Senior Project Manager

Murphy; St Fergus; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health screening

Maternity/paternity pay

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Retail discounts

Gym memberships

Cycle to work

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead delivery of mechanical/electrical heavy Design & Construct projects, primarily in the oil and gas sector (Gas Terminals/Compressors). The role involves managing multi-discipline teams, ensuring programme and cost controls, and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships across Scotland and the UK.

The candidate will be responsible for project safety, budget, and contractual compliance, with line management of Site Managers and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering highly serviced (mechanical/electrical heavy) Design & Construct Projects.
• Desired Oil & Gas industry experience (Gas Terminals/Compressors).
• Familiarity with NEC3/4 forms of contracts.
• Experience in a Project Managerial role.
• Experience of working on complex multi-discipline enhancement projects with programme and cost controls.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with clients and subcontractors.
• Health and Safety qualification not essential but desirable.
• HNC/HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree) or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Fully accountable for delivery of projects, ensuring safety, on-time completion, contract compliance, and budget adherence.
• Set the overall standard on projects/contracts.
• Identify and deliver project requirements.
• Identify and resolve issues in a controlled, timely manner.
• Ensure project programmes are planned, reviewed, and delivered.
• Line management of Site Managers and Section Managers.
• Manage client relationships and provide updates to stakeholders.
• Ensure resource and material availability through operating plans.
• Resolve most operational issues; refer critical items to the Project Director.
• Oversee all commercial activities including gross margin, cost control, and financial metrics.
• Oversee subcontractor performance related to gross margin and cost control.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Contract forms NEC3/4 familiarity

Mechanical/Electrical heavy design &"+

Multi-discipline coordination

Education

HNC/HND/NVQ Level 5 or Degree

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to work with Natural Resources on the St Fergus Gas Terminal based out of either Wigan with travel to Scotland or based out of St Fergus. 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 Senior Project Manager:

• To be fully accountable for the delivery of the projects, ensuring it is completed safely, on time, in accordance with the contract requirements and to budget.
• Sets the overall standard on the projects/contract.
• Ensure the project requirements are identified and delivered.
• Identify issues and ensure they are resolved in a controlled and timely manner.
• To ensure contract programmes are planned, reviewed, and delivered.
• Line management of Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers and Section Managers.
• Responsible for effective client relationship management, collaborative approach and providing updates to internal and external stakeholders on project/contract progress.
• Ensures operating plans are in place to ensure sufficient resources and materials are in place.
• Will be expected to resolve most operational issues with any business-critical issues referred to the Project Director.
• 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.
• Overall performance management of subcontractors of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience in delivering highly serviced (mechanical/electrical heavy) Design & Construct Projects.
• Desired experience in the Oil and gas industry (Gas Terminals/Compressors)
• Familiarity of NEC3&4 forms of contracts
• Experience within a Project Managerial role
• Experience of working on complex multi-discipline Enhancement projects, delivering within programme and cost controls
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
• Health and Safety Qualification not essential but desirable
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree) level or alternatively appropriate experience.

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 £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy. Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check. Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.