Senior Engineer

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd; Cannock; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Murphy in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced civil engineering professional to lead design delivery within large-scale projects. You will engage with clients, manage vendor interfaces, and ensure compliance with current civil engineering legislation and HSE standards.

With IEng/CEng status and a track record in oil, gas, substations, or linear cables, you will communicate effectively with top management and multidisciplinary teams, guiding safe, compliant design work and value

Qualifications

• IEng/CEng with chartered status.
• Experience in large civil engineering projects.
• Experience within oil or gas, substations or linear cables.
• Ability to communicate and present to top level management and clients.
• Excellent knowledge of current civil engineering legislation and HSE/environmental regulations.
• Ability to discuss engineering issues across disciplines.
• Ability to produce, implement and manage safe systems of work for construction procedures.

Responsibilities

• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHES department.
• Agree technical requirements with client, ensuring it is fully understood, questioning and challenging where necessary.
• Undertake site visits and inspections when appropriate.
• Prioritise and monitor the day‑to‑day workload of engineers and technical staff within the design team and Key Equipment Suppliers.
• Oversee key vendor packages and contribute to the timely production of design deliverables.
• Manage the interface between key vendor packages and the design team.
• Identify and assess the technical opportunities for value engineering.
• Provide project reports to Engineering Manager as required, including financial and programme progress and forecasts and early warnings on issues.
• Ensure that design work undertaken is carried out in accordance with applicable legal requirements and company procedures and that a high level of professionalism is maintained.
• Manage key vendor detailed designs in accordance with current standards and codes including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of working drawings.
• Provide a technical assessment and review of 3rd Party designs, ensuring compliance with the brief to meet client and Murphy requirements.
• Check the design work of other staff members and external designers.
• Provide advice and guidance on design issues.
• Resolution of technical project design issues, incidents, defects and failures, incident investigation, examining causes of failure, rectification analysis, review, advice and redesign.
• Maintain responsibility for the storage, filing and archiving of documents relevant to design tasks.
• Manage the financial and commercial aspects of the project with the support of Engineering Manager, monitoring progress against, and ensuring the project is delivered to, agreed programme and budget.
• Administration and monitoring of design change.

Skills

Communication with management

Presentation to top level management

Education

IEng/CEng

Chartered civil engineer

Job description

Overview

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 engineered solutions to transportation, natural resources, energy, and water sectors.

Responsibilities

• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHES department.
• Agree technical requirements with client, ensuring it is fully understood, questioning and challenging where necessary.
• Undertake site visits and inspections when appropriate.
• Prioritise and monitor the day‑to‑day workload of engineers and technical staff within the design team and Key Equipment Suppliers.
• Oversee key vendor packages and contribute to the timely production of design deliverables.
• Manage the interface between key vendor packages and the design team.
• Identify and assess the technical opportunities for value engineering.
• Provide project reports to Engineering Manager as required, including financial and programme progress and forecasts and early warnings on issues.
• Ensure that design work undertaken is carried out in accordance with applicable legal requirements and company procedures and that a high level of professionalism is maintained.
• Manage key vendor detailed designs in accordance with current standards and codes including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of working drawings.
• Provide a technical assessment and review of 3rd Party designs, ensuring compliance with the brief to meet client and Murphy requirements.
• Check the design work of other staff members and external designers.
• Provide advice and guidance on design issues.
• Resolution of technical project design issues, incidents, defects and failures, incident investigation, examining causes of failure, rectification analysis, review, advice and redesign.
• Maintain responsibility for the storage, filing and archiving of documents relevant to design tasks.
• Manage the financial and commercial aspects of the project with the support of Engineering Manager, monitoring progress against, and ensuring the project is delivered to, agreed programme and budget.
• Administration and monitoring of design change.

Qualifications

• IEng/CEng
• Experience in large civil engineering projects.
• Experience within Oil or Gas, Substations or Linear Cables.
• Ability and confidence to communicate and present to Top Level Management, Senior level clients and public.
• Excellent knowledge of current civil engineering legislation as well as Health & Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Ability and confidence to discuss engineering issues with people across various levels and disciplines.
• Ability to produce, implement and manage safe systems of work for construction procedures.