Site Manager

Location: Barrow in Furness

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water. 

Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering;
Utility Connections;
Murphy Plant;
Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services;
Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.

Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit (url removed) or follow us on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Murphy Site Manager

To 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.
To ensure short and medium contract programmes are planned, reviewed, and delivered.
To monitor progress periodically against the project plan and monitor expenditure, resolving issues but may escalate critical operational issues to the Project Manager (if a larger site).
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).
Liaise with the Project Manager to resolve any technical issues outside of the scope of works.
Responsible for a team of Section Managers/General Foreman and workflow supervisors.  

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HNC Building Studies or a degree in Civil Engineering/Construction Management.
Knowledge sufficient to attain Chartered level of ICE.
Background in site/contract management delivering contracts of similar value.
First aid qualification is desirable