Project Manager

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

IOSH training

PTS training

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Project Manager to lead engineering projects with a focus on safety, schedule, and budget. You will organise teams, manage client relationships and ensure delivery in line with contract requirements.

The role requires strong budgeting, planning and change management skills, plus effective communication with stakeholders to drive successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing engineering projects with CDM Regulations in scope.
• Ability to lead project teams, set direction and oversee delivery to contract.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cost control and change management.
• Proven stakeholder management and clear communication with clients.

Responsibilities

• Discharge Principal Contractor responsibilities in line with CDM Regulations.
• Organise project team to deliver contracted scope and provide direction.
• Lead risks, opportunities and action plans to mitigate impact.
• Manage fit-to-start / fit-to-finish processes and handover to delivery.
• Develop cost forecasts, monitor variances and ensure financial objectives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Planning & programming

Communication

Education

HNC / HND or 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: #MoretoMurphy

A day in the life of a Murphy Project Manager:

• Ensure responsibilities of Principal Contractor are discharged in line with CDM Regulations.
• Ensure qualifications are in date escalating any issues to your line manager prior to setting teams to work.
• Organise the project team to deliver the contracted scope of work and manage the project team, providing guidance and direction.
• Undertake line management responsibility of allocated operational and functional resources.
• To be fully accountable for the delivery of the project, ensuring it is completed safely, on time, in accordance with the contract requirements and to the agreed budget.
• Refer significant / judicious issues to the overseeing manager and work with them to ensure they are managed and resolved.
• Lead the identification, assessment and documentation of risks and opportunities. Develop and implement action plans to mitigate / reduce the impact of risks, and develop and implement realisation plans to enhance the benefit of opportunities.
• 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 the work winning team to the delivery team.
• Ensure that the project team works to progressively complete handover documentation so that we are "fit to finish", complying with the contracted completion requirements of the Client.
• Where relevant, arrange for mobilisation and demobilisation of projects supported by PSC
• Develop and maintain effective communication and relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).
• Ensure that suitable and robust change control processes are in place to identify, notify, measure and agree the impact of change in accordance with the contract requirements.
• To ensure the programme is updated regularly to enable identification of change and early warning of any potential issues and causes for concern.
• Manage and resolve any actual or potential conflicts with the Client or project stakeholders.
• Lead the review of project controls information to facilitate the timely identification of any issues or areas of concern.
• Ensure output and productivity measurement is in place for key activities / trades.
• Lead the development of a detailed cost forecast for the project, ensuring it is reviewed and updated regularly.
• Lead the regular review of actual costs identifying any variances to the budget. Ensuring issues are identified and actions implemented to respond in an effective and timely manner.
• Ensuring spend is managed and controlled in line with the forecast and Accountable for ensuring the financial performance of the project (or aspect of a project) is achieved or exceeded.
• Lead the development and implementation of improvement actions where necessary to ensure the financial objectives are achieved / bettered.
• Ensure suppliers and sub-contractors are managed and co-ordinated appropriately.

What's in it for you?

• Appropriate safety training and qualification for the nature of the works (e.g. IOSHH, PTS).
• Experience in the project management of an engineering project.
• Technical knowledge appropriate to the nature of works.
• Client and stakeholder management.along with previous management of a project team.
• Experience in developing and maintaining forecasts and budgets.
• Awareness of the use and interpretation of project controls to review the status of a project.
• Working knowledge of planning & programming.
• Strong written, oral and numeracy skills.
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).
• Commercial and contractual awareness
• SMST

Profile:

• Ensure responsibilities of Principal Contractor are discharged in line with CDM Regulations.
• Ensure qualifications are in date escalating any issues to your line manager prior to setting teams to work.
• Organise the project team to deliver the contracted scope of work and manage the project team, providing guidance and direction.
• Undertake line management responsibility of allocated operational and functional resources.
• To be fully accountable for the delivery of the project, ensuring it is completed safely, on time, in accordance with the contract requirements and to the agreed budget.
• Refer significant / judicious issues to the overseeing manager and work with them to ensure they are managed and resolved.
• Lead the identification, assessment and documentation of risks and opportunities. Develop and implement action plans to mitigate / reduce the impact of risks, and develop and implement realisation plans to enhance the benefit of opportunities.
• 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 the work winning team to the delivery team.
• Ensure that the project team works to progressively complete handover documentation so that we are "fit to finish", complying with the contracted completion requirements of the Client.
• Where relevant, arrange for mobilisation and demobilisation of projects supported by PSC
• Develop and maintain effective communication and relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).
• Ensure that suitable and robust change control processes are in place to identify, notify, measure and agree the impact of change in accordance with the contract requirements.
• To ensure the programme is updated regularly to enable identification of change and early warning of any potential issues and causes for concern.
• Manage and resolve any actual or potential conflicts with the Client or project stakeholders.
• Lead the review of project controls information to facilitate the timely identification of any issues or areas of concern.
• Ensure output and productivity measurement is in place for key activities / trades.
• Lead the development of a detailed cost forecast for the project, ensuring it is reviewed and updated regularly.
• Lead the regular review of actual costs identifying any variances to the budget. Ensuring issues are identified and actions implemented to respond in an effective and timely manner.
• Ensuring spend is managed and controlled in line with the forecast and Accountable for ensuring the financial performance of the project (or aspect of a project) is achieved or exceeded.
• Lead the development and implementation of improvement actions where necessary to ensure the financial objectives are achieved / bettered.
• Ensure suppliers and sub-contractors are managed and co-ordinated appropriately.

What's in it for you?

• Appropriate safety training and qualification for the nature of the works (e.g. IOSHH, PTS).
• Experience in the project management of an engineering project.
• Technical knowledge appropriate to the nature of works.
• Client and stakeholder management.along with previous management of a project team.
• Experience in developing and maintaining forecasts and budgets.
• Awareness of the use and interpretation of project controls to review the status of a project.
• Working knowledge of planning & programming.
• Strong written, oral and numeracy skills.
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).
• Commercial and contractual awareness
• SMST