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About us
Murphy Group 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. Murphy Group employs around 5000 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.
Graduate programme
Murphy are hiring Procurement Graduates to work closely with our procurement teams. This is an exciting opportunity for graduates to join an established Contractor.
Finish university and start your career for real, as you join the Murphy Graduate programme at one of our offices or sites. Plunge yourself into our world, keep your eyes open for every opportunity, and in just two years, you’ll find yourself well on your way to achieving a professional qualification with support from your dedicated Mentor. We are committed to the development of our staff and our graduate programme is will see you working towards your Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply qualification.
What do we look for?
- Degree in any discipline
- Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
Above all, we need people who will adopt our values and strive to live them:
- One family, one team, one murphy
- Always deliver
- Integrity & respect
- Never harm
- Continually improve
Location
As a Construction and Civil Engineering company we have projects, big and small, based across the UK and Ireland. We want you to experience as much as possible when you join our graduate programme, there are a whole host of skills and competencies we want you to gain and as part of our graduate programme, there may be an opportunity for you to rotate around our projects depending on business requirements and project size so that you can maximise your learning and exposure to your field of study.
How will I learn?
In short, by grabbing every chance you get. Alongside working on some fascinating, challenging and occasionally jaw-dropping projects, you’ll also be part of our Murphy Learning programme, where everyone has ownership of their own training. You decide what skills you want to gain, with support and guidance from your manager. We call it the 70:20:10 principle, and it goes like this:
- 70% learning on the job, challenging yourself with new projects and responsibilities
- 20% learning through others, training and networking with senior managers, colleagues and industry leaders
- 10% structured learning, choosing training courses that fit your needs and your team’s aims
Due to the nature of our work, we require you to have a full clean driving license.
