Senior Design Engineer - Temporary Works

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Overview

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Desing Engineer?

Responsibilities

Acting as the Project Design Engineer when appointed by the Principal Engineer. The PDE is the central point of contact and coordination between project teams and design engineers.
Have a sound knowledge of Client requirements including specifications, design codes and industry best practices.
Ensure all allocated projects are managed properly from commercial, programme and document control perspectives.
Act as the Design Approved Person and take responsibility for designs produced by junior engineers.
Representing the MAE team in collaborative project team meetings.
Undertaking site visits when appropriate and produce project wide design risk assessments.
Managing the design work of other staff members and external designers.
Mentoring of junior staff.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Qualifications

HND/Bachelor/Masters degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
Chartered or working towards Chartership with the ICE or IStructE.
A design engineer with the ability to manage projects
A design engineer with capability to work autonomously or as part of team.
A good communicator with a desire to develop relationships across the company.
A person with an open-minded approach to solving civil and structural engineering challenges to find the best solution from all perspectives of a project.
A person keen to visit the company’s sites and offices across the country.

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Company: J. Murphy & Sons Limited

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Location: Wigan

Job Description:

Overview

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Desing Engineer?

Responsibilities

Acting as the Project Design Engineer when appointed by the Principal Engineer. The PDE is the central point of contact and coordination between project teams and design engineers.
Have a sound knowledge of Client requirements including specifications, design codes and industry best practices.
Ensure all allocated projects are managed properly from commercial, programme and document control perspectives.
Act as the Design Approved Person and take responsibility for designs produced by junior engineers.
Representing the MAE team in collaborative project team meetings.
Undertaking site visits when appropriate and produce project wide design risk assessments.
Managing the design work of other staff members and external designers.
Mentoring of junior staff.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Qualifications

HND/Bachelor/Masters degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
Chartered or working towards Chartership with the ICE or IStructE.
A design engineer with the ability to manage projects
A design engineer with capability to work autonomously or as part of team.
A good communicator with a desire to develop relationships across the company.
A person with an open-minded approach to solving civil and structural engineering challenges to find the best solution from all perspectives of a project.
A person keen to visit the company’s sites and offices across the country.

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Posted: April 17th, 2026