Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Design Manager to work with Water on Thames Water. 

We provide end-to-end services for major water and sewage companies such as Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities, and for several water-only companies including SES Water, Bristol Water and South East Water.

We also provide a full design, build, operate and maintain service for Uisce Éireann and we currently operate over 25 of their facilities, ensuring they run efficiently and comply fully with EPA regulations.

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Design Manager:

• Lead on review of requirements at tender stage and allocate resources as appropriate during tender and upon successful award
• Produce design briefs for temporary and permanent works
• Review submissions as directed for quality and sufficiency
• Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure
• Lead design matters on small/medium/large/mega sized project/s as directed, allocating design tasks to individuals/companies as required and maintain associated RACI
• Manage design managers/design co-ordinators on the projects, carry out staff appraisals when required and identify appropriate development activities.
• Attend team meetings as required and produce minutes when requested. Chair design related meetings
• Attend site as required to liaise with Site Managers / Engineers and ensure appropriate consideration of constructability and permanent works
• Ensure that that Aconex (or client approved alternative CDE system) is kept up to date by the Document Controller and correct drawing revisions are maintained and issued to sites
• Monitor, track, and report on Design progress, RFIs and Design NCRs
• Monitor, co-ordinate, and manage the design by consultants, MAE, suppliers, interface contractors, and outsourced designers as appropriate
• Ensure compliance with Standards and Client requirements, and assist in monitoring to ensure working to agreed design requirements
• Maintain good and professional relationships with the Client, Consultants, Sub-Contractors, Suppliers, Statutory Authorities and the internal team
• Ensure an understanding of, and an influence on the contracts Design Consultants are working under including their fees, schedule of services, programme, and liabilities and warranties
• Review and comment/accept the payment applications from consultants and pass to the contract surveyor for processing and payment
• Ensure risks and opportunities are identified at Work Winning stage and risks eliminated where possible
   

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• MEng or BEng degree, HNC/HND
• Chartered Engineer in relevant discipline
• Significant Design Management experience
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties
• Experience managing teams against BIM requirements