Senior Design Manager – Water & Civil Infrastructure

Murphy; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday with option to buy 2

Discretionary annual bonus

Above market pension scheme

Life assurance and enhanced sick pay

Wedding/partner leave bonus

Subsidised canteen facilities

Professional development investment

Retail discounts and cashback

Discounted gym memberships

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Design Manager to lead on a diverse portfolio of water infrastructure schemes, including PMEICA and civils, in partnership with Thames Water as part of the AMP8 programme. You will oversee design quality, manage design teams, and ensure constructability considerations are embedded from tender through delivery.

Ideal candidates will hold an engineering degree (MEng/BEng) with civils/meica experience, be digitally proficient with BIM and CDEs, and demonstrate

Qualifications

• MEng or BEng degree is required or preferred.
• Experience in civil engineering, water sector with heavy civils/MEICA is essential.
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and document management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead on tender stage requirements and allocate resources during tender and after award.
• Produce design briefs for permanent works.
• Provide review and technical oversight of submissions for quality and sufficiency.
• Implement the Murphy Design Management assurance framework for quality, programme, change, risk, and construction readiness.
• Lead design matters on projects and manage design tasks and teams as directed.
• Manage design managers/co-ordinators and conduct staff development.
• Coordinate with site delivery to ensure constructability and temporary works are considered for permanent works.
• Keep CDE system updated with correct drawing revisions issued to sites.
• Monitor and report design progress, programme cost, and metrics for all Design Consultants.
• Monitor performance of Design Consultants and apply escalation when required.
• Ensure compliance with Standards and Client requirements and monitor adherence to design requirements.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Digital literacy

Education

MEng or BEng degree

HNC/HND

Chartered Engineer (desirable)

Tools

BIM

CDEs

Document management systems

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Design Manager to lead on a diverse portfolio of water infrastructure schemes, including PMEICA and civils, in partnership with Thames Water as part of the AMP8 programme. You will oversee design quality, manage design teams, and ensure constructability considerations are embedded from tender through delivery.

Ideal candidates will hold an engineering degree (MEng/BEng) with civils/meica experience, be digitally proficient with BIM and CDEs, and demonstrate