Senior Design Manager

Murphy; Preston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

Pension

Life assurance

Health screening

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Wedding bonus

Canteen facilities

Professional development

Retail discounts

Gym memberships

Cycle to work

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Design Manager to join the Water Team on the United Utilities AMP 8 Framework. You will lead on design management, allocate resources, and supervise design managers and coordinators across multiple projects, ensuring quality and compliance with Murphy procedures.

Key requirements include a CEng status or eligibility, BIM proficiency, and experience managing teams within BIM contexts. A strong commitment to development and standards is essential.

Qualifications

• MEng or BEng in relevant discipline (or equivalent).
• Chartered Engineer status or eligibility.
• CDP/CDM training or certification desired.
• Digitally competent; familiar with BIM and document management systems.
• Design management training/qualification preferred.
• Experience leading teams against BIM requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead design management on projects of varying scale within Murphy's Water Team.
• Manage design managers and coordinators; conduct appraisals and development.
• Review submissions for quality and sufficiency; ensure conformance to Murphy Design Management procedures.
• Coordinate design through consultants, MAE, suppliers and interface contractors.
• Liaise with site teams to ensure constructability and proper permanent works planning.
• Maintain up-to-date document control and design progress reporting.

Skills

BIM proficiency

Team leadership

Design management

CDP training

CDM training

Education

MEng/BEng or HNC/HND in relevant discipline

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Document management systems

CDE/BIM tools

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Design Managerto work with the Water Team on the United Utilities AMP 8 Framework .

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.

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
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems
• Design management training/qualification
• Experience managing teams against BIM requirements

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 £5.4bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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