Project Manager
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45000-100000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2025 |
| Location: | United Utilities Framework (2021000082), CH2 4FE |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 23122-43646021 |
Summary
Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Project Manager
- To plan and deliver work banks ensuring work is completed on time and to the agreed standard.
- Sets the overall standard on the project/contract.
- To ensure contract programmes are planned, reviewed and delivered.
- Build and develop the wider operational team to deliver all aspects of the project/contract requirements.
- Will interact with the wider organisation to channel resources when required.
- Line management of Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers and Section Managers.
- Responsible for effective client relationship management, collaborative approach and providing updates to internal and external stakeholders on project/contract progress.
- Ensure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed as and when required.
- Ensures operating plans are in place to ensure sufficient resources and materials are in place.
- Will be expected to resolve most operational issues with any business critical or strategic issues referred to the Project Director.
- Communicates developments and significant decisions in the wider business.
- Responsible for all commercial activities associated with the project including the delivery of the agreed gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
- Professionally qualified construction representative
- member of a professional body. A strong civils background is preferred, along with an appreciation for other keys disciplines (including Mechanical, Electrical & Process)
- Experience of managing large subcontract packages.
- A true leader with passion for people development, can do attitude and a flare for innovation.
- Successful experience as a Project Manager (ideally within the water/wastewater/utilities sector) with demonstrable experience of delivering projects from Outline Design to Completion (full project life cycle).
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Project Manager
- To plan and deliver work banks ensuring work is completed on time and to the agreed standard.
- Sets the overall standard on the project/contract.
- To ensure contract programmes are planned, reviewed and delivered.
- Build and develop the wider operational team to deliver all aspects of the project/contract requirements.
- Will interact with the wider organisation to channel resources when required.
- Line management of Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers and Section Managers.
- Responsible for effective client relationship management, collaborative approach and providing updates to internal and external stakeholders on project/contract progress.
- Ensure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed as and when required.
- Ensures operating plans are in place to ensure sufficient resources and materials are in place.
- Will be expected to resolve most operational issues with any business critical or strategic issues referred to the Project Director.
- Communicates developments and significant decisions in the wider business.
- Responsible for all commercial activities associated with the project including the delivery of the agreed gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
- Professionally qualified construction representative
- member of a professional body. A strong civils background is preferred, along with an appreciation for other keys disciplines (including Mechanical, Electrical & Process)
- Experience of managing large subcontract packages.
- A true leader with passion for people development, can do attitude and a flare for innovation.
- Successful experience as a Project Manager (ideally within the water/wastewater/utilities sector) with demonstrable experience of delivering projects from Outline Design to Completion (full project life cycle).