Planner

  • J. Murphy & Sons Ltd
  • Glinton, Cambridgeshire
  • Oct 17, 2025
Full time Construction

Job Description

Murphy is recruiting for a Planner to work with Natural Resources on Peterborough Gas Compressor Station.


We maintain, operate, modify, design, construct and commission new energy networks and facilities across four countries; guiding our customers through the challenges of the energy transition and supporting their commitments to achieve net zero emissions. We provide safe and reliable specialist services as a trusted Engineering, Procure, Fabrication, Maintain and Decommissioning (EPFCM&D) partner. This includes work with onshore and offshore oil, gas pipelines, gas diversions and renewable energies.

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Planner:

  • 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.
  • Manage personally controlled project documentation in an orderly fashion.
  • Define methods and establish outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances.
  • Liaise with the design engineer to establish a design brief for temporary works.
  • Provide the estimator with a justified schedule of temporary works and other indirect cost items.
  • 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 clear further defined tasks.
  • In consultation with Estimator advise project team of required feedback reports and support.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

  • Experience on Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects.
  • Desirable experience working on Oil & Gas projects.
  • Use of planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA).
  • 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.