Senior Design Engineer

Murphy International Limited; Kildare; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Discretionary bonus

Private healthcare

Pension

Job summary

Murphy is recruiting a Senior Structural Steel Design Engineer to join our Newbridge team. You’ll lead steel design and connections for major building projects across Ireland and the UK, ensuring compliance with Eurocode 3, BS5975 and project specs, while coordinating with fabrication and construction teams.

This role requires a Level 8 degree in Civil/Structural Engineering, chartership preferred, 3–5 years in structural steel design, and mentoring capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• A Level 8 degree in Civil or Structural Engineering is required; master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Excel in steelwork designs and connections; integrate with the team and help the design manager carry out daily design work.
• Work with the design manager to meet quality, environmental, and safety standards.
• Design and review steel connections, including calculations, drawings and 3-D models per Eurocode & BS5950.
• Ensure designs support safe fabrication and erection.
• Oversee deliverables through checks and peer reviews.

Skills

Steel design

Eurocode 3

Teamwork

Mentoring

Communication

Hand calculations

Autocad

Tekla

Education

Level 8 degree in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

Tekla Structural Designer/Robot

IDEA StatiCa

MasterSeries Connection

Tekla Connection Designer

Masterframe (optional)

Autocad

Job description

Job Description

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Structural Design Engineer to work with our Structural Steel Team in Newbridge. 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.

Role Overview

Murphy is significantly expanding its in-house design and detailing capabilities for structural steel projects, driven by a strong pipeline of work. As part of this growth, we are recruiting a Senior Structural Steel Design Engineer to join our structural steel engineering team in Newbridge. In this senior role, you will lead the design of steel structures and connections for major building and infrastructure projects across Ireland and the UK. The Senior Structural Steel Design Engineer ensures that all steel designs and their connections are safe, efficient, and compliant with standards, while also coordinating with our fabrication and construction teams to support successful project delivery. This position requires both deep technical expertise in structural steelwork and connection design and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced project environment. It is a full-time, permanent role suited for an experienced structural engineer with a specialty in steel connection design.

What you will be doing:

• Excel in steelwork designs and connections; integrate with the team and help the design manager carry out daily design work.
• Work closely with the design manager to ensure projects meet legal guidelines, achieve required quality standards, environmental directives and health and safety standards.
• Design and review steel connections for structural steelwork, including calculation reports, drawings and 3-D models that are accurate, practical and compliant with Eurocode & BS5950 and project specifications.
• Ensure designs support safe and efficient fabrication and erection.
• Oversee the quality of design deliverables through checks, peer reviews and design risk assessments.
• Resolve steel-design related issues during fabrication and construction, addressing TQs and solving on-site challenges with safe, compliant solutions.
• Coordinate with temporary works and methods teams where required.
• Provide temporary works design for the Project Managers if required.
• Contribute to improved design efficiency by developing standard details, using design tools effectively and identifying value- engineering opportunities.
• Support the development of junior engineers through guidance and design review.
• Represent the steelwork design discipline in meetings, clearly communicating progress and explaining design decisions to clients, design managers and third-party reviewers.

Requied Qualifications and Experience

• A Level 8 degree in Civil or Structural Engineering is required, with a master's degree considered an advantage.
• Chartered status or a defined path toward chartership is strongly preferred.
• A minimum of three to five years of solid structural steel design experience is expected, including substantial experience in steel connection and temporary works design.
• A solid understanding of structural analysis and design principles and practices.
• Knowledge of fabrication and erection processes is important.
• Strong understanding of Eurocode 3, BS5950, BS5975 and associated standards is essential.
• Ability to do hand calculations.
• Proficiency with at least one design and analysis software such as Tekla Structural Designer/Robot; Masterframe is not a must but is acceptable.
• Proficiency in software such as IDEA StatiCa, MasterSeries Connection, Tekla Connection Designer.
• Ability to write own spreadsheets (Not a must but desired).
• Ability to use Autocad efficiently, however hand drawing skill is a must.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage workloads across multiple projects.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with engineering, detailing, fabrication and site teams.
• Demonstrated problem‑solving ability, attention to detail and capability to develop safe, practical solutions.
• Experience mentoring junior staff is a must.
• A strong commitment to safety in design, including understanding of CDM principles and designing for safe construction.
• A proactive approach with a willingness to learn, passion for the profession and develop within the role.

What you'll get in return:

• 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.
• Generous Private Healthcare Allowance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus.
• Extra 2 days holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus.
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc.

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited. 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.