Murphy is recruiting for a Stakeholder & Governance 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 Stakeholder & Governance Manager:

• Accountable for the successful delivery of the Stakeholder & Governance function, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, programme objectives, budgetary controls, and Murphy standards.
• Set the standard for stakeholder engagement, governance, and communication across the framework.
• Develop and implement stakeholder, social value, communications, and sustainability strategies that support project and business objectives.
• Identify risks, issues, and opportunities, ensuring they are managed proactively and resolved in a controlled and timely manner.
• Ensure stakeholder and governance activities are aligned with project programmes, key milestones, and delivery objectives.
• Provide leadership and line management to the Social Value, Stakeholder Engagement, Communications, and Sustainability teams.
• Build and maintain effective client, community, and stakeholder relationships, fostering collaboration and trust throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure appropriate governance arrangements, engagement plans, and reporting structures are in place to support successful framework delivery.
• Drive alignment between project teams, clients, regulators, and external stakeholders to facilitate efficient decision-making and project progression.
• Resolve day-to-day operational challenges, escalating business-critical issues to the Operations Manager where required.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering internal and external stakeholder strategies, aligning decision-makers, managing expectations, and fostering collaborative engagement to support successful project mobilisation and delivery.
• Proven experience in a stakeholder, communications, governance, or project management leadership role.
• HNC/HND, NVQ Level 5, Degree, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience working on complex, multi-disciplinary projects within a matrix environment, successfully delivering against programme, cost, and quality objectives.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all organisational levels.
• Experience managing stakeholder engagement within regulated infrastructure, utilities, energy, construction, or major-project environments.