Project Manager

Murphy; Ireland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Maternity/paternity pay

Professional development

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Project Manager to lead and deliver energy and industrial projects across Ireland. You will oversee tendering, contract planning, and multi-disciplinary execution to meet safety, quality, and budget targets.

In this role you will manage client relationships, coordinate with estimating and technical teams, and ensure risk controls and documentation are in place for smooth turnover and operations. A proven track record in complex projects is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years industry experience in project delivery environments.
• Proven experience in one or more sectors: Energy, Life Sciences, Data Centres, Pharmaceuticals, Industrial Facilities, or Gas.
• Experience with QA processes in regulated or high-compliance environments.
• Involvement in Project Turnover and Handover, including commissioning and transition to operations.
• Experience on complex, multi-disciplinary projects from execution to readiness.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver projects in Energy and Industrial sectors across Ireland within safety, budget, and schedule.
• Assist with tender compilation, development, and submission with estimates, commercial, and technical teams.
• Be fully accountable for project delivery, safety, on-time completion, and contract compliance.
• Set overall project/contract standards and ensure requirements are delivered.
• Identify and resolve issues in a controlled, timely manner.
• Plan, review, and deliver contract programmes.
• Line manage Site Managers, Site Engineers and Section Managers.
• Maintain effective client relationships and provide updates to stakeholders.
• Ensure risk assessments are created, maintained, and reviewed.
• Oversee subcontractor performance, cost control, and key financial metrics.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Quality Assurance

Client relationship management

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Project Manager to work with Energy Nationwide.

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.

What you will be doing:

• Manage and deliver projects within the Energy and Industrial sectors across Ireland, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective execution.
• Assist with the compilation, development, and submission of tenders for upcoming projects, working closely with estimating, commercial, and technical teams.
• 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, Site Engineers and Section Managers.
• Responsible for effective client relationship management, collaborative approach and providing updates to internal and external stakeholders on project/contract progress.
• Endure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed as and when required.
• Overall performance management of subcontractors of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.

Who we are looking for:

• Minimum of 10 years’ industry experience in project delivery environments.
• Proven experience working within one or more of the following sectors: Energy, Life Sciences, Data Centres (Energy Centres), Pharmaceuticals, Industrial Facilities, or Gas.
• Proven experience in Quality Assurance (QA) processes within regulated or high-compliance environments.
• Demonstrated involvement in Project Turnover and Handover, including commissioning, documentation close-out, and transition to operations.
• Experience working on complex, multi-disciplinary projects from execution through to operational readiness is highly desirable.

What you’ll 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.