Senior Planner | Transport

Company: J. Murphy & Sons Ltd
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Location: London
Job Description:

Murphyis 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 solutionsto infrastructure sectors includingtransportation;natural resources; energy and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy hasa 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 around4,000engineers, 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 (url removed)or follow us onLinkedIn,Facebook, InstagramandX: #MoretoMurphy

Main purpose of the role:

To prepare and articulate competent plans for any scale of project that comply with Company and functional procedures and standards and contribute to business success.

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

  • Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
  • Assimilate information and summarise it in a manner that can be used to communicate the work scope to others.
  • Prepare a resourced programme, including reviewing the outcome for conformance with expectations and requirements.
  • Contribute to the risk register and undertake programme risk analysis.
  • Prepare visual material in support of planned methods.
  • Prepare resource schedules for use at review.
  • Contribute to coaching, supporting and formal training of others.
  • 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.
  • 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 accept further defined tasks.
  • In consultation with Estimator advise project team of required feedback reports and support.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Relevant Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
  • Minimum 5 years of Planning and Project Controls experience within the Construction and Engineering industry
  • Extensive experience of civil engineering contracting within the rail and civil engineering sector
  • 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.
  • Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Primavera P6, Microsoft packages, including Microsoft Project

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Posted: August 22nd, 2026