Senior Site Manager in Alness

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Site Manager to work with the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework. 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 Senior Site Manager:

• Plan and deliver all work on a small/medium sized site or a few smaller sites, ensuring work is completed on time and to the agreed standard.
• Ensure short and medium contract programmes are planned, reviewed, and delivered.
• Monitor progress periodically against the project plan and monitor expenditure for labour plant & materials, resolving issues but may escalate critical operational issues to the Project Manager.
• Line management of Section Managers and other workflow supervisors/contractors.
• Provide periodic updates to clients on project/contract progress, typically operational in nature.
• Ensure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed as and when required.
• Review plant, labour, and materials to ensure resources are in place for the short to medium term (1‑3 months).
• Establish and maintain close working relationships with the Murphy team and ensure appropriate level of client/subcontractor engagement to ensure safe timely completion of all site activities.
• Close coordination of all sites‑based activities in line with customer specifications and procedures.

Still Interested? Does this sound like you:

• HNC Building Studies or a degree in Civil Engineering/Construction Management.
• Experience in delivering Civil Engineering / Construction Schemes.
• Extensive background in site/contract management delivering contracts of similar value.
• Solid health and safety knowledge and will hold a health and safety related qualification.

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.

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