Senior Planner

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Planner with a background in structures and rail to join our Transportation team on the Transpennine Route Upgrade (East) (TRUe) With a proud history dating back to the 1960s, we provide practical, innovative results, working around the individual needs of our customers. Rail renewals to enhancements, bridge building, highways, ports and emergency earthworks – our award-winning team has extensive experience and has been involved in projects that have changed the face of transport networks in three countries.

We dedicate ourselves to being ‘better engineered’ to ensure our transportation infrastructure solutions meet and exceed customer requirements, delivering value for money through innovation.

The role will be based between our TRU delivery office in Leeds (LS9 0SG
) and the site in Shipley, with occasional travel to additional delivery hubs in York and Sherburn-in-Elmet (LS25 6JE
).With a proud history dating back to the 1960s, Murphy provide practical, innovative results, working around the individual needs of our customers. From Rail renewals to enhancements, bridge building, highways, ports and emergency earthworks – our award-winning team has extensive experience and has been involved in projects that have changed the face of transport networks in three countries.

We dedicate ourselves to being ‘better engineered’ to ensure our transportation infrastructure solutions meet and exceed customer requirements, delivering value for money through innovation.

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Civils Planner Collaborate across disciplines to develop and revise the civil delivery programme, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of intended delivery strategy, dependencies, risks and progress.

Input into progress reporting, contribute insights, identify issues and propose effective solutions.

Prepare a resourced programme, including reviewing the outcome for conformance with expectations and requirements.

Contribute to the risk register and undertake schedule risk analysis.

Work closely with other planners/sections to identify and plan critical interfaces.

Input into collaborative planning and interface workshops.

Manage personally controlled project documentation in an orderly fashion.

Carry out other relevant duties as required from time to time.

Contribute to coaching, supporting and formal training of others.

Provide a link to communicate planning community information between all parties

Draw up a bid preparation programme and contribute to the tender queries database.

Define methods and establish competitive outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances.

Assist with the design engineer to establish a design brief for temporary works.

Provide the estimator with a justified schedule of temporary works and other indirect cost items

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Experience on Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects.

Major civils, construction, or depot build experience is essential.

Railway experience is preferred, but not essential.”Proven experience of first principles planning, with ability to create robust complex build schedules from design drawings.

Use of planning software (P6, Microsoft Project) and a sound knowledge of NECActive experience of working with a wide range of planning techniques in serving both tendering and contract delivery.

A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function.

Must have a full drving licence

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…