Project Director

Golborne, England, United Kingdom

1/3/2025

Murphy is recruiting for a Project Director to work within Water on our new United Utilities Enterprise Partnership.

We provide end-to-end services for major water and sewage companies such as Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities, and for several water-only companies including SES Water, Bristol Water and South East Water.

We also provide a full design, build, operate and maintain service for Uisce Éireann and we currently operate over 25 of their facilities, ensuring they run efficiently and comply fully with EPA regulations.

A day in the life of a Murphy Project Director

• Accountable for the delivery of all work on a large and technically complex project, ensuring work is completed safely and efficiently.
• Set the overall standard on the project/contract, ensuring consistency and in line with standards, policies and procedures.
• Develop the wider operational and project management team to build management capability and deliver all aspects of the project/contract requirements.
• Line management of Project Managers who are responsible for the operational delivery of the project.
• Provide strategic updates to Senior Management
• Responsible for strategic client relationship management.
• Contributes to work winning at a strategic level.
• Will be expected to resolve all operational and some strategic issues.
• Comply with company standards, policies and procedures recommending improvements where necessary. Mirror the Murphy Values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect in all behaviours.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
  
  

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Professionally qualified construction representative - member of a professional body.
• Demonstrable experience of leading building projects
• Project management methodology knowledge essential.
• Proven track record in project management delivering projects/contracts of a similar nature.
• Able to develop positive working relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• Driven with a passion for excellence
• Proven ability to lead teams and coach on performance
  
  

About The Framework

The investment for 2025-2030 is United Utilities biggest ever environmental programme to deliver cleaner rivers and more reliable water supplies. Delivering circa £3bn of infrastructure and non-infrastructure programmes, the work will include major upgrades to wastewater treatment works and reducing spills from storm overflows.

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 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
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc
  
  

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Gold Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £3.3b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Isobel Town on 07714688040 to discuss in more detail.

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK