Senior Construction Manager, Major EPC Energy Projects

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd; Wickham St Paul; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd is seeking a Construction Manager to lead energy projects from Norwich to Tilbury. You will coordinate construction activities, manage resources, and ensure delivery to time and budget across major civils work in the energy sector.

You will lead site teams, oversee subcontractors, and maintain safety and quality standards, collaborating with project managers and clients to drive value and successful handover.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering Major Civils projects.
• Experience within a Construction Manager role or similar.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 individual projects: based on experience, skills and knowledge.
• Liaises with the Project Managers 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.
• Performance management of subcontractors.
• Ensures that the construction and installation teams are accountable for their performance against agreed schedules and man-hour budgets.
• Oversee the duties of the Principal Contractor are discharged in accordance with the CDM Regulations.
• Control all temporary and permanent construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with agreed 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.

Skills

Construction management

Major civils projects

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Client relationships

Education

HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)

Job description

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd is seeking a Construction Manager to lead energy projects from Norwich to Tilbury. You will coordinate construction activities, manage resources, and ensure delivery to time and budget across major civils work in the energy sector.

You will lead site teams, oversee subcontractors, and maintain safety and quality standards, collaborating with project managers and clients to drive value and successful handover.