Senior Design Coordinator

Murphy; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health screening

Enhanced sick pay

Maternity/paternity pay and returners'

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development investment

Discounts and gym/cycle schemes

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Senior Design Coordinator to join our Infrastructure team in the UK. You will assist the Design Manager to deliver high quality designs to budget and programme, coordinating design packages and site investigations.

You'll work with internal and external teams, review submissions for quality, and maintain design trackers. Strong CAD skills (AutoCad/ProjectWise) and a civil engineering background are essential, with travel willingness and professional registration desirable.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a design coordination role.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and CAD tools (AutoCAD, ProjectWise).
• HND or Engineering degree; professional registration desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Design Manager to deliver designs to budget and programme.
• Prepare briefs and remits for design packages and site investigations.
• Coordinate with external and internal design/construction teams for buildable, maintainable designs.
• Review submissions for quality and compliance with design standards.
• Update design trackers and produce meeting minutes/schedules.

Skills

Design coordination

Management skills

Civil engineering design

Travel flexibility

Communication of engineering ideas

Education

HND or Engineering degree

Incorporated Engineer/Chartered (desirable)

Tools

AutoCAD

ProjectWise

Microsoft Office

Job description

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

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

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