Emerging Talent & Engineering Advisor

Murphy; Newbridge; On-site; EUR 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

Pension

Private healthcare

Professional development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Murphy is seeking an Emerging Talent & Engineering Advisor to join our Ireland People Team. This role supports both People and Engineering through advising, coordinating and continuously improving emerging talent and engineering development activity across the business.

The Advisor collaborates with Engineering Leads and Hiring Managers to ensure graduates, apprentices, interns and students have a positive, structured and well-supported experience, while providing insights to support capability

Qualifications

• Experience in an emerging talent, HR/People Advisory, Learning & Development or similar role.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage several different workstreams at the same time, respond to changing priorities and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working in a high-impact role where priorities can change quickly and both planned and unexpected work need to be managed effectively.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to advise, influence and build effective relationships across the business.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong eye for detail and a high level of accuracy when handling communications, contracts, documentation and data.
• Experience analysing data and using insights to inform decisions and improvements.
• Proactive and comfortable taking ownership, using initiative and working independently when required.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate emerging talent programmes across graduates, apprentices, interns and students, ensuring consistent delivery and a positive experience.
• Act as a key point of contact for emerging talent participants, providing guidance, support and issue resolution where required.
• Lead graduate and apprentice check-ins, analyse feedback and turn key themes into improvement actions.
• Ensure clear and timely communication around training and development, providing guidance to line managers where needed.
• Partner with hiring managers and the Talent & Development Business Partner to plan emerging talent intakes and manage the recruitment journey from application through to onboarding, including shortlisting, interviews, assessments, offers and issuing contracts.
• Use recruitment data and knowledge of emerging talent markets to improve attraction and selection approaches and identify new talent pools.
• Build relationships with schools, colleges and universities, identifying partnerships, sponsorships and opportunities aligned to workforce needs.
• Represent Murphy at careers fairs, school and college events and other emerging talent activities.
• Support the planning and delivery of inductions, training, site visits and cohort events, including associated travel and logistics.
• Proactively keep up to date with emerging talent trends and programmes, using relevant insights to develop proposals and recommend improvements to Murphy’s approach.
• Support the Murphy TY/Work Experience Programme.

Skills

Emerging Talent

HR Advisory

Learning & Development

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Communication

Project management

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for an Emerging Talent & Engineering Advisor to work with our Emerging Talent team.

Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the USA, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. So that our teams out on projects can run smoothly it is vital that we have robust support functions in place.

We are committed to fostering an engaging and collaborative work environment in which each person’s career is nurtured and developed. We focus on employee development, providing a culture of innovation and positive work-life balance.

Main Purpose of Role

We are looking for a proactive and experienced Emerging Talent & Engineering Advisor to join our People Team in Ireland. This is a varied and influential role that supports both the People and Engineering teams, with responsibility for advising, coordinating and continuously improving emerging talent and engineering development activity across the business.

The role works closely with Engineering Leads and Hiring Managers. The Advisor plays a key role in ensuring graduates, apprentices, interns and students have a positive, consistent and well-supported experience, while also providing insight and guidance to stakeholders to support capability building and compliance.

Role Duties

Emerging Talent & People Team Support

• Take ownership of emerging talent programmes across graduates, apprentices, interns and students, ensuring consistent delivery and a positive experience.
• Act as a key point of contact for emerging talent participants, providing guidance, support and issue resolution where required.
• Lead graduate and apprentice check-ins, analyse feedback and turn key themes into improvement actions.
• Ensure clear and timely communication around training and development, providing guidance to line managers where needed.
• Partner with hiring managers and the Talent & Development Business Partner to plan emerging talent intakes and manage the recruitment journey from application through to onboarding, including shortlisting, interviews, assessments, offers and issuing contracts.
• Use recruitment data and knowledge of emerging talent markets to improve attraction and selection approaches and identify new talent pools.
• Build relationships with schools, colleges and universities, identifying partnerships, sponsorships and opportunities aligned to workforce needs.
• Represent Murphy at careers fairs, school and college events and other emerging talent activities.
• Support the planning and delivery of inductions, training, site visits and cohort events, including associated travel and logistics.
• Proactively keep up to date with emerging talent trends and programmes, using relevant insights to develop proposals and recommend improvements to Murphy’s approach.
• Support the Murphy TY/Work Experience Programme.

Engineering Support

• Act as an advisor to Engineering Leads on development, mentoring and professional growth initiatives, particularly for Emerging Talent.
• Own and coordinate the Engineering Mentor/Mentee programme, including programme standards, registers, feedback analysis and continuous improvement.
• Maintain and review the Engineering Skills Matrix and CPD Register every 6 months, analysing trends, identifying skills gaps and coordinating follow-up actions or training.
• Attend Engineering Leads Meetings, contribute insight and guidance, agree actions and manage the Action Register to completion.
• Support and advise on Engineers Ireland accreditation submissions and ongoing compliance requirements.
• Manage Engineers Ireland membership records and associated reporting.
• Oversee and maintain Engineering SharePoint pages and Training Calendars to ensure content is accurate and fit for purpose.
• Support reporting and data analysis for engineering training, professional development and mentoring activity.

General people support

• Provide cover for other team members during annual leave, sickness, or any other periods of leave.
• Participate in, and positively promote, the Murphy Never Harm Programme
• Undertake any reasonable duties requested of you
• Ensure compliance with the Company policies and procedures
• Note: In addition to these People Team personnel are required to carry out such other duties as may be reasonably required to support the objectives of the Country / Group / Company.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience in an emerging talent, HR/People Advisory, Learning & Development or similar role.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage several different workstreams at the same time, respond to changing priorities and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working in a high-impact role where priorities can change quickly and both planned and unexpected work need to be managed effectively.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to advise, influence and build effective relationships across the business.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong eye for detail and a high level of accuracy when handling communications, contracts, documentation and data.
• Experience analysing data and using insights to inform decisions and improvements.
• Proactive and comfortable taking ownership, using initiative and working independently when required.

What you will get in Return

• 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
• Generous Private Healthcare Allowance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• Extra 2 days holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited. 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.

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