Murphy Procurement Administrator

A day in the life of a Murphy Procurement Administrator:

- Assist in the creation, processing, and tracking of purchase orders for materials, equipment, and subcontract services.

- Maintain accurate procurement data within internal systems, ensuring compliance with framework and company requirements.

- Support the issuing and management of tender enquiries, quotations, and supplier documentation.

- Update procurement schedules, logs, and trackers to ensure visibility of order status and delivery progress.

- Liaise with suppliers to request quotations, confirm lead times, and gather documentation where required.

- Support onboarding of new suppliers and subcontractors, including compliance checks and document collation.

- Assist in the resolution of invoice queries, delivery issues, and discrepancies.

- Provide day-to-day administrative support to the wider procurement team, including meeting organisation, document preparation, and data entry.

- Prepare reports, summaries, and procurement dashboards as required for internal stakeholders.

- Support continuous improvement initiatives to refine processes and enhance efficiency within the procurement function.

Previous experience in an administrative role, ideally within procurement, commercial, construction, utilities, or engineering.

- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.

- Good written and verbal communication skills.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).

- Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong team player with a proactive and positive attitude.

- Experience working on major frameworks or in the utilities/water sector is desirable but not essential

- Knowledge of procurement processes, ERP systems, or purchasing platforms is desirable but not essential

- Familiarity with construction materials or subcontract procurement is desirable but not essential

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'