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Project director

London
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Project director
Posted: 12 January
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Project Director

Murphy is a leading international specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951, delivering world‑class infrastructure across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America. The company provides engineering solutions in transportation, natural resources, energy and water, and specialises in pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling.


Responsibilities

* Ensure that the scope of works is delivered safely, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting acceptance criteria and achieving the expected financial outcomes.
* Set the overall standard on the project/contract, ensuring consistency across projects and alignment with standards, policies and procedures.
* Build and develop the wider operational and project management team to enhance management capability and deliver all project/contract requirements.
* Line‑manage Project Managers accountable for operational delivery, chairing regular project team meetings and ensuring actions are recorded and closed out.
* Manage the "fit to start" process to mobilise in a controlled and timely manner, facilitating the timely delivery of the project scope.
* Ensure an effective, comprehensive, and formal handover from the work‑winning team to the delivery team.
* Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other stakeholders.
* Lead the development of a detailed cost forecast for the project, ensuring it is reviewed and updated regularly.
* Lead the development of resource forecasts (staff, labour, key plant and materials), ensuring alignment with the programme.
* Support the procurement of suppliers and sub‑contractors.
* Lead the development and implementation of improvement actions to achieve or exceed financial objectives.
* Lead the development and implementation of tender strategy and win themes.


Qualifications

* Experience delivering HV Transmission projects within 132kV to 400kV or major civil projects.
* Experience in a Project Director or Senior Managerial role.
* HNC / HND qualification.
* Strong commercial and contractual awareness.
* Experience working on complex multi‑discipline enhancement projects, delivering within programme and cost controls.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors.

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