Receptionist

Thetrupgrade; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday plus bank holidays (+2

Discretionary annual bonus

Above market pension scheme

Life assurance

Health screening

Enhanced sick pay

Maternity/Paternity pay and returner’s

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Retail discounts

Gym memberships

Cycle to work

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a proactive Receptionist to support the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework. The role covers front-of-house duties, switchboard operation, and coordinating meeting spaces within a dynamic engineering environment.

You will greet visitors, manage bookings, handle mail and deliveries, and produce regular status reports while upholding high standards of service and professionalism. A background in reception or hospitality is preferred, with strong IT aptitude and organisational

Qualifications

• Previous reception or hospitality experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a busy workload
• Knowledge of Facilities Management processes preferable
• IT skills: Outlook, Excel, Word

Responsibilities

• Operation of central switchboard
• Management of desk and meeting room bookings
• Directing visitors and greeting guests and contractors to areas of work or meeting locations
• Incoming and outgoing mail/ mail room
• Ensuring meeting rooms are kept presentable when not in use
• Management of inbound/outbound post and deliveries
• Provision of daily and weekly status reports for office (occupancy, call volume, helpdesk tickets, FM/ Building services compliance checks and AOB)
• Management of local office consumables
• Oversight of service standards from key framework providers (cleaning, security, maintenance, catering)
• Raising supplier invoices
• Raising orders through procurement where required

Skills

Reception experience

Communication

Organisation

Facilities Management knowledge

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Word

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Receptionist to work with the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework .

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A day in the life of a Murphy Receptionist:

• Operation of central switchboard
• Management of desk and meeting room bookings
• Directing visitors and greetingguests and contractors to areas of work or meeting locations.
• Incoming and outgoing mail/ mail room
• Ensuring that meeting rooms are kept presentable when not in use
• Management of inbound/outbound post and deliveries
• Provision of daily and weekly status reports for office (occupancy, call volume, helpdesk tickets, FM/ Building services compliance checks and AOB)
• Management of local office consumables
• Oversight of service standards from key framework providers such as (cleaning, security, maintenance, catering)
• Granting of local supplier invoices
• Raising orders through procurement where required.

Stil interested, does this sound like you?

• Previous reception or hospitality experience
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a busy workload
• Knowledge of Facilities Management processes preferable
• IT Skills, Outlook, Excel, Word.

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

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK