Murphy is recruiting for a Design Manager to join our growing Infrastructure team, delivering a major water infrastructure project in partnership with United Utilities, as part of the AMP8 programme.

Murphy is a long-standing delivery partner to leading water clients across the UK and Ireland, including Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water, SES Water, Bristol Water, South East Water, and Uisce Éireann, where we operate over 25 facilities under full DBOM contracts.

A day in the life of a Murphy Design Manager

• Produce design briefs for permanent works
• Ensure consultants are appointed appropriately
• Lead technical reviews of submissions from our design partners
• Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure
• Lead design matters on small/medium/large/mega sized project/s as directed
• Allocate design tasks to individuals/companies as required and maintain associated RACI
• Manage day to day interface between design and construction teams and maintain its adequate records
• Review design progress according to programme and contractual requirements
• Lead constructability reviews
• Involvement in work winning to ensure consultants are engaged appropriately and adequate allowances are included in the bid
• Assist Senior Design Managers, consultants and multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver the design solutions to schedule and budget to a high standard of professional competence
• Management of design change to support best outcome for the project
• Support with management of risk and opportunity in design

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Significant experience in a design management role within the construction sector.
• Management skills – confident in managing staff, clients, design budgets and programmes
• Flexibility and willingness to travel
• HND or Engineering Degree qualified
• Member of a recognised engineering institution. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered and or working towards membership