Design Manager

Murphy; Preston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays + buy

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Enhanced sick pay

Maternity/paternity pay

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Discounts

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting for a Design Manager to join our Infrastructure team, delivering water and non-infrastructure projects in partnership with United Utilities on the AMP8 framework. You will lead design across a portfolio of projects and ensure conformance to Murphy's Design Management procedures.

The role requires strong leadership to manage staff, clients, design budgets and programmes, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a design management role within the construction sector.
• Management skills – confident in managing staff, clients, design budgets and programmes.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel.
• Member of a recognised engineering institution (Chartered/ Incorporated) or working towards membership.

Responsibilities

• Lead design matters on the AMP8 United Utilities framework portfolio.
• Produce design briefs for permanent and temporary works and define scope.
• Lead technical reviews of submissions from design partners.
• Ensure conformance to Murphy Design Management procedures.
• Manage day-to-day interface between design and construction teams and maintain records.
• Review design progress against programme and contractual requirements.
• Lead constructability reviews and support risk/opportunity management.

Skills

Design management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Travel flexibility

Education

Chartered Engineer

Incorporated Engineer

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Design Manager to join our growing Infrastructure team, delivering water infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects in partnership with United Utilities, as part of the AMP8 framework.

Murphy is a long-standing delivery partner to leading water clients across the UK and Ireland, including Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water, SES Water, Bristol Water, South East Water, and Uisce Éireann, where we operate over 25 facilities under full DBOM contracts.

A day in the life of a Murphy Design Manager

• Lead design matters on portfolio of projects on AMP8 United Utilities framework.
• Produce design briefs for permanent (and temporary) works, defining the design scope
• Lead technical reviews of submissions from our design partners
• Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure
• Manage day to day interface between design and construction teams and maintain its adequate records
• Review design progress according to programme and contractual requirements
• Lead constructability reviews
• Support Senior Design Managers, consultants and multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver the design solutions to schedule and budget to a high standard of professional competence
• Management of design change to support best outcome for the project
• Support with management of risk and opportunity in design

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Significant experience in a design management role within the construction sector.
• Management skills – confident in managing staff, clients, design budgets and programmes
• Flexibility and willingness to travel
• Member of a recognised engineering institution. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered and or working towards membership

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 £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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