Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (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 and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power 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 3,600 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. #MoreToMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Planning Manager:
- Assign planning activities to planners including Responsible Managers.
- Ensure that RIP’s continually look for most efficient access opportunities, working closely with project management team in securing engineering access & resources programme.
- Oversee the RIP’s team identifying possession availability including implementation through Possession Planning System (PPS) and the Green Zone Access Manager (GZAM) for all project plans, where possible, to aid in the scheduling and delivery of schemes, resources, and plant
- Ensure all possession documentation issued from routes / Engineering Access Planning (EAP) is reviewed and identify any changes or errors that would affect the safety of possessions
- Where applicable, liaise with the National Supply Chain (NSC) for availability of haulage requirements including confirmation of bookings to assist in efficient delivery of projects. Identify key resource requirements to QT 50 ensuring all resources such as key wagons, tampers etc are booked and allocated.
- Attend internal quarterly meetings to ensure RIP’s procedures are aligned throughout the business and quality is maintained.
- Monitor performance data including the level of protection provided and the number of plans rejected or changed on site, ensuring the RIP’s teams are checking at least 20% of completed SSOW Packs (up to a maximum of 50 packs per period) to ensure that planning is sufficient and that the SSOW Pack has been completed correctly.
- Ensure all findings from completed, returned, and checked SSOW Packs are informed to the specific individuals.
- Ensure where possible, RIP’s team carry out site visits to ascertain site conditions prior to booking possessions and completion of SSOW Packs
- Where necessary, write and conduct presentations for feedback to the planning team and wider Murphy team.
- Participate in, and positively promote, the Murphy Culture Development Programme (leading to Zero Harm).
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Contract and tender planning for a Tier 1 contractor
- Experience in a site role (Engineering, planning, management) for a Tier 1 contractor
- Use of planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA)
- Degree educated, preferably in a Construction / Engineering discipline
- Chartered Engineer, CIOB, APM or equivalent or working towards