Environmental Manager

Murphy is recruiting for an Environmental Manager to oversee environmental and sustainability work on multiple energy projects across the North East and Yorkshire. This is a full-time, onsite position based in Leeds, ENG, designed for someone who wants hands-on responsibility on site and across projects. The company is known for its in-house expertise and steady drive to innovate, delivering design, construction and commissioning for EPC projects across regulated and private customers, with a focus on the energy transition across several markets.

Across four countries, Murphy supports groundbreaking transmission and distribution work that helps secure energy for decades to come. The Environmental Manager will join a team that values practical environmental risk management and sustainable solutions, working with a wide range of stakeholders to keep projects compliant and progressing smoothly.

If you’re after a role where you can lead environmental standards on busy construction sites and help shape campaigns that minimise impact while driving performance, this could be the fit you’ve been seeking.

A day on site with Murphy

The role centers on providing leadership in environmental and sustainability practices, working closely with the SHESQ function to set the standard for how projects manage environmental duties from the ground up. You’ll ensure everyone on site understands their statutory responsibilities and know where to turn for guidance when questions arise, while partnering with site management teams to keep activities aligned with environmental and sustainability plans.

When incidents occur, you’ll lead investigations in line with company procedures, analysing data to pinpoint root causes and recommending changes to prevent repetition. You’ll collect environmental statistics, review trends, and use that insight to drive improvements across contracts and yards, shaping campaigns and improvement plans with operations leadership. You’ll also manage the preparation and review of environmental documents, including those from third parties, and produce or check plans, procedures and related documents for compliance.

Identifying significant environmental and sustainability issues is part of the job, with a focus on setting up appropriate controls in contracts and yard operations. You’ll oversee consents, licences and permits as required, ensuring they’re obtained and kept up to date. The role also involves providing reports and presentations to the business and SHESQ function, and contributing to pre-qualification, tender and environmental and sustainability award submissions as needed.

Must-have requirements

Murphy is looking for a candidate who can demonstrate chartered IEMA credentials and a solid track record applying environmental risk management on major construction projects. They should be able to discuss practical approaches to waste and water management, pollution prevention, nuisance issues, contaminated land and ecological mitigation, along with experience handling consents, licensing and DCO processes and a focus on Biodiversity Net Gain. A strong grasp of Net Zero principles is essential, as is experience in carbon measurement and driving efficiency improvements. Finally, proven ability to manage environmental incident investigations is important.

• Chartered IEMA qualification
• Hands-on experience reducing environmental risk on large construction projects, including waste and water management, pollution prevention, nuisance control, contaminated land, ecological mitigation, and knowledge of consents, licensing and DCO processes plus Biodiversity Net Gain
• A clear understanding of Net Zero principles
• Experience measuring carbon and driving reductions and efficiency
• Proven track record in environmental incident management and investigation

There are no additional nice-to-haves listed for this role.

Pay, benefits and practical details

Murphy offers a generous package that includes 27 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy an additional 2 days of holiday each year, and holiday entitlement increases with length of service. A discretionary annual bonus and an annual salary review are part of the remuneration picture, along with an above-market-rate contributory pension, life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay. The firm also provides enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus, plus extra weeks’ holiday for employees getting married and a wedding bonus. There are subsidised canteen facilities in core locations and ongoing investment in professional development. Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, and a cycle-to-work scheme.

About Murphy: the company is recognised as a sector-leading employer and holds Platinum Investors In People accreditation, with reported operating profit up 57% on the prior year. The team is diverse, representing over 60 nationalities, and Murphy has a forward order book of £5.4bn with £23m invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024. There really is #MoretoMurphy.

Note that, due to the requirements of the role, a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken in addition to standard identity and right-to-work checks. Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

Tips to help you shine

Lead with your IEMA credential and a concrete example of environmental leadership on a major construction project, ideally showing how you worked with site teams to implement plans and reduce risk.

Show evidence of how you measure and report carbon or Net Zero progress, including any quantified reductions you’ve achieved and how you tracked progress over time. If you have Biodiversity Net Gain or DCO experience, highlight how you integrated those requirements into project planning and delivery.

Prepare a few STAR stories around incident investigations you’ve led, the data you analysed, and the changes you implemented to prevent recurrences, be ready to walk through the outcomes and the impact on project performance.

Think of a thoughtful, concrete question to ask about this role, such as how Murphy measures environmental performance across their North East and Yorkshire projects, what the immediate priorities are for the Environmental Manager in the first six months, and how the on-site team collaborates with the SHESQ function and Operations Director.

How to apply

If you’re unable to apply via the usual process, please call Natacha Rainford on 07876009588 to discuss in more detail.