Murphy is recruiting for a PMO Lead to work with the Energy Team in the Leeds Office.

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 PMO Lead:

• Front roll outs and adoption of planning & project controls procedures and processes.
• Lead the coordination and dissemination of communications within their portfolio.
• Promote collaboration between projects in their portfolio and with other areas of the business.
• Adopt a rigorous and proactive regime of audit and review to ensure planning requirements are adopted, minimise non-compliance, drive high standards and ultimately improve project / business performance.
• Manage the proper and controlled use of the Enterprise planning tools.
• Work collaboratively with peers to drive project performance within their portfolio, ensuring that Business Unit and Business targets are achieved or exceeded.
• Develop and implement PMO frameworks, tools, and best practices tailored to construction project delivery.
• Oversee project governance, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulations.
• Monitor and report on project performance, risks, and issues across the portfolio.
• Facilitate project reviews, stage gates, and lessons learned sessions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in project delivery and controls.
• Act as a key liaison between project teams, finance/commercial, planning, procurement, and executive leadership

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Project Management, or related field.
• Professional certification (e.g., PMP, APM PMQ, MSP) preferred.
• Experience with large-scale capital projects or infrastructure programs is a plus
• Proven experience in a PMO leadership role within the construction or infrastructure sector.
• Strong understanding of construction project lifecycles, methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, APM, PMI), and delivery models/contracts (e.g., D&B, EPC, NEC, JCT).
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project, Power BI).