Senior Construction Manager

J Murphy & Sons; Ollerton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Murphy, a leading international engineering and construction company, is seeking a Senior Construction Manager in the United Kingdom. You will oversee project teams during construction and installation, coordinating resources and ensuring safety and quality.

You will liaise with project management to align staffing, manage subcontractors, and drive delivery from solution stage through handover to the client. Strong leadership and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in construction or engineering projects.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and subcontractors effectively.
• Strong drive for people development and innovation.
• Experience in coordinating large-scale construction resources and safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Overall management of project teams during construction and installation phases.
• Coordinate constructability input during solution identification and development.
• Allocate construction staff to projects based on experience and skill.
• Ensure construction resources align with project workload and health & safety regulations.
• Interface with functional leaders to drive project delivery from solution stage to handover.

Skills

Senior management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Construction management

Education

HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)

Job description

Murphyis 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 solutionsto infrastructure sectors includingtransportation;natural resources; energy and water.Headquartered in London, Murphy hasa 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 around4,000engineers, 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 www.murphygroup.comor follow us onLinkedIn,Facebook, InstagramandX: #MoretoMurphy

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior 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 projects: based on experience, skills and knowledge.
• Liaises with the Project Management 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.
• Ensures that all construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation.
• Ensures that the duties of the Principal Contractor are discharged in accordance with the CDM Regulations.
• Ensures that all temporary and permanent construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with 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 within a Senior Managerial role.
• 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.