Design Manager

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’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the lift of a Murphy Design Manager:

• Lead the design team within a collaborative, one-team culture and define clear responsibilities, deliverables and deadlines.
• Develop and maintain the design programme, MIDP, design responsibility matrix and information-delivery requirements.
• Coordinate civil, structural, process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and automation interfaces.
• Ensure designs comply with HSQE requirements, client standards, statutory obligations and relevant construction regulations.
• Facilitate design reviews, constructability reviews, risk workshops and coordination meetings, ensuring actions are recorded and closed.
• Monitor design progress, quality, risks, opportunities, change control and technical queries against programme and budget.
• Liaise with clients, designers, project teams, suppliers and subcontractors to resolve issues and maintain alignment.
• Support procurement, tendering, construction and commissioning with timely, accurate design information.
• Promote Lean and digital-delivery practices, capture lessons learned and improve design standards and workflows.
• Mentor and develop engineers and designers and support resource planning and recruitment.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Level 8 honours degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, environmental or process engineering, environmental science, chemistry or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience managing multidisciplinary design, preferably in the water and wastewater sector.
• Strong knowledge of MEICA and civil design interfaces, construction requirements and commissioning activities.
• Working knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation and designer responsibilities.
• Experience developing and maintaining design programmes, budgets and coordinated deliverable schedules.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; experience with BIM/CDE platforms is advantageous.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder-management, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Full driving licence.

Profile:

A day in the lift of a Murphy Design Manager:

• Lead the design team within a collaborative, one-team culture and define clear responsibilities, deliverables and deadlines.
• Develop and maintain the design programme, MIDP, design responsibility matrix and information-delivery requirements.
• Coordinate civil, structural, process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and automation interfaces.
• Ensure designs comply with HSQE requirements, client standards, statutory obligations and relevant construction regulations.
• Facilitate design reviews, constructability reviews, risk workshops and coordination meetings, ensuring actions are recorded and closed.
• Monitor design progress, quality, risks, opportunities, change control and technical queries against programme and budget.
• Liaise with clients, designers, project teams, suppliers and subcontractors to resolve issues and maintain alignment.
• Support procurement, tendering, construction and commissioning with timely, accurate design information.
• Promote Lean and digital-delivery practices, capture lessons learned and improve design standards and workflows.
• Mentor and develop engineers and designers and support resource planning and recruitment.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Level 8 honours degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, environmental or process engineering, environmental science, chemistry or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience managing multidisciplinary design, preferably in the water and wastewater sector.
• Strong knowledge of MEICA and civil design interfaces, construction requirements and commissioning activities.
• Working knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation and designer responsibilities.
• Experience developing and maintaining design programmes, budgets and coordinated deliverable schedules.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; experience with BIM/CDE platforms is advantageous.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder-management, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Full driving licence.