• To be fully ownershipfor the delivery of the project, ensuring it is completed safely, on time, in accordance with the contract requirements and to the agreed budget.


• Ensure works are planned, managed and delivered in a safe, controlled and environmentally sustainable manner.


• Ensure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed regularly.


• Ensure responsibilities of Principal Contractor are discharged in line with CDM Regulations.


• Organise the project team to deliver the contracted scope of works.


• Manage the project team, providing guidance and direction and assist their professional development.


• Chair regular project team meetings, ensuring actions are recorded and closed out


• Ensure the project requirements are identified, understood and delivered and key issues are resolved and controlled.


• Referany significant issues to the overseeing manager and work with them to ensure they are managed and resolved.


• Manage the \"fit to start\" process to ensure that we mobilise in a controlled and timely manner to facilitate the timely delivery of the project scope.


• Ensure there is an effective, comprehensive and formal handover from theteam to the delivery team.


• Where relevant, arrange for mobilisation and demobilisation of projects assistedby PSC


• Develop and maintain effective communication and relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).


• Ensure the requirements of the contract are compliedto by the project team and administered and discharged appropriately.


• Ensure that suitable and robust change control processes are in place to identify, notify, measure and concur the impact of change in accordance with the contract requirements.


• Ensure detailed records and allocation sheets are maintained for all aspects of the project.


• Lead the development of resource forecasts (staff, labour, key plant and materials), ensuring they are aligned and coordinated with the programme.


• Accountable for ensuring the financial performance of the project (or aspect of a project) is achieved or exceeded.


• Leadingthe review of the project CRF on a monthly basis.


• Ensuring the project performance is reported in a transparent and accurate manner


• Lead the development and implementation of improvement actions where necessary to ensure the financial objectives are achieved / bettered.


• Assist the procurement of suppliers and sub-contractors.
  

Who we are looking for

• Experience in high profile, politically delicaterailway enhancement projects with a focus on bridges and structures


• Appropriate safety training and qualification for the nature of the works (e.g. PTS).


• Experience in the project and construction management of an engineering project, integrating multi-disciplinary workstreams from multiple contractors.


• Client and stakeholder management and management of a project team


• Awareness of the use and interpretation of project controls to review the status of a project.


• Commercial awareness and experience of planning programming


• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).


• Professionally qualified or working towards.


• Driven forward-thinker who flourishes on finding innovative solutions to delivery challenges

What's in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service


• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review


• Above market rate contributory pension scheme


• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay


• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus


• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus


• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations


• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development


• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

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