Design Manager

Murphy; Sandford-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health screening

Maternity/paternity pay

Professional development

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Design Manager to lead a diverse portfolio of water infrastructure schemes in partnership with Thames Water, as part of the AMP8 programme. You will oversee design quality, programme, change management, and lead multiple teams across large projects.

The role requires a strong civil engineering background in water sector, BIM/CDE proficiency, and experience managing people. Murphy offers extensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering; Chartered status desirable.
• Experience in civil engineering, water sector with heavy civils/MEICA.
• Digitally competent with BIM, CDEs and document management systems.
• Experience managing people/teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead on tender stage requirements and allocate resources.
• Produce design briefs for permanent works.
• Review and provide oversight of submissions for quality and scope.
• Implement design management assurance framework for quality, programme, change, risk.
• Lead design matters on projects and maintain RACI.
• Manage design managers/co-ordinators and staff appraisals.
• Coordinate with site team on constructability and temporary works.
• Keep CDE system up to date and issue drawings to sites.
• Monitor design progress for programme, cost, and metrics.
• Monitor performance of Design Consultants and escalate as needed.
• Ensure compliance with standards and client requirements.
• Understand contracts for Design Consultants including fees and schedules.

Skills

Civil engineering experience

Water sector MEICA

People management

BIM familiarity

CDEs familiarity

Document management

Education

MEng/BEng or HNC/HND

Chartered Engineer desirable

Tools

BIM

CDEs

Document management systems

Job description

Job Location: Oxford Wastewater Treatment Works

Country/Region: United Kingdom

Murphy is recruiting for a Design Manager to join our team and take the lead on a diverse portfolio of infrastructure and non-infrastructure water schemes, including PMEICA, civils, and subcontractor management. in partnership with Thames Water, as part of the AMP8 programme.

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 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 Engineeris desirable)
• 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 managing people/teams

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 £5.8bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is#MoretoMurphy

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