Project Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Life assurance

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting for a Project Manager to join our Infrastructure team, delivering a major water infrastructure project in partnership with United Utilities, as part of the AMP8 programme. You will plan and deliver across sites, manage programmes, and lead a team to meet contract requirements.

Successful candidates will have experience on water/utilities projects and a proven ability to lead and manage, with strong planning and estimating skills.

Qualifications

• Successful experience as a Project Manager with acumen to deliver a good profit margin.
• Experience on water/utilities projects worth £15 million+.
• Experience delivering horizontal drilling and pipe jacking operations is an advantage.
• Proven ability to lead teams and performance manage.
• IT literate: Microsoft Office and related tools.
• Experience of planning and estimating.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver all work on a medium sized site or many smaller sites, ensuring work is completed on time and to the correct standard
• Ensure contract programmes are planned, reviewed and delivered
• Build and develop the wider operational team to deliver all aspects of the project/contract requirements
• Line management of Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers and Section Managers
• Responsible for effective client relationship management and provides updates to internal and external stakeholders on project/contract progress
• Ensure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed as and when required
• Ensures operating plans are in place to ensure sufficient resources and materials are in place
• Responsible for a contract with an indicative turnover of between £1M - £15M per annum
• Responsible for all commercial activities associated with the project including the delivery of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics
• Responsible for implementing CDP (Cultural Development Programme) on your sites

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Planning and estimating

Stakeholder communication

Profitability focus

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Project Manager to join our growing Infrastructure team, delivering a major water infrastructure project in partnership with United Utilities, as part of the AMP8 programme.

Murphy is a long-standing delivery partner to leading water clients across the UK and Ireland, including Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water, SES Water, Bristol Water, South East Water, and Uisce Éireann, where we operate over 25 facilities under full DBOM contracts.

A day in the life of a Murphy Project Manager

• Plan and deliver all work on a medium sized site or many smaller sites, ensuring work is completed on time and to the correct standard
• Ensure contract programmes are planned, reviewed and delivered
• Build and develop the wider operational team to deliver all aspects of the project/contract requirements
• Line management of Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers and Section Managers
• Responsible for effective client relationship management and provides updates to internal and external stakeholders on project/contract progress
• Ensure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed as and when required
• Ensures operating plans are in place to ensure sufficient resources and materials are in place
• Responsible for a contract with an indicative turnover of between £1M - £15M per annum
• Responsible for all commercial activities associated with the project including the delivery of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics
• Responsible for implementing CDP (Cultural Development Programme) on your sites

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Successful experience as a Project Manager with demonstrable acumen to deliver a good profit margin
• Previous experience on a water/utilities project worth £15 million +
• Previous experience delivering horizontal drilling and pipe jacking operations is an advantage
• Proven ability to lead teams and performance manage
• IT literate: Microsoft Office etc
• Experience of planning and estimating

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 £5.8bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy.

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call James Hing on 07353 134946 to discuss in more detail.

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