Project Manager

Leeds, Yorkshire
Murphy

Project Manager – Leeds ( Rail) – Structures and Bridges

Welcome to TRU East:

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) aims to deliver faster, longer, more frequent, and more reliable services across the north of England, from Newcastle, Hull and York towards Manchester and Liverpool via Leeds.

The aim of the TRU East Alliance is to transform the East of Leeds route allowing people to travel faster, more reliably and in greater comfort between the North’s great cities. Providing passengers with more choice, more seats, and better facilities on a safer, cleaner, more environmentally friendly railway.

You will be responsible to lead and be accountable for a project (or aspect of a larger project) or portfolio of small projects, ensuring that the scope of works are delivered in a safe manner, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting the acceptance criteria and achieving the expected financial outcomes.

What you will be doing

• To be fully ownership for the delivery of the project, ensuring it is completed safely, on time, in accordance with the contract requirements and to the agreed budget.
• Ensure works are planned, managed and delivered in a safe, controlled and environmentally sustainable manner.
• Ensure risk assessments are created, in place and reviewed regularly.
• Ensure responsibilities of Principal Contractor are discharged in line with CDM Regulations.
• Organise the project team to deliver the contracted scope of works.
• Manage the project team, providing guidance and direction and assist their professional development.
• Chair regular project team meetings, ensuring actions are recorded and closed out
• Ensure the project requirements are identified, understood and delivered and key issues are resolved and controlled.
• Refer any significant issues to the overseeing manager and work with them to ensure they are managed and resolved.
• Manage the “fit to start” process to ensure that we mobilise in a controlled and timely manner to facilitate the timely delivery of the project scope.
• Ensure there is an effective, comprehensive and formal handover from the team to the delivery team.
• Where relevant, arrange for mobilisation and demobilisation of projects assisted by PSC
• Develop and maintain effective communication and relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).
• Ensure the requirements of the contract are complied to by the project team and administered and discharged appropriately.
• Ensure that suitable and robust change control processes are in place to identify, notify, measure and concur the impact of change in accordance with the contract requirements.
• Ensure detailed records and allocation sheets are maintained for all aspects of the project.
• Lead the development of resource forecasts (staff, labour, key plant and materials), ensuring they are aligned and coordinated with the programme.
• Accountable for ensuring the financial performance of the project (or aspect of a project) is achieved or exceeded.
• Leading the review of the project CRF on a monthly basis.
• Ensuring the project performance is reported in a transparent and accurate manner
• Lead the development and implementation of improvement actions where necessary to ensure the financial objectives are achieved / bettered.
• Assist the procurement of suppliers and sub-contractors.

Who we are looking for

• Experience in high profile, politically delicate railway enhancement projects with a focus on bridges and structures
• Appropriate safety training and qualification for the nature of the works (e.g. PTS).
• Experience in the project and construction management of an engineering project, integrating multi-disciplinary workstreams from multiple contractors.
• Client and stakeholder management and management of a project team
• Awareness of the use and interpretation of project controls to review the status of a project.
• Commercial awareness and experience of planning programming
• HNC / HND or NVQ Level 5 (or Degree).
• Professionally qualified or working towards.
• Driven forward-thinker who flourishes on finding innovative solutions to delivery challenges

About Murphy

• Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing. Many teams choose to support a charity together to positively impact our communities.
• Access to Murphy Wellbeing: you will have access to a host of online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and if needs be external professional support because we understand that work and life offers challenges that sometimes need a little extra support.
• Murphy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, making Murphy a great place to work where we can all thrive. You can get involved in numerous events and even join our committee dedicated to continuously nurturing Murphy’s inclusive culture.

What you’ll get in return

• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
• 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
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, cycle to work scheme etc

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer we are proud to have signed up to and reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records.

If you think Murphy is the place to help you thrive in a great team dedicated to delivery and engineering excellence, and want to work in an inclusive team culture that rewards performance and drives personal development, apply today.

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Lorna on to discuss in more detail.

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