Design Manager

Murphy; Golborne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday with bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health screening

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay and a

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting a Design Manager to join our Process Engineering division, from our London office. You will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery for water and wastewater projects from concept through construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring outputs are buildable and aligned with client requirements.

You will manage design scope, programme, quality, interfaces and compliance, mentor engineers, and support procurement, tendering and site delivery while promoting

Qualifications

• Level 8 honours degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, environmental or process engineering, environmental science, chemistry or a related discipline.
• 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 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; BIM/CDE platforms advantageous.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder-management, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design management

MEICA interfaces

Health and safety knowledge

Design programme and budgets

MS Project / Office tools

Leadership / stakeholder management

Driving licence

Education

Level 8 honours degree in civil/mechanical/electrical/environmental/process engineering or related

Tools

Microsoft Project

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

BIM/CDE platforms

Job description

Design Manager

Murphy is recruiting for a Design Manager to join our Process Engineering division, from our London office.

The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery for water and wastewater projects from concept through construction, commissioning and handover. The role will manage design scope, programme, quality, interfaces and compliance, ensuring that civil, process and MEICA outputs are coordinated, buildable and aligned with client and statutory requirements.

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.

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 service
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £3.3b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy