Murphy is recruiting for a People Business Partner to work with our Energy team on site for the SSE Asti project.  

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 People Business Partner 

• With direction from People Director and Senior People BP aid in enabling the business to fully understand their key business performance issues, objectives and drivers, and associated people requirements for both the current and future business challenges.
• Working with the senior management team and Learning and Organisational Development to identify succession gaps within the business unit and address these to support the delivery of long term project and business objectives
• Influence business functions to drive transformation to embrace the ‘Murphy at 80’ plan.
• Drive effective use of recognition schemes across business functions to reinforce positive behaviours.
• Performance management – Champion high performance culture across the Group.  Coach, influence, up-skill and encourage senior leaders to provide clear direction, and line managers to provide continuous goal clarity, feedback and development
• Performance management – Champion high performance culture across the Group.  Coach, influence, up-skill and encourage senior leaders to provide clear direction, and line managers to provide continuous goal clarity, feedback and development
• Regular review of workforce planning to proactively identify any issues with regards to resourcing  
• Undertake grievances and disciplinaries or investigations and appeals and manage (and attend) employment tribunal claims /cases where necessary.
• Participate in specialist projects (e.g. employee engagement, grading/salary review,).  Ensure projects progress and completion of projects to deadline and cost.

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

• Established Human Resources professional with a strong and sustained track record of leading, coaching and building capability across all levels.
• First-hand exposure of HR in a commercially oriented business within the construction/civil-engineering sector.
• Proven experience and comprehensive track record of managing employee relations cases, including TUPE, Acquisitions, Restructuring & Redundancy.
• Established experience of coaching and developing managers and Senior Managers.