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Principal Pipeline Engineer - MAE

Job details
Posting date: 25 February 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £40000-60000 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 March 2025
Location: Stone Cross Office (2021000079), -
Company: J Murphy & Sons
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 21342-43200240

Summary

Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. #MoreToMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Principal Pipeline Engineer

- Responsible for the day to day management and development of a team of engineers
- Responsible for the delivery of all technical drawings and reports for the detailed design phase of linear infrastructure projects (steel transmission pipelines & plastic ducts for HV cables)
- Responsible for delivery of constructability reports associated with linear infrastructure projects
- Responsible for delivery Pre-FEED and FEED studies associated with major pipeline/HV power cable infrastructure projects in the UK,
- Technical support to planners and estimators during FEED studies
- Lead design risk assessments
- Checking and approving of technical design reports
- Project reporting and coordination of design activities within the engineering team
- Represent the design department, when necessary, at internal and external meetings
- Undertake site visits when required,
- Accurate recording of time spent on projects and management of team workloads,
- Coach and mentor individual staff members with professional development,
- Support the bid teams with technical input into tender submissions & develop design estimates for inclusion in the overall submission
- Technical input into Trenchless Crossing Designs (HDD’s, Microtunnels & Auger Bores)

Still interested, does this sound like you?

- Degree qualified in Mechanical or Civil Engineering
- Chartered with a professional institution regulated by the Engineering Council (or working towards Chartership)
- Familiar with National Gas standards for transmission pipelines as well as other UK, EU and International standards (E.g. PD8010, BSEN 14161, BS EN 1594 etc)
- Familiar with UK and international standards for plastic pipes
- Construction & design experience associated with linear infrastructure projects & trenchless crossing designs
- Experience undertaking Pre-FEED, FEED & detailed design associated with major linear infrastructure projects in the UK as part of the governments net zero targets for 2050.
- Experience of consent requirements associated with rail (NWR Form A, B & C), road (CD622) and watercourse crossings (EA) is preferred
- Knowledge and understanding of construction plant & equipment used to install steel pipelines and plastic cable ducts,
- Familiar with geospatial analysis software such as ArcGIS or QGIS
- Excellent technical report writing skills
- Some awareness and understanding of environmental restrictions in the UK