Senior Project Manager

at  Murphy Group

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - HVDC

Murphy is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join our award-winning Energy team covering Power, Transmission & Distribution projects such as HVDC Converter Stations. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. The Senior Project Manager will lead and be accountable for larger and more complicated project(s) ensuring that the scope of works is delivered in a safe manner, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting the acceptance criteria and achieving the expected financial outcomes.
Following the ‘One Murphy’ approach, we’re able to deliver all aspects of the projects we work on. Murphy has designed, constructed, and commissioned projects for clients such as National Grid, SSE and Ørsted, on both transmission and distribution networks within the Energy sector.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Experience in delivering HVDC 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.
• Expertise in the use and interpretation of project controls to review the status of a project.
• A true leader with passion for people development, can do attitude and a flare for innovation.

• 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 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.
• 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 issues referred to the Project Director.
• To comply with company standards, policies, and procedures.
• 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.