Framework Planning Manager

Murphy is recruiting for a
Framework Planning Manager
to work with the
Energy Team
leading the
National Grid, ETP Framework.

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A day in the life of a Murphy Framework Planning Manager:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience managing a small team of planners.
• Experience in contract and tender planning for a Tier 1 contractor.
• Experience within planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA)
• Degree educated, preferably in a Construction / Engineering discipline.
• Ideally degree educated, preferably in a Construction / Engineering discipline
• Chartered Engineer, CIOB, APM or equivalent or working towards

What's in it for you?

• 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
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Gold Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is
#MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call
Jack Roberts
on

to discuss in more detail.

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.

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