Job Ref: 213843188

Date: 2021-05-26 17:02:03

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J. Murphy & Sons Limited is a leading global, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves lives by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, we provide better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; water; power; natural resources; and construction & property.Headquartered in London, we also have a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Urban Infrastructure; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. We are specialists in delivering pipelines; design; marine; structural steel; tunnelling; fabrication; bridges and piling; and invest heavily in our substantial holding of plant; equipment and facilities.
Project Manager (Earthworks) – East West Rail –  Milton Keynes

Murphy Group is looking to recruit a Project Manager to lead a significant earthworks package for the East West Rail project based at Milton Keynes. The successful candidate will lead and be accountable for complex multi-discipline railway projects, ensuring that the scope of works are delivered in a safe manner, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting the acceptance criteria and achieving the expected financial outcomes.

What you will be doing
* To plan the strategy and coordinate deliver for a significant multi-disciplinary enhancement project, 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 and provides 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.
* To comply with company standards, policies and procedures.
* Manages a team of site and section managers.
* Communicates developments and significant decisions in the wider business.
* Responsible for a contract with an indicative turnover of between £XXM per annum
* 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.

Who we are looking for 
* Professionally qualified construction representative – member of a professional body.
* Project management methodology knowledge desirable.
* Extensive expertise in project management delivering projects/contracts of a similar nature.
* Knowledge of the wider organisation and how it functions within the external environment.
* Multi-disciplinary project delivery experience 
* Experience delivering Interoperable products to Common Safety Method Regulations 
* Able to develop positive working relationships across all levels of the organisation.

About the project
As part of East West Rail we have been awarded the advanced works for installing a number of site compounds and haul roads as well as permanent track bed drainage works. These assets are required in order to facilitate the main works when they commence around Q4 this year and will run for 18-24 months in duration

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