Operations Manager

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, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy 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 4,000 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. Visit (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Murphy Operations Manager:

• Take full accountability for safe, compliant, and commercially controlled project delivery. 
• Ensure the project is delivered to contract, programme, and budget.
• Set clear delivery standards across the projects.
• Lead, empower, and inspire the project team towards successful delivery. empowering and inspiring others to successfully deliver.
• Plan for current and future resource requirements and develop and implement strategies to maximize efficiency and productivity.
• Critically analyse and review budgets, forecast, and performance.
• Identify and manage project risks and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are in place. 
• Lead project progress and performance reviews as part of the business’ reporting processes.
• Ensure projects follow the gateway process and that they are “fit to start” and “fit to finish”.
• Oversee stakeholder management, scope management, contracts, programme, project controls, forecasting, and cost control.
• Contribute to the work winning process to support tender submissions.
• Lead client engagement and negotiations.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience delivering HV Transmission & Distribution or major civils projects.
• Experience leading complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong commercial, programme, and cost control awareness. 
• Confident managing clients, stakeholders, and supply chain partners.  
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).