Senior Planner

CompanyMurphy

LocationShipley, England, United Kingdom

Posted At12/22/2025

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Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£41,700 (£21.38 per hour)

Standard minimum applies

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Description

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Planner to work with Transportation on the TRU project in in Shipley

With a proud history dating back to the 1960s, we provide practical, innovative results, working around the individual needs of our customers. Rail renewals to enhancements, bridge building, highways, ports and emergency earthworks – our award-winning team has extensive experience and has been involved in projects that have changed the face of transport networks in three countries.

We dedicate ourselves to being ‘better engineered’ to ensure our transportation infrastructure solutions meet and exceed customer requirements, delivering value for money through innovation.

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Civils Planner

Collaborate across disciplines to develop and revise the civil delivery programme, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of intended delivery strategy, dependencies, risks and progress.
Input into progress reporting, contribute insights, identify issues and propose effective solutions.
Prepare a resourced programme, including reviewing the outcome for conformance with expectations and requirements.

Contribute to the risk register and undertake schedule risk analysis.

Work closely with other planners/sections to identify and plan critical interfaces.

Input into collaborative planning and interface workshops.

Manage personally controlled project documentation in an orderly fashion.

Carry out other relevant duties as required from time to time.

Contribute to coaching, supporting and formal training of others.

Provide a link to communicate planning community information between all parties

Draw up a bid preparation programme and contribute to the tender queries database.

Define methods and establish competitive outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances.

Assist with the design engineer to establish a design brief for temporary works.

Provide the estimator with a justified schedule of temporary works and other indirect cost items

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Experience on Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects.
Must have experience in buildings, frameworks, structures ,foundations, trusses, preferably in Rail but not essential

Use of planning software (P6, Microsoft Project) and a sound knowledge of NEC

Active experience of working with a wide range of planning techniques in serving both tendering and contract delivery.

A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function.

Based out of Birmingham (B2 5SN) with travel between Preston and London, must have a full driving licence

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 £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Lorna Rhodes on 07801 960464 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