Design Manager

MURPHY GROUP; Scotland; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MURPHY GROUP is seeking a Design Manager for the Energy Team in Glasgow. The successful candidate will lead the engineering design delivery of high voltage substations, ensuring compliance and coordination among multi-disciplinary teams. With competitive salary and benefits, join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and professional development.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus and salary review

Above market rate contributory pension scheme

Life assurance, health screening, and enhanced sick pay

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Subsidised canteen facilities

Investment in professional development

Retail discounts and cashback

Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-disciplinary design packages.
• Experience as Principal Designer Representative under CDM 2015.
• Desirable experience delivering substation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering design delivery of HV substation projects.
• Manage compliance with standards and client requirements.
• Coordinate with design teams to ensure project success.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary design management

Compliance with CDM 2015

Project delivery for UK Transmission Operators

Education

Membership of a UK Engineering institute

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Design Manager

Job Location: Glasgow (G73 1DF)

Country/Region: United Kingdom

Murphy is recruiting for a Design Manager 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 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, demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

A day in the life of a Murphy Design Manager:

• Lead the engineering design delivery of existing major Transmission HV 132/275/400kV Substation new build and extension projects.
• Lead Design Management requirements at tender and/or Early Contractor Engagement stage and allocate resources during tender, FEED, and detailed design stages.
• Integrate multiple engineering disciplines including HV Plant, Protection and Control, and Civils from internal and external designers and OEMs.
• Undertake the role of Principal Design Representative on projects, ensuring design information is well managed and compliant with CDM 2015 Regulations.
• Participate in Business Unit and Group Design Management process improvement activities.
• Review design pack submissions for technical compliance, quality, and completeness.
• Monitor and expedite key engineering program issues, including procurement of services and equipment.
• Coordinate with Temporary Works Coordinators and Designers to ensure constructability and permanent works considerations.
• Manage compliance with Standards and Client requirements, monitoring adherence to standards.
• Understand and influence contracts with Design Consultants, including fees, scope, schedule, liabilities, and warranties.
• Review and process payment applications from consultants with the contract surveyor.

Still interested? Does this sound like you?

• Experience managing multi-disciplinary design packages.
• Experience as Principal Designer Representative under CDM 2015.
• Experience delivering substation projects for UK Transmission Service Operators (SSEN, National Grid, Scottish Power Energy Networks, NIE Networks) is desirable.
• Membership of a UK Engineering institute.

What’s in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with options to buy additional days; holidays increase with service.
• Discretionary annual bonus and salary review.
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme.
• Life assurance, health screening, and enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, plus a maternity returners bonus.
• Extra holiday and wedding bonus for employees getting married.
• Subsidised canteen facilities at core locations.
• Investment in your professional development.
• Additional benefits: retail discounts, cashback, gym memberships, cycle to work scheme, etc.

About Murphy

Murphy is a sector-leading employer, Gold Investors in People accredited, with an operating profit increase of 57% year-over-year. We pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, representing over 60 nationalities, backgrounds, and ages. With a forward order book of £5.8bn and £39m invested in environmentally friendly plant, there is #MoretoMurphy.

If you cannot apply via the usual process, please call Jack Roberts at 07514 313533 for more details.

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.