Murphy is recruiting for a Operations Manager to work with the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework.

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 Operations Manager:

• Take full accountability for safe, compliant, and commercially controlled project delivery. 
• Ensure the project is delivered to contract, programme, and budget.
• Set clear delivery standards across the projects.
• Lead, empower, and inspire the project team towards successful delivery. empowering and inspiring others to successfully deliver.
• Plan for current and future resource requirements and develop and implement strategies to maximize efficiency and productivity.
• Critically analyse and review budgets, forecast, and performance.
• Identify and manage project risks and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are in place. 
• Lead project progress and performance reviews as part of the business’ reporting processes.
• Ensure projects follow the gateway process and that they are “fit to start” and “fit to finish”.
• Oversee stakeholder management, scope management, contracts, programme, project controls, forecasting, and cost control.
• Contribute to the work winning process to support tender submissions.
• Lead client engagement and negotiations.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience delivering HV Transmission & Distribution or major civils projects.
• Experience leading complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong commercial, programme, and cost control awareness. 
• Confident managing clients, stakeholders, and supply chain partners.  
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).