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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Murphy is recruiting for a PMO Lead to work with the Energy Team in the Leeds Office.
Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.
We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.
A day in the life of a Murphy PMO Lead:
Front roll outs and adoption of planning & project controls procedures and processes.
Lead the coordination and dissemination of communications within their portfolio.
Promote collaboration between projects in their portfolio and with other areas of the business.
Adopt a rigorous and proactive regime of audit and review to ensure planning requirements are adopted, minimise non-compliance, drive high standards and ultimately improve project / business performance.
Manage the proper and controlled use of the Enterprise planning tools.
Work collaboratively with peers to drive project performance within their portfolio, ensuring that Business Unit and Business targets are achieved or exceeded.
Develop and implement PMO frameworks, tools, and best practices tailored to construction project delivery.
Oversee project governance, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulations.
Monitor and report on project performance, risks, and issues across the portfolio.
Facilitate project reviews, stage gates, and lessons learned sessions.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives in project delivery and controls.
Act as a key liaison between project teams, finance/commercial, planning, procurement, and executive leadership
Still interested, does this sound like you?
Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Project Management, or related field.
Professional certification (e.g., PMP, APM PMQ, MSP) preferred.
Experience with large-scale capital projects or infrastructure programs is a plus
Proven experience in a PMO leadership role within the construction or infrastructure sector.
Strong understanding of construction project lifecycles, methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, APM, PMI), and delivery models/contracts (e.g., D&B, EPC, NEC, JCT).
Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project, Power BI).
What’s in it for you?
27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
Above market rate contributory pension scheme
Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc.
About Murphy
Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Gold Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy
If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Jack Roberts on (phone number removed) to discuss in more detail.
Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK