Senior Planner

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, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy 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 4,000 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. Visit  or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Planner
- Undertake the bid planning role in accordance with the business’ procedures and processes and the requirements of the contract.
- Ensure that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared from first principles
- Contribute the required written submission material.
- Attend the bid review meeting to contribute a clear view of the work scope and the intentions for delivering it by reference to prepared material.
- Attending the handover meeting to contribute a clear view of the work scope and the intentions for delivering it by reference to prepared material and further defined tasks.
- In consultation with Estimator, advise project team of required feedback reports
- Coach and mentor planning staff and contribute to their professional development.
- Ensure that the scheduling of programmes is appropriate, contract / procedurally compliant, robust, and obtainable.
- Undertake and participate in programme risk workshops using tools such as QSRA.
- Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders.
- Managing Compensation events from Subcontractors and to Client


Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Experienced planner who has worked on a civils major project previously for a contractor.
- Ideal background in a site role (Engineering, planning, management) for a Tier 1 contractor
- NEC contract experience essential
- Programme management of consultants, stakeholder, and approval processes
- Providing project progress reports to team and leading the compilation of upstream client reporting
- Use of planning software (P6, TILOS, QSRA)
- Experience within Civil Engineering / Construction preferably within Water but not essential