Site Manager

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Site Manager to work with the Energy Team on a variety of substation projects across England and 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.

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Site Manager to work with the Energy Team on a variety of substation projects across England and 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.

The SR163 Site Manager (acting as a Principal Contractor Site Manager / PCSM) is responsible for leading, coordinating, and safely managing high‑voltage substations and energy infrastructure construction projects.

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Site Manager:

• - Represent the Principal Contractor and assist them in discharging their duties under the Construction (Design & Management Regulation 2015) by enacting the Site Manager role.
• - Health, Safety, and Compliance:
  Enact Principal Contractor duties under the CDM Regulations 2015, manage Construction Phase Plans (CPPs), review RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements)
• - Substation & Site Controls:
  Manage impressed voltage hazard controls, temporary works, excavation safety (HSG
  47), and CDM demarcation zones in live EHV/substation environments
• - Site Operations & Coordination:
  Oversee daily civil, electrical, or M&E construction activities, direct subcontractors, and manage site resources, plant, and logistics
• - Stakeholder & Design Liaison:
  Act as the primary contact between National Grid representatives, design teams, engineers, and subcontractors to resolve site issues and track progress.
• - Documentation & Auditing:
  Conduct site inductions, toolbox talks, safety inspections, audits, and maintain project/H&S files.

Industry

Experience:

Proven background managing live high‑voltage transmission on substation infrastructure projects.

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