Senior Design Manager

J Murphy & Sons; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A major infrastructure firm is seeking a Senior Design Manager in the UK. The candidate will oversee design management of HV Linear Cable Scopes on significant projects. Responsibilities include reviewing requirements, producing design briefs, and managing design teams. Candidates should be Chartered Engineers with experience in HV Cables, and significant design management expertise is essential. Regular travel expected across various sites.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer recognized by a UK engineering institute.
• Experience with HV Cables, Pipelines, or Substations preferred.
• Extensive Design Management knowledge required.

Responsibilities

• Lead review of requirements at the tender stage.
• Produce design briefs for works.
• Manage design teams and appraisals.

Skills

Chartered Engineer with a UK engineering institute

Experience in HV Cables

Significant Design Management experience

Digitally competent and familiar with BIM

Experience discharging Principal Designer duties

Job description

Overview

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. This role 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. We support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries, ensuring 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 drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, keeps us at the forefront of the industry and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.

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 projects as directed, allocating design tasks to individuals/companies as required and maintain associated RACI
• Manage design managers/design coordinators 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, coordinate, 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, liabilities and warranties

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with a UK engineering institute (IMechE, ICE, IChemE, IET, IGEM, etc.)
• Experience in HV Cables, HV Plant, National Grid, DNOs, Pipelines or Substations would be ideal
• Significant Design Management experience and handover 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