Senior Design Coordinator

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Senior Design Coordinator to support the Design Manager in delivering high-quality civil engineering designs on budget and schedule. The role involves preparing briefs, coordinating internal and external teams, and ensuring design submissions meet standards.

Proficiency in AutoCAD/ProjectWise and strong MS Office skills are essential; travel flexibility is expected. The successful candidate will join a leading international engineering and construction firm with a diverse

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a design coordination role.
• Experience coordinating design within civil engineering projects.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and ProjectWise.
• Member of a recognised engineering institution; Incorporated Engineer or Chartered preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Design Manager to deliver high quality designs to budget and programme.
• Prepare briefs/remits for design packages and for site investigation and survey packages.
• Coordinate external and internal design teams to deliver integrated, buildable designs.
• Review submissions for quality and compliance with design standards.
• Update design trackers and produce minutes for Design Review Meetings.
• Provide engineering input to the wider team; communicate ideas via sketches and CAD.
• Manage several small projects or large multi-disciplinary projects.

Skills

Design coordination

CAD software

Project management

Travel flexibility

MS Office

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

ProjectWise

Job description

Murphyis 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 solutionsto infrastructure sectors includingtransportation;natural resources; energy and water.

Headquartered in London, Murphy hasa 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 around4,000engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.

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A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Design Coordinator

• Assist the Design Manager to deliver high quality designs to budget and programme
• Prepare briefs/remits for design packages and for site investigation and survey packages
• Strike up good working relationships with external and internal design and construction teams to deliver integrated designs which are buildable and maintainable
• Review submissions as directed for quality and compliance with design standards
• Update design trackers on an ongoing basis
• Produce minutes and schedules for Design Review Meetings
• Assist the wider engineering team members as required with engineering input
• Able to communicate engineering ideas through sketching and drawing by hand and using CAD software
• Co‑ordination / management abilities to deal with several small projects or large multi-disciplined projects
• Engineering design capability as pre‑requisite for submission review and checkin

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Significant experience in a design coordination role
• Computer literate with strong skills in Microsoft Office and other design‑based software such as AutoCad and ProjectWise
• HND or Engineering Degree qualified
• Experience of undertaking or coordinating design within civil engineering
• Management skills – confident managing staff, clients, figures, issues and programmes.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel.
• Member of a recognised engineering institution. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered and or working towards membership is desirable