Works Superintendent
Location: Scotland
Who is Murphy:
Murphy is a leading international engineering and construction company. We specialise in a variety of sectors including infrastructure, transportation, and energy.
What your day will look like:
• Every day running of direct labour, earth works, muck shift and general construction.
• Manage on-site resources including plant, machinery, and materials, to optimise productivity and project efficiency.
• Oversee excavation, filling, and compaction operations, applying best practices and maintaining compliance with environmental and safety standards.
• Supervise a team of groundworkers and machine operatives, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant execution of earthworks activities.
• Coordinate effectively with subcontractors and internal teams to maintain workflow and meet project timelines.
• Uphold and promote a strong safety culture, ensuring all work meets the highest safety standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with relevant Health & Safety Requirements.
• Site briefings, risk assessments.
• Manage subcontractors and suppliers.
• Ordering of materials and plant equipment.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices project requirements.
• Collaborate with project managers, clients, and stakeholders.
• Manage subcontractors and suppliers.
• Maintain Murphy project quality controls to help us always deliver.
• Delivery of works within programme and to budget.
• Maintain rigorous quality control and deliver work to the highest specification, ensuring project success from start to finish.
What we need from you:
• Experience on large earthworks projects
• Strong technical knowledge of earthworks processes, soil behaviour, and construction materials.
• SSSTS / SMSTS Card holder
• Strong communicator
• Strong collaborator with the ability to build solid working relationships across the team.
• Flexibility to travel and stay away from home.
• Proficiency in relevant engineering software and Microsoft suites, in particular Microsoft Excel
• Full UK driving licence.
What we offer:
* Competitive salary
* 39-hour Standard working week
* Time and a half after 39hours
* Healthcare Cash Plan
* 30 days holiday
* Opportunities for advancement and career growth
* Further training given
* Health and safety-focused work environment
* Supportive team culture
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 £5.8b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy
If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Stephanie Fletcher on 07513 706819 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