Posted 01 July, 2026
Senior Recruitment Advisor
Murphy
Kildare, Ireland
Full Time
Reference: 1676725160
Kildare
Country/Region: Ireland
Murphy is recruiting a Senior Recruitment Advisor to work with our People team in Newbridge.
Operating in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. So that our teams out on projects can run smoothly it is vital that we have robust support functions in place.
Are you a talented Resourcing specialist looking for your next challenge. As a Senior Recruitment Advisor for Murphy you will source talent in a proactive, cost effective and sustainable way, ensuring every opportunity is taken to strengthen organisational capability. This will be done through a good mix of traditional and innovative resourcing solutions whilst building strong working relationships with functional managers and key operational stakeholders. You will be given a varied job portfolio to source along with the opportunity to share new and creative ideas of ways to market.
What you will be doing
Who we are looking for
Country/Region: Ireland
Murphy is recruiting a Senior Recruitment Advisor to work with our People team in Newbridge.
Operating in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. So that our teams out on projects can run smoothly it is vital that we have robust support functions in place.
Are you a talented Resourcing specialist looking for your next challenge. As a Senior Recruitment Advisor for Murphy you will source talent in a proactive, cost effective and sustainable way, ensuring every opportunity is taken to strengthen organisational capability. This will be done through a good mix of traditional and innovative resourcing solutions whilst building strong working relationships with functional managers and key operational stakeholders. You will be given a varied job portfolio to source along with the opportunity to share new and creative ideas of ways to market.
What you will be doing
- Organise and attend regular meetings with hiring managers and key stakeholders to ensure resource planning is effective and that there are regular reviews of vacancy progress and upcoming requirements
- Meet the hiring manager to take or help create the recruitment brief, ensuring requisition is in place on internal ATS
- Proactive direct sourcing, direct advertising, head-hunting, talent pipelining along with use and creation of candidate pools
- Provide regular reports/updates to the Resourcing Business Partner as requested on recruitment performance
- To be responsible for the full recruitment cycle from point of sourcing through to offer
- When the hiring decision is made, manage the offer process in a personal way with the candidate.
- On confirmation of acceptance, communicate effectively to ensure full on-boarding initiated.
- Coordinating interview schedules and issuing offer letters and contracts to successful candidates.
- Managing recruitment-related invoicing, liaising with Procurement for POs, and submitting invoices to Accounts Payable while tracking unpaid invoices.
- Maintaining recruitment and onboarding trackers to monitor the progress of candidates throughout the hiring process.
- Attending career fairs, school visits, and other recruitment events to represent Murphy and promote career opportunities.
- Managing the Careers inbox, responding to candidate queries.
- Ensure the careers website and vacancy websites are always up to date and worded inclusively
- Provide training to hiring managers on all aspects of recruitment, including interviewing and selection
- Ensuring Resourcing's contribution is strategically business relevant and aligned to commercial goals.
- Attend relevant seminars and courses to ensure continual personal and professional development i.e. legislation changes, employment law.
- Deliver recruitment training sessions to managers to ensure consistent best practices across the organisation.
- Note: In addition to these People Team personnel are required to carry out such other duties as may be reasonably required to support the objectives of the Country / Group / Company.
Who we are looking for
- Proven recruitment experience either in-house or agency, ideally from a construction background.
- Comprehensive track record of managing recruitment cycles from start to finish.
- A pro-active can do approach with a passion for finding the best talent in the market.
- Enjoy building relationships with stakeholders across the business at all levels.
- Be versatile, creative and innovative with way to market.
- Experience of coaching and developing managers and Senior Managers in recruitment methods and best practice.
- Full, clean Irish driving license and your own vehicle are essential, as you will be required to attend career fairs across Ireland, including transporting recruitment materials and stands.