Project Director

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Murphy is recruiting for a Project Director to work with Energy on ETP/ SW / Wales

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

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A day in the life of a Murphy Project Director:

Ensure that the scope of works is delivered in a safe manner, on time, to the required quality standards, meeting the acceptance criteria and achieving the expected financial outcomes.  
Sets the overall standard on the project/contract, ensuring consistency across projects and in line with standards policies and procedures.
Build and develop the wider operational and project management team to build management capability and deliver all aspects of the project/contract requirements.
Line management of Project Managers that are accountable for the operational delivery of the project, chairing regular project team meetings, ensuring actions are recorded and closed out.
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 work winning team to the delivery team.
Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders.
Produce detailed cost forecast for the project, ensuring it is reviewed and updated regularly.
Oversee resource forecasts (staff, labour, key plant and materials), ensuring they are aligned and coordinated with the programme.
Support the procurement of suppliers and sub-contractors.
Lead the development and implementation of improvement actions where necessary to ensure the financial objectives are achieved / bettered.  

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Experience in delivering HV Transmission projects within 132kV to 400kV or major civil projects.
Experience within a Project Director or Senior Managerial role.
HNC / HND
Strong commercial and contractual awareness.
Experience of working on complex multi-discipline Enhancement projects, delivering within programme and cost controls
Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to develop close working relationships with clients and subcontractors