Senior Design Manager

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd; Bamber Bridge; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Murphy is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead design at tender and post-award stages. You will allocate resources, produce design briefs, and review submissions to ensure conformance with Murphy procedures.

The role requires significant design management experience, BIM proficiency, and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams. You will interact with site teams to ensure constructability and manage documentation in a CDE system, monitoring progress, RFIs and NCRs across projects.

Qualifications

• MEng or BEng degree, HNC/HND.
• Chartered Engineer in relevant discipline.
• CDP training, CDM training, CSCS Card.
• Significant Design Management experience.
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems.
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties.
• Design management training/qualification.
• Experience managing teams against BIM requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead tender design reviews and allocate resources.
• Create design briefs for temporary and permanent works.
• Review submissions for quality and sufficiency.
• Ensure conformance to Murphy Design Management procedures.
• Lead design on projects and manage task allocation.
• Manage design managers and conduct staff appraisals.
• Chair design meetings and record minutes.
• Liaise with Site Managers and engineers on constructability.
• Maintain documents in the CDE system.
• Track design progress, RFIs and NCRs.
• Coordinate with consultants, MAE, suppliers and contractors.
• Ensure compliance with standards and client requirements.
• Maintain relationships with clients and suppliers.
• Understand design contracts, fees and schedules.
• Review consultant payment applications.

Skills

Design management experience

BIM familiarity

CDEs familiarity

Document management systems

Leadership experience

Education

MEng or BEng degree

HNC/HND

Chartered Engineer

Tools

BIM

CDEs

Document management systems

Job description

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’ - 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 Manager:

• Lead on review of requirements at tender stage and allocate resources as appropriate during tender and upon successful award
• Produce design briefs for temporary and permanent works
• Review submissions as directed for quality and sufficiency
• Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure
• 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.
• Attend team meetings as required and produce minutes when requested. Chair design related meetings
• Attend site as required to liaise with Site Managers / Engineers and ensure appropriate consideration of constructability and permanent works
• Ensure that that Aconex (or client approved alternative CDE system) is kept up to date by the Document Controller and correct drawing revisions are maintained and issued to sites
• Monitor, track, and report on Design progress, RFIs and Design NCRs
• Monitor, co-ordinate, and manage the design by consultants, MAE, suppliers, interface contractors, and outsourced designers as appropriate
• Ensure compliance with Standards and Client requirements, and assist in monitoring to ensure working to agreed design requirements
• Maintain good and professional relationships with the Client, Consultants, Sub-Contractors, Suppliers, Statutory Authorities and the internal team
• Ensure an understanding of, and an influence on the contracts Design Consultants are working under including their fees, schedule of services, programme, and liabilities and warranties
• Review and comment/accept the payment applications from consultants and pass to the contract surveyor for processing and payment
• Ensure risks and opportunities are identified at Work Winning stage and risks eliminated where possible

Who we’re looking for

• MEng or BEng degree, HNC/HND
• Chartered Engineer in relevant discipline
• CDP training, CDM training, CSCS Card
• Significant Design Management experience
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties
• Design management training/qualification
• Experience managing teams against BIM requirements