Development Manager

Job Description

Company description: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 businessesGround 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.Theres more to Murphy.Job description:Development ManagerJ.Murphy & Sons is looking to expand its investment portfolio in infrastructure assets with a focus on infrastructure investments, this will complement and add value to the technical delivery sectors of the business.As the Development Manager you will be a key point of contact for the client, consortium partners and internal colleagues along with senior management. This role will offer you fullautonomy with a varied scope of duties including project management, schedulingand delegating tasks to support the successful completion ofthe companys acquisition and delivery aims.What you will be doing

• Analyse and create scope and milestones for project acquisition targets from client tender documentation.
• Assist in the formation and coordination of internal and consortium teams to bid for relevant opportunities.
• Work within tender teams to manage a bids input, outputs, and milestones to ensure bids are submitted within programme, budget and are compliant with the tender requirements.
• Key point of contact for consortium partners, internal colleagues, and senior management on bid/project activities.
• Manage the handling and assigning of daily tasks with internal teams and colleagues.
• Oversee the administration of the clients information portals and the internal / consortium Team and SharePoint sites.
• Hold regular meetings with relevant sector departments to ensure open communication and expectations throughout a bid/project.
• Provide clear and timely communication concerning changes to bids i.e. programme, team/consortium, challenges etc that may impact the strategy on a bid/project.
• Coordinating and reporting on key bid activities to sponsor/supervisory boards.
• Communicate and coordinate with sector departments to actively source infrastructure investment opportunities.
• Possess leadership skills and the ability to resolve challenges efficiently.
• Be familiar with and operate within JMS process and procedures.
• Ability to effectively organize and manage multiple company initiatives and encourage co-workers to do the same.
• Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct

Who we are looking for

• Degree in relative fieldi.e. business administration, quantity surveying, engineering
• Good knowledge of management theory and practical applications in the workplace.
• Understanding of business goals and standards for technical and financial service delivery.
• Comfortable in communicating effectively with senior management and sector departments.

Desirable:- Experience in complex construction and/or operational infrastructure projects.- Experience in project finance of construction projects.- Experience in Design Build Finance Operate and Maintenance (DBFOM) projects.