Senior Design Engineer - Temporary Works

Job description

Murphyis 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 solutionsto infrastructure sectors includingtransportation;natural resources; energy and water.
Headquartered in London, Murphy hasa 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 around4,000engineers, 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.
A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Desing Engineer? Act as the Project Design Engineer when appointed by the Principal Engineer. The PDE is the central point of contact and coordination between project teams and design engineers.
Have a sound knowledge of client requirements including specifications, design codes and industry best practices.
Ensure all allocated projects are managed properly from commercial, programme and document control perspectives.
Act as the Design Approved Person and take responsibility for designs produced by junior engineers.
Represent the MAE team in collaborative project team meetings.
Undertake site visits when appropriate and produce project wide design risk assessments.
Manage the design work of other staff members and external designers.
Mentor junior staff.
Qualifications and Experience HND/Bachelor/Masters degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
Chartered or working towards Chartership with the ICE or IStructE.
Design engineer with the ability to manage projects.
Design engineer with capability to work autonomously or as part of a team.
Good communicator with a desire to develop relationships across the company.
Open‐minded approach to solving civil and structural engineering challenges to find the best solution from all perspectives of a project.
Keen to visit the company's sites and offices across the country.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

24-07-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English