Resourcing Business Partner

Golborne, England, United Kingdom

4/16/2025

Murphy is recruiting for a Resourcing Business Partner to work with the internal recruitment team based out of Wigan.

Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the USA, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. So that our teams out on projects can run smoothly it is vital that we have robust support functions in place.

We are committed to fostering an engaging and collaborative work environment in which each person’s career is nurtured and developed. We focus on employee development, providing a culture of innovation and positive work-life balance.

As the Resourcing Business Partner for Murphy you will source talent in a proactive, cost effective and sustainable way, ensuring every opportunity is taken to strengthen organisational capability. This will be done through a good mix of traditional and innovative resourcing solutions whilst building strong working relationships with functional managers and key operational stakeholders. You will be given a varied job portfolio to source along with the opportunity to share new and creative ideas of ways to market.

A day in the life of a Murphy Resourcing Business Partner

• Organise and attend regular meetings with hiring managers, key stakeholders and People Business Partners within the assigned Business Units(s) to ensure workforce analysis and resource planning is effective and that there are regular reviews of vacancy progress and upcoming requirements
• Meet the hiring manager to take or help create the recruitment brief, ensuring requisition is in place on internal ATS
• Proactive direct sourcing, direct advertising, head-hunting, talent pipelining along with use and creation of candidate pools
• Provide regular reports/updates to the senior resourcing partner as requested on recruitment performance
• To be responsible for the full recruitment cycle from point of sourcing through to offer
• When the hiring decision is made, manage the offer process in a personal way with the candidate.
• On confirmation of acceptance, communicate effectively to ensure full on-boarding initiated.
• Ensure the careers website and vacancy websites are always up to date and worded inclusively
• Work with the Senior Recruitment Partner on other Special Projects including Major project resourcing.
• Provide training to hiring managers on all aspects of recruitment, including interviewing and selection
• Ensuring Resourcing’s contribution is strategically business relevant and aligned to commercial goals.
• Attend relevant seminars and courses to ensure continual personal and professional development i.e. legislation changes, employment law.
  
  

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Proven recruitment experience either in-house or agency, ideally in the engineering sector.
• Comprehensive track record of managing recruitment cycles from start to finish.
• A pro-active can-do approach with a passion for finding the best talent in the market.
• Enjoy building relationships with stakeholders across the business at all levels.
• Be versatile, creative and innovative with way to market.
• Experience of coaching and developing managers and Senior Managers in recruitment methods and best practice.
• Flexible to travel to sites across the UK
  
  

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 £5.8b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Sarah lindley on 07568 607759 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