Project Controller

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6 days ago
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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. 

#MoreToMurphy

Murphy is recruiting for a Project Controller to work with the Energy Team in Leeds.

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A day in the life of a Murphy Project Controller:

Working closely with business reporting stakeholders to understanding reporting and analytical requirements to acquire and present relevant datasets.
Handle large and complex datasets from Primavera P6, SAP SuccessFactors and other key construction centric systems.
Verify the integrity of extracted data.
Awareness of, and support embedding and applying revised Data Governance and Information Security standards and best practices.
Applying Murphy best practices to code management, documentation and release.
Working as part of the Planning and Project Controls Function, alongside the Resource Management Team. 
Project work to be allocated as required, during the duration of the project.
Liaising with planners, operational staff and other technical staff.
Assisting with the designing of maintenance procedures and putting them into operation.
Providing user training, support and feedback as required.
Build effective relationships with all relevant stakeholders.
Provide support and guidance to other team members.
Attend sites to assist remote application users as required.  

Still interested? Does this sound like you:

Detailed knowledge and practical experience with Primavera P6 and PowerBI.
Demonstrable experience with Visual Studio and Azure toolsets.
Working knowledge of ETL and data ingestion (API knowledge).
Experience within construction and/or civil engineering processes and applications.  

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 £3.3b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Jack Roberts on (phone number removed) 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

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