Job Description
Job Title:  Engineering Manager
Job Location:  Kentish Town (NW5 1TN)
Country/Region:  United Kingdom

Murphy is recruiting for a Engineering Manager to work with Murphy Applied Engineering in our London office.

 

Our engineering teams represent a multi-disciplined range of engineering skills, adding value across all our sectors, and pushing the boundaries of digital construction, engineering innovation and deliver intelligent, sustainable and economical engineering solutions.

 

Under the banner of Murphy Applied Engineering, our in-house teams include civil, structural, mechanical, geotechnical and process engineers. They develop both permanent and temporary works for projects in all our locations and are a trusted source of expert advice for both Murphy colleagues and external customers.

 

 

A day in the life of a Murphy Engineering Manager 

 

• Lead the planning, engineering coordination, and implementation of temporary works solutions across major civil engineering and infrastructure projects.

• Act as the focal point for temporary works engineering, providing technical guidance and support to project teams, Temporary Works Coordinators (TWCs), and site management.

• Oversee the production, review, and approval of temporary works solutions, calculations, drawings, and associated documentation.

• Manage interfaces between permanent and temporary works designers to ensure safe and efficient construction methodologies.

• Drive compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, promoting a strong safety culture and proactive risk management.

• Review and challenge construction methodologies to optimise safety, programme, cost, and constructability.

• Lead temporary works risk assessments, engineering reviews, and constructability workshops throughout project lifecycles.

• Ensure robust checking, verification, and approval processes are followed for all temporary works solutions.

• Manage multidisciplinary engineering teams and specialist designers, ensuring effective resource allocation and performance management.

• Provide technical leadership for complex temporary works schemes including excavation support, falsework, formwork, cranes, lifting operations, earthworks, propping, and stability systems.

 

Still Interested, does this sound like you?

 

• Effectively delivered complex temporary works packages on major infrastructure projects while maintaining exemplary safety performance.

• Reduced construction risks and project costs through innovative temporary works engineering and methodology development.

• Led multidisciplinary engineering teams to achieve programme milestones across multiple concurrent projects.

• Improved temporary works governance and compliance through enhanced processes, training, and technical assurance measures.

 

What’s in it for you?

 

  • 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
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
  • Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
  • Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
  • Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
  • Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc
     

About Murphy

 

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. 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. With a forward order book of £3.3b and £39m Invested in environmentally friendly plant there really is #MoretoMurphy

 

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Colin Shaw on 07353 134 836 to discuss in more detail.