Murphy group
Planning Manager
Job Description
Murphy is recruiting for a [[title]] to work with the Energy Team across National Grid, Substations
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 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
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 £3.3b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy
If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Jack Roberts on 07514 313533 to discuss in more detail.
Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK