Project Administrator

Murphy is recruiting for a Project Administrator to work with Energy on the Electricity Transmission Project. The role will be based out of our Cardiff office initially, with site travel required to Aberthaw. 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.

A day in the life of a Project Administrator:

• Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support to the Project Manager and wider project team, helping maintain effective project controls and information flow.
• Coordinate meetings, including arranging meetings/workshops, preparing agendas, taking minutes and maintaining clear action trackers through to close-out.
• Maintain key project trackers and registers, supporting the team with actions, deliverables, milestones and other project information.
• Assist with the preparation and formatting of project reports, presentations, meeting packs, correspondence and dashboards.
• Support the Project Manager with routine follow-ups, gathering project information and monitoring outstanding actions to help keep delivery moving.
• Assist with project processes such as raising requisitions, GRNs, purchase orders, labour/time records and other administrative or financial activities where required.
• Be willing to work flexibly between the project office and site as required, particularly as the project moves into mobilisation and construction.

Still interested? Does this sound like you:

• Previous experience in a project administration, project coordination or similar support role, ideally within construction, civil engineering, infrastructure, utilities or another project-based environment.
• Well organised and comfortable managing multiple priorities, actions and deadlines in a busy project environment.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, with the ability to learn project systems quickly.
• Comfortable working with project information, trackers, registers and document-management systems.

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, Platinum 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.

Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check. Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.