Senior Design Manager

J. Murphy & Sons Limited.; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned construction and engineering firm is seeking a Senior Design Manager to oversee HV Linear Cable Scopes in major infrastructure projects. The role involves leading design efforts, managing teams, and ensuring compliance with client requirements. Ideal candidates will possess chartered engineering qualifications and significant design management experience, along with digital competency. The position is based either out of Kentish Town or Wigan, with travel primarily to Norfolk.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with a UK engineering institute (IMechE, ICE, IChemE, IET, IGEM).
• Significant Design Management experience and handover of design requirements at completion.
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs, and document management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead on review of requirements at tender stage and allocate resources.
• Produce design briefs for temporary and permanent works.
• Manage design managers/design coordinators on projects.

Skills

Chartered Engineer

Design Management

Digital competence

Familiarity with BIM

Experience with HV systems

Education

Chartered Engineer qualification

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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 site as required to liaise with Site Managers / Engineers and ensure appropriate consideration of constructability and permanent works
• Ensure 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
• 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

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Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with a UK engineering institute (IMechE, ICE, IChemE, IET, IGEM, etc)
• Experience in either HV Cables, HV Plant, National Grid, DNOs, Pipelines or Substations would be ideal
• Significant Design Management experience and of hand over of design requirements at completion
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems and managing teams against requirements
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties
• Design management training/qualification

About the Company

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Design Manager to work within Energy on HV Linear Cable Scopes within major infrastructure for a number of clients (can be based out of Kentish Town or Wigan with regular travel to Norfolk). 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 ensure we 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, and is demonstrated in our long‑standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.