Murphy Group Looking for Senior Possession Planner at Leeds Full Time

J. Murphy & Sons Limited is a leading global, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves lives by delivering world-class infrastructure.

Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, we provide better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including Transportation, Water, Power, Natural Resources, and Construction & Property.

Headquartered in London, we also have a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Urban Infrastructure; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. We are specialists in delivering pipelines; design; marine; structural steel; tunnelling; fabrication; bridges and piling; and invest heavily in our substantial holding of plant; equipment and facilities.

Murphy employs around 3,500 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, we work as ‘One Murphy’ by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.

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Senior Possession Planner – Rail
Based Yorkshire

Welcome to TRUe:
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 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.
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Senior Possession Planner – Rail
Based Yorkshire

Welcome to TRUe:
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 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.
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This is an exciting opportunity and project for an experienced possession planner to join an alliance that is professional and hardworking with a great team spirit.. 

What you will be doing
* To deliver the planning of access & integration to client infrastructure, co-ordinating with the delivery teams to allow works to take place safely in accordance to client standards
* Main point of contact within Access & Integration planning team for liaisons with Murphy contract/project management team and client, providing support to ensure adherence to Murphy procedures and client standards, rules and regulations
* Review contract requirements with contract management team, understanding delivery timescales, scheme complexities, integration constraints etc, ensuring any bespoke requests can be met with adherence to Murphy procedures
* Liaise with client and relevant third parties to negotiate access to client infrastructure, managing any complex access arrangements identified in the development of the plan. Ensure the most efficient access opportunities are sought and secured, working closely with contract/project management team in securing engineering access & resources to programme
* Attend Monthly long term access reviews with the client and cascade potential access opportunities/concerns internally with the Planner and contract/project management team, escalating to Access & Integration Planning Manager when necessary
For any complex access & integration identified, organise and co-ordinate whiteboard meetings with the Planner and contract/project management team, including any key resources identified with the resource operations team. Ensure any relevant third party attendance and finalise the plan, managing any operational reporting requirements, where applicable

Who we are looking for
* Experience in possessions
* Fully conversant in CDM regulations, as they apply to temporary works for civil engineering / rail
* Knowledge of the Health and Safety Regulations and Approved Codes of Practice in respect of temporary works
* Use of Planning/Programming software and knowledge and use of Primavera would be advantageous