Senior Site Manager at J. Murphy & Sons Ltd, Colchester

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 Senior Site Manager

• Produce Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans), Risk Assessments, Method Statements and Task Briefings in line with Murphy procedures
• Ensure that workplaces under their control have effective systems, arrangements and supervision for providing a safe workplace and suitable welfare facilities
• Ensure that suitable project specific execution plans are produced reviewed and updated on a regular basis and their requirements are clearly articulated and shared to all project personnel and any others who may be affected
• Review, maintain, update and amend safe systems of work to ensure it is safe and without risk to health, and the changes are recorded in Project Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans)
• Ensure that all project personnel have the necessary experience, training and knowledge to carry out the duties allocated to them
• Set personal example and promote best practise in safety, quality and environment
• Ensure daily diaries and allocation sheets are up to date
• Chair and contribute to weekly meetings with the site team regarding safety, progress, expenditure, costs and programme
• Ensure high standard of quality on the works to at least meet the specification requirements
• Commercially aware and experienced in producing accurate cost forecasts
• Establish close working relationship with site supervision to ensure cost-effective use of labour and plant
• Participate in, and positively promote, the Murphy Culture Development Culture (leading to Zero Harm)

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• An understanding of the commercial issues in undertaking a medium / large scale construction project
• Previous experience as a Senior/Site Manager/Agent within the Civils sector, preferably in Rail
• IT literate: Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams etc
• CSCS Card (Supervisor or Managers)
• SMSTS
• COSHH Awareness
• First Aid at Work