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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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Construction/ Works Manager - Leeds
 
Welcome to TRU East:
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) aims to deliver faster, longer, more frequent, and more reliable services across the north of England, from Newcastle, Hull and York towards Manchester and Liverpool via Leeds.
 
The aim of the TRU East Alliance is to transform the East of Leeds route allowing people to travel faster, more reliably and in greater comfort between the North’s great cities. Providing passengers with more choice, more seats, and better facilities on a safer, cleaner, more environmentally friendly railway
 
The Construction Manager provides functional leadership for all construction phase activities within the Project Teams promoting Health, Safety, and Environmental and construction best practice as well as coordinating construction resources across the projects in close liaison with the Project Managers
 
What you will be doing:

Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
Overall management of project teams during the construction and installation phase of the project.
Co-ordination of constructability input during solutions identification and development phase.
Co-ordination and allocation of construction staff to projects ensuring that appropriate construction and installation staff are appointed to individual projects: based on experience, skills and knowledge.
Liaises with the Project Managers to ensure that the construction resource pool is an appropriate size, with an appropriate blend of skill-sets for the projected workload.
Management of construction resources including Labour, Plant and Materials.
Performance management of subcontractors.
Ensures that the construction and installation teams are accountable for their performance against agreed schedules and man-hour budgets.
Verifies that all construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation.
Establish that the duties of the Principal Contractor are discharged in accordance with the CDM Regulations.
Certifies that all temporary and permanent construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with agreed quality procedures.
Interfaces with all other functional leaders within the organisation to facilitate successful development of the project from solution stage constructability through construction, installation, commissioning and handover to the client.
Ensure regular input from the Project Manager is gained on third party, environmental and public relations issues.
Participate in, and positively promote, the Murphy Culture Development Culture (leading to Zero Harm)  

Who we are looking for:

Successful experience delivering works within a Civils railway structures environment
Proven ability to lead teams and deliver projects to time, quality and budget
Experience of Planning /Forecasting
Knowledge of work related company policy and procedures including safety and environment related issues
Safety ethic and personal sense of responsibility for the safety of others
Familiar with CDM regulations across design and construction phases
Ability to work independently and as part of a team