Engineering Design Manager; Civils

Position: Engineering Design Manager (Civils) (Permanent)
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 Linked In, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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Murphy is recruiting for a Engineering Design Manager (Civils) to work with the Energy Team on the SSE ASTI Framework.

Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries - ensuring their energy security for decades to come.

We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A day in the life of a Murphy Engineering Manager:

Implement and promote the Better Engineered strategic objective on projects and within the business unit,
Participate in engineering initiatives within the business unit,
Good understanding of subject matter within discipline(s). Acting as Engineering Manager on projects with consulting and engaging with Technical Leads/external engineering expertise as required,
Holistic management of projects design team (inhouse or subcontractors) and their deliverables in line with the project’s key milestones.
Develop effective delivery process to improve the production of design deliverables to time/cost/quality,
Produce and manage RFI schedule and process, liaising directly with the design team,
Supervision and close liaison on Design Management and coordination across a portfolio of projects,
Preparation of scope of work for Engineering subcontracts.
Supporting Quality (Production of Design Quality Plans, providing VDDRs, reviewing ITP, attending key FATs, attending QA audits on designers)
Provide input to WBS, Pre-Construction programme creation and interfacing this with the construction programme, (integrating logic, sequencing, correct successors, and predecessors etc.),
Promote and participate in engineering innovation and BIM solutions to our clients,
Manage and actively pursue performance improvement of the engineering capability and function, assisting in establishing and implementing best practice policies and procedures for the function,

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Civil Engineering Degree
Chartered Engineer or working towards.

Experience of working with National Grid Transmission Networks, SSEN and DNO is desirable.
Knowledge of transmission or distribution i.e. substations is desirable.

What’s in it for you?

27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of…