Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (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 and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power 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 3,600 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.
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A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Tender Planner / Sector Head
Manage the pre-construction stage of project planning contributing positively to winning new work for business, supporting and contributing to the tender quality submission with written responses to
Manage the planning process and collaborate across disciplines to develop and revise the civil delivery programme, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of intended delivery strategy, dependencies, risks and progress.
Provide planning support to the Preconstruction team ensuring all programme, logistics and delivery aspects are compliant with relevant legislation, tender brief, and contract requirement
Engage with the Planning Manager, Construction Director/Manager to discuss options and methodology, providing a link to communicate planning community information between all parties
Analyse Tender documents and identify required planning responses
Investigate and recommend alternative and innovative solutions with change impact assessment
Contribute to the risk register, undertake schedule risk analysis and recommend mitigation
Engage with the supply chain to verify programme issues.
Define methods and establish competitive outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances
Support 4D digital aspects of tender evaluation and submission
Provide a planning handover pack for the delivery team
Still interested does, this sound like you?
Experience and good commercial knowledge of the sector - Work Winning, Highways, Ports, Rail Civils, Buildings
Contractual awareness - NEC4 and use of planning software (P6, Microsoft Project )
A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces within the planning function.
Understanding and demonstrable skills in the use of Asta Programme software
Planning skills and ability to prioritise tasks and monitors progress against plan, making alterations where necessary
Ideally some 4D planning experience