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Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (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 and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power 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 3,600 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.

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A day in the life of a Murphy People Business Partner 

Provide fully generalist HR support to key functional areas on a day to day basis
Supporting the business to fully understand their key business performance issues, objectives and drivers, and associated people requirements for both the current and future business challenges
Support the wider People team and business on People Reward & Recognition activity
Manage benefits administration for core and flexible benefits, including renewals, resolving issues, and ensuring successful maintenance of employee reward & recognition schemes
Contribute to the selection and management of appropriate external benefits providers, to ensure service quality, relevance, and commercial value
Proactively seek ways to improve our benefits offering to remain competitive within the wider industry
Responsible for the management and coordination of benefits renewals and enrolment processes
Manage and develop the Reward communications calendar, activity and intranet content
Provide pay and grading support using our existing framework and assume responsibility for the maintenance of our job families
Manage the Promotion and Market Adjustment Process
Support end-to-end annual pay and bonus process
Provide appropriate and informative analysis, as required by the wider People Team and the wider business  

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

Experience as a HR generalist supporting a monthly and weekly paid workforce
Experience of working with reward and benefits data and reporting skills
Qualified to at least CIPD Level 5
Working knowledge of the following: recognition schemes| pension scheme types | insurance benefits e.g., private medical insurance, income protections insurance, and life assurance schemes, flexible benefits schemes, and benefits available, job design, compensation analysis and market data would be ideal
Advanced Excel skills are essential (including Macro programming and pivot tables to enable quick and efficient data analysis)
Able to develop positive working relationships across all levels of the organisation and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines