Senior Site Agent

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 (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Site Manager

Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHEQ department.
Produce Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans), Risk Assessments, Method Statements and Task Briefings in line with Murphy procedures.
Ensure that workplaces under their control have effective systems, arrangements and supervision for providing a safe workplace and suitable welfare facilities.
Ensure that suitable project specific execution plans are produced reviewed and updated on a regular basis and their requirements are communicated and understood by all project personnel and any others who may be affected.
Review, maintain, update and amend safe systems of work to ensure it is safe and without risk to health, and the changes are recorded in Project Construction Phase Plans (H&S Plans).
Ensure that all project personnel have the necessary experience, training and knowledge to carry out the duties allocated to them.
Set personal example and promote best practise in safety, quality and environment.
Ensure daily diaries and allocation sheets are up to date.
Chair and contribute to weekly meetings with the site team regarding safety, progress, expenditure, costs and programme.
Ensure high standard of quality on the works to at least meet the specification requirements.
Establish close working relationship with site supervision to ensure cost-effective use of labour and plant
Participate in, and positively promote, the Murphy Culture Development Culture (leading to Zero Harm).  

Still interested, does this sound like you?

An understanding of the commercial issues in undertaking a medium scale construction project
Previous experience as a Senior/Site Manager/Agent within the Civils sector, preferably in water/wastewater/pipelines
IT literate: Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams etc
CSCS Card (Supervisor or Managers)
SMSTS