Murphy Senior Design Manager

J Murphy & Sons Limited; Oxford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead design across projects, reviewing tender requirements, producing design briefs, and ensuring quality and readiness for construction. You will manage design teams, coordinate with stakeholders, and oversee design quality, programme, and risk.

Strong BIM/CDE experience and Principal Designer duties are essential. The role requires extensive civil engineering knowledge, water sector experience, and proven ability to drive design across large-scale

Qualifications

• MEng or BEng degree; HNC/HND. Chartered Engineer is desirable.
• Significant design management experience.
• Experience in civil engineering, water sector with heavy civils/MEICA.
• Digitally competent with BIM, CDEs and document management systems.
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties.
• Experience managing people/teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead on review of tender requirements and allocate resources.
• Produce design briefs for permanent works.
• Oversee submissions for quality and sufficiency against scope.
• Implement design management assurance framework for quality, programme, change and readiness.
• Lead design on projects of varying size and allocate design tasks.

Skills

Leadership experience

Design management

Civil engineering experience

BIM/CDE proficiency

Principal Designer duties

People/teams management

Education

MEng or BEng degree

HNC/HND

Chartered Engineer (desirable)

Tools

BIM

CDEs

Document management systems

Job description

directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy

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

Qualifications:

• 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

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'