Construction Director

We are seeking a highly skilled Construction Manager to join our award-winning Energy team on the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) Project in Durham. As a key member of our project team, you will be responsible for leading the construction phase activities, promoting health, safety, and environmental best practices, and coordinating construction resources across the project.

• Overall management of project teams during the construction and installation phase of the project.
• Co-ordination of constructability input during solutions identification and development phase.
• Allocation of construction staff to projects, ensuring appropriate construction and installation staff are appointed based on experience, skills, and knowledge.
• Liaises with Project Managers to ensure the construction resource pool is an appropriate size, with an appropriate blend of skill sets for the projected workload.
• Overall management of construction resources, including Labour, Plant, and Materials.
• Performance management of subcontractors.
• Ensures the construction and installation teams are accountable for their performance against agreed schedules and man-hour budgets.
• Oversees the duties of the Principal Contractor are discharged in accordance with the CDM Regulations.
• Control all temporary and permanent construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with agreed quality procedures.
• Interfaces with all other functional leaders within the organisation to facilitate successful development of the project from solution stage constructability through construction, installation, commissioning, and handover to the client.

• Experience in delivering Major Civils projects.
• National Grid SR163 / TP137 is desirable.
• Experience within a Construction Manager role or similar.
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
• A true leader with passion for people development, can-do attitude, and a flair for innovation.

• 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.

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.