Location
United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Murphy is recruiting for a Project Director to work with the Energy Team on the National Grid, Yorkshire Green Project. Our business is renowned for extensive in-house expertise, experience, and a continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. We support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects across four countries, ensuring energy security for decades to come. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers, along with technical and engineering solutions within conventional power and energy transition markets.

A day in the life of a Murphy Project Director includes ensuring the scope of works is delivered safely, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting acceptance criteria and achieving expected financial outcomes. You will set overall standards on the project/contract to ensure consistency and compliance with policies and procedures. You will build and develop the wider operational and project management team to enhance management capability and deliver all project requirements.

Responsibilities include line management of Project Managers accountable for operational delivery, chairing regular project team meetings, managing the “fit to start” process to mobilise projects in a controlled and timely manner, and ensuring effective handover from the work winning team to delivery team. You will develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the Client and other stakeholders, produce detailed cost forecasts with regular reviews, oversee resource forecasts aligned with the programme, support procurement of suppliers and sub-contractors, and lead the implementation of improvement actions to meet or exceed financial objectives.

Murphy is committed to innovation and sustainability, maintaining long-standing relationships with major energy providers and investing in environmentally friendly plant and professional development.

Experience
- Proven experience delivering HV Transmission projects within 132kV to 400kV or major civil projects
- Experience in a Project Director or senior managerial role
- Strong commercial and contractual awareness
- Experience working on complex multi-discipline enhancement projects, delivering within programme and cost controls
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors

About you
Motivated and capable leader with strong management skills, able to build and develop teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively. You are committed to delivering projects safely, on time, and within budget while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.

Qualifications
HNC / HND or equivalent qualification
Right to work in the UK is essential
Successful candidates will be required to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check