Senior Project Manager
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70000-100000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 January 2026 |
| Location: | Stone Cross Office (2021000079), WA3 3JD |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 23688-43856934 |
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 Senior Project Manager
- To be fully accountable for the delivery of the projects, ensuring it is completed safely, on time, in accordance with the contract requirements and to budget.
- Sets the overall standard on the projects/contract.
- Ensure the project requirements are identified and delivered.
- Identify issues and ensure they are resolved in a controlled and timely manner.
- To ensure contract programmes are planned, reviewed, and delivered.
- Line management of Project Managers, 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.
- Ensure 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 issues referred to the BU Director.
- Responsible for all commercial activities associated with the project including the delivery of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.
- Overall performance management of subcontractors of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Experience in delivering HV Transmission & Distribution or Major Civils Projects.
- Experience within a Project Managerial role
- HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)
- Experience of working on complex multi-discipline Enhancement projects, delivering within programme and cost controls
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
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- 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 Senior Project Manager
- To be fully accountable for the delivery of the projects, ensuring it is completed safely, on time, in accordance with the contract requirements and to budget.
- Sets the overall standard on the projects/contract.
- Ensure the project requirements are identified and delivered.
- Identify issues and ensure they are resolved in a controlled and timely manner.
- To ensure contract programmes are planned, reviewed, and delivered.
- Line management of Project Managers, 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.
- Ensure 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 issues referred to the BU Director.
- Responsible for all commercial activities associated with the project including the delivery of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.
- Overall performance management of subcontractors of the gross margin, management of cost control and other key commercial and financial metrics.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Experience in delivering HV Transmission & Distribution or Major Civils Projects.
- Experience within a Project Managerial role
- HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree)
- Experience of working on complex multi-discipline Enhancement projects, delivering within programme and cost controls
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
.