Senior Site Manager

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Site Manager to join our growing Infrastructure team, delivering a major water infrastructure project in partnership with United Utilities, as part of the AMP8 programme. We provide end‑to‑end services for major water and sewage companies such as Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities, and for several water‑only companies including SES Water, Bristol Water and South East Water.

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Site Manager:

• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHEQ department.
• Produce Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans), Risk Assessments, Method Statements and Task Briefings in line with Murphy procedures.
• Ensure that workplaces under their control have effective systems, arrangements and supervision for providing a safe workplace and suitable welfare facilities.
• Ensure that suitable project specific execution plans are produced, reviewed and updated on a regular basis and their requirements are communicated and understood by all project personnel and any others who may be affected.
• Review, maintain, update and amend safe systems of work to ensure it is safe and without risk to health, and the changes are recorded in Project Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans).
• Ensure that all project personnel have the necessary experience, training and knowledge to carry out the duties allocated to them.
• Set personal example and promote best practice in safety, quality and environment.
• Ensure daily diaries and allocation sheets are up to date.
• Chair and contribute to weekly meetings with the site team regarding safety, progress, expenditure, costs and programme.
• Ensure high standard of quality on the works to at least meet the specification requirements.
• Establish close working relationship with site supervision to ensure cost‑effective use of labour and plant.
• Participate in, and positively promote, the Murphy Culture Development Culture (leading to Zero Harm).

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• An understanding of the commercial issues in undertaking a medium‑scale construction project.
• Previous experience as a Senior/Site Manager/Agent within the Civils sector, preferably in water/wastewater/pipelines.
• IT literate: Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams etc.
• CSCS Card (Supervisor or Managers).
• SMSTS.

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 £5.8bn and £23m invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024.

Legal: Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Project Management and Information Technology

Industries: Civil Engineering