Planning Manager

1 month ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Murphy Full time

Planning Manager - Uxbridge Moor


Murphy is currently recruiting for a Planning Manager to join our award-winning Energy team covering the National Grid, Uxbridge Moor substation project. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. The Planning Manager will be accountable for ensuring that Substation projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored.


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.


What will you be doing?

  • Accountable for ensuring that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared from first principles in accordance with the Planning and Work Winning procedures.
  • Endure tender programmes are critically analysed to ensure that the planning and scheduling that underpins them is appropriate, contract / procedurally compliant, robust, and achievable.
  • Accountable for ensuring that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared and maintained from first principles in accordance with the Planning procedure and Contract requirements.
  • Critically analyse the performance of projects to identify areas of concern, providing guidance to the business on measures to improve performance.
  • Undertake and participate in programme risk workshops using tools such as QSRA.
  • Lead roll out and adoption of planning & project controls procedures and processes.
  • Organise resources within their portfolio to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Adopt a rigorous and proactive regime of audit and review to ensure planning requirements are adopted, minimise non-compliance, drive high standards and ultimately improve project / business performance.
  • Manage the proper and controlled use of the Enterprise planning tools.
  • Contribute to the development of business unit and sector plans and strategies.
  • Understand client specific requirements and ensure these are catered for.
  • Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders.
  • Manage the effective and efficient allocation of resources to projects and tenders.


Who we are looking for:

  • Experience managing a small team of planners.
  • Experience in contract and tender planning for a Tier 1 contractor.
  • Experience of projects for Overhead Lines, HV Cabling or Substations.
  • Experience within planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA)
  • Degree educated, preferably in a Construction / Engineering discipline.


What you’ll get in return

  • Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
  • 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
  • Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
  • Above market rate contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
  • Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
  • Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
  • Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc


About Murphy

  • Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing. Many teams choose to support a charity together to positively impact our communities.
  • Access to Murphy Wellbeing: you will have access to a host of online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and if needs be external professional support because we understand that work and life offers challenges that sometimes need a little extra support.
  • Murphy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, making Murphy a great place to work where we can all thrive. You can get involved in numerous events and even join our committee dedicated to continuously nurturing Murphy’s inclusive culture.


Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.


As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer we are proud to have signed up to #BantheBoxUK and reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records.


J Murphy & Sons Limited is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK


If you think Murphy is the place to help you thrive in a great team dedicated to delivery and engineering excellence and want to work in an inclusive team culture that rewards performance and drives personal development, apply today.

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