Senior Administrator

Murphy is recruiting a Senior Administrator to support Energy work as part of delivering the Great Grid partnership (GGP). This is a full-time, onsite role based in Ollerton, United Kingdom (location: Ollerton (NGG 9PZ)).

The company draws on extensive in-house expertise to innovate within the energy sector, delivering engineering, procurement and construction services for both regulated and private customers across four countries. Murphy focuses on projects in conventional power and the energy transition, building long-lasting relationships with major energy providers.

If you enjoy keeping complex schedules, handling confidential information with care, and delivering reliable support to senior leaders, this role could be a strong fit for you.

Making the office hum in Ollerton

You’ll promote health, safety and environmental best practices with the SHQE team and safeguard confidential materials in your day-to-day work, while delivering a high standard of service over the phone and in person. You’ll keep accurate records in both paper and digital formats, and translate project data into information that helps the senior team make decisions.

Your days will include preparing correspondence and presentations to specification, and coordinating the senior team’s calendars, organising internal and external meetings and arranging virtual and in-person engagements. You’ll also handle the booking of meeting rooms and equipment, and manage the ordering and upkeep of project stationery and supplies.

Working within established processes, you’ll provide feedback to improve how things run, and ensure office equipment and services are checked on schedule according to manufacturer and legislative guidance. You’ll compile weekly and monthly project data into structured reports and dashboards, act as the administrative focal point for the senior leadership team, and support onboarding for new project staff and contractors, covering desk setup, system access, accommodation, welcome packs, and induction sessions.

The essentials and the nice-to-haves

• Solid experience providing general admin support or working in a customer services environment, including handling sensitive information
• Comfort using common office equipment and IT tools, telephone systems, standard software on a computer, fax, copiers and printers, to input and verify information
• Strong literacy and numeracy with proven ability to work in Word, Excel, Outlook and other standard office applications
• Construction industry experience is a bonus but not required

Nice-to-haves include coordinating onboarding for new project staff and contractors and the ability to produce management information for leadership teams, which would help you hit the ground running.

What you’ll be paid and what you get

Murphy offers 27 days of holiday each year plus bank holidays, with the option to buy two extra days; leave entitlement grows with length of service. The package also features a discretionary annual bonus and an annual salary review, a pension scheme contributed to by the employer above market rates, life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay. You’ll benefit from enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus, plus extra holiday for staff who marry and a wedding bonus. There are subsidised canteen facilities at core locations and ongoing investment in your professional development. Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships and a cycle-to-work scheme. Note that, due to the role’s requirements, a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check will be conducted 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 stand out for this role

Lead your resume with a snapshot of your general admin or customer-service experience, especially where you supported senior leaders, managed confidential information, and handled onboarding or contractor tasks.

Show concrete proof of your must-have skills by naming the exact IT tools you’ve used (Word, Excel, Outlook) and give examples of how you input and verified information using office equipment such as phones, printers and fax machines.

Be ready to discuss how you’ve managed diaries, set up meetings, booked rooms and equipment, and produced management information or dashboards for leadership teams.

Ask a precise question about onboarding for new project staff and contractors, and how the admin team facilitates cross-department communication for the senior leadership group.

Next steps to apply

If you’re ready to take this on, contact is welcome through the usual process. If you’re unable to apply via the usual route, please call Lorna Rhodes on 07801 960 464 to discuss the role in more detail.