Planning Manager in London

Location: London
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: Murphy
Job Hours: Full-time

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Planning Manager - Substations

Would you like to join one of the UK's Best Big Companies as awarded by Best Companies? Murphy is currently recruiting for a Planning Manager to join our award-winning Energy team. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. The Planning Manager will lead and be accountable for the planning within Substations function. The Planning Manager will be accountable for ensuring that Substation projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored.

Following the ‘One Murphy’ approach, we’re able to deliver all aspects of the projects we work on. Murphy has designed, constructed, and commissioned projects for clients such as National Grid, SSE and Ørsted, on both transmission and distribution networks within the Energy sector.

What will you be doing?

  • Accountable for ensuring that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared from first principles in accordance with the Planning and Work Winning procedures.
  • Endure tender programmes are critically analysed to ensure that the planning and scheduling that underpins them is appropriate, contract / procedurally compliant, robust, and achievable.
  • Accountable for ensuring that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared and maintained from first principles in accordance with the Planning procedure and Contract requirements.
  • Critically analyse the performance of projects to identify areas of concern, providing guidance to the business on measures to improve performance.
  • Ensure that there are measures in place to feedback actual outputs and productivity information to the work winning / estimating teams.
  • Ensure that there is accurate and transparent reporting of progress, risk and issues in relation to the programme.
  • Ensure that accurate and detailed planning & progress records are maintained.
  • Undertake and participate in programme risk workshops using tools such as QSRA.
  • Lead the planning team within their area of responsibility.
  • Lead roll out and adoption of planning & project controls procedures and processes.
  • Organise resources within their portfolio to maximise efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Adopt a rigorous and proactive regime of audit and review to ensure planning requirements are adopted, minimise non-compliance, drive high standards and ultimately improve project / business performance.
  • Manage the proper and controlled use of the Enterprise planning tools.
  • Contribute to the development of business unit and sector plans and strategies.
  • Understand client specific requirements and ensure these are catered for.
  • Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders.
  • Manage the effective and efficient allocation of resources to projects and tenders.

    • Who are we looking for?

  • Experience in contract and tender planning for a Tier 1 contractor
  • Experience in a site role (Engineering, planning, management) for a Tier 1 contractor
  • Experience of delivering HV Power, Transmission and Distrubution projects.
  • Experience within planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA)
  • Degree educated, preferably in a Construction / Engineering discipline.
  • Chartered Engineer, CIOB, APM or equivalent or working towards

    • 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, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

    • Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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