Senior 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 life of a Murphy Senior Design Manager:

Lead on review of requirements at tender stage and allocate resources as appropriate during tender and upon successful award
Produce design briefs for permanent works
Provide review and technical oversight of submissions for quality and sufficiency to align with scope of works 
Implement the Murphy Design Management assurance framework, ensuring effective control of design quality, programme, change management, design risk and readiness for construction
Lead design matters on small/medium/large/mega sized project/s as directed, allocating design tasks to individuals/companies as required and maintain associated RACI
Manage design managers/design co-ordinators on the projects, carry out staff appraisals when required and identify appropriate development activities.
Support project delivery by coordinating with site delivery team to ensure appropriate consideration of constructability and temporary works to enable permanent works
Ensure that that CDE system is kept up to date ensuring design deliverables and correct drawing revisions are maintained and issued/available to sites 
Monitor, track, and report on Design progress, for programme, cost, and design metrics for all Design Consultants 
Monitor, track and report on all Design Consultant performance and utilise escalation protocols as required, ensuring alignment with project requirements 
Ensure compliance with Standards and Client requirements, and assist in monitoring to ensure working to agreed design requirements 
Ensure a solid knowledge of, and an influence on the contracts Design Consultants are working under including their fees, schedule of services, programme, and liabilities and warranties   

Still interested, does this sound like you?

MEng or BEng degree, HNC/HND (note Chartered Engineer is desirable)
Significant Design Management experience  
Experience in the civil engineering industry, specifically in water sector with heavy civils and/or MEICA as essential    
Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems  
Experience discharging Principal Designer duties 
Experience managing people/teams