Murphy is recruiting for a Design Manager to join our Process Engineering division, from our London office.

The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design delivery for water and wastewater projects from concept through construction, commissioning and handover. The role will manage design scope, programme, quality, interfaces and compliance, ensuring that civil, process and MEICA outputs are coordinated, buildable and aligned with client and statutory requirements.

A day in the lift of a Murphy Design Manager:

• Lead the design team within a collaborative, one-team culture and define clear responsibilities, deliverables and deadlines.
• Develop and maintain the design programme, MIDP, design responsibility matrix and information-delivery requirements.
• Coordinate civil, structural, process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and automation interfaces.
• Ensure designs comply with HSQE requirements, client standards, statutory obligations and relevant construction regulations.
• Facilitate design reviews, constructability reviews, risk workshops and coordination meetings, ensuring actions are recorded and closed.
• Monitor design progress, quality, risks, opportunities, change control and technical queries against programme and budget.
• Liaise with clients, designers, project teams, suppliers and subcontractors to resolve issues and maintain alignment.
• Support procurement, tendering, construction and commissioning with timely, accurate design information.
• Promote Lean and digital-delivery practices, capture lessons learned and improve design standards and workflows.
• Mentor and develop engineers and designers and support resource planning and recruitment.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Level 8 honours degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, environmental or process engineering, environmental science, chemistry or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience managing multidisciplinary design, preferably in the water and wastewater sector.
• Strong knowledge of MEICA and civil design interfaces, construction requirements and commissioning activities.
• Working knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation and designer responsibilities.
• Experience developing and maintaining design programmes, budgets and coordinated deliverable schedules.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; experience with BIM/CDE platforms is advantageous.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder-management, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Full driving licence.