Planning and Project Controls Manager

Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (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 and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power 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 3,600 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. #MoreToMurphy
Planning & Project Controls Manager – London – Water
Would you like to join one of the UK's Best Big Companies as awarded by Best Companies? If so J Murphy and Sons are keen to hear from you! Due to continued growth and Project wins we are recruiting for a Planning & Project Controls Manager who will join the Infrastructure planning team based out of London.
Take a look at the role outline and if you think you fit the bill and want to work within a team that rewards performance, drives personal development and offers a great place to work delivering exciting projects, then get in touch!
What you will be doing:
- Lead the planning team on a day to day basis
- Lead roll out and adoption of planning & Project Controls procedures and processes.
- Line and / or functional management of planners, including the management of external planning resources
- Inspire and empower individuals within their portfolio to deliver high quality standards and outputs.
- 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 (internal and external)
- Accountable for ensuring that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared from first principles in accordance with the Planning and Work Winning procedures.
- To support the Business and its work winning teams to target, pursue and secure projects.
- To ensure that the work winning governance processes are adhered to in regards to the elements produced by the planning function.
- Endure tender programmes are critically analysed to ensure that the Planning and scheduling that underpins them is appropriate, contract / procedurally compliant, robust and achievable.
- Ensure that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared and maintained from first principles in accordance with the Planning procedure and Contract requirements.
- Ensure that there is accurate and transparent reporting of progress, risk and issues in relation to the programme.
- Ensure that programmes and associated progress reports are regularly updated and submitted to the Client in accordance with the requirements of the contract.
- Follow change control processes in regard to the identification, notification and quantification of time entitlement for delay, disruption and change.
- Ensure there is alignment between Operations, Commercial and Planning resources on projects – single version of the truth.
- Support the proactive identification, management and mitigation of project risks.
- Proactively support the Planning and Project teams in the identification and resolution of potential and actual risks and issues
Who we are looking for:
- Proven experience as a Planning & Project Controls Manager
- Experience managing a team of planners
- Contract and tender planning for a Tier 1 contractor
- Fully conversant and competent in the use of P6 planning software
- Stakeholder management & experience of representing the company in front of Clients at Planning and business performance meetings
- Mentoring / coaching and professional development experience