Section Engineer
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25000-65000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 August 2025 |
| Location: | Severn Trent Water Framework (2021000076), B76 9DP |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22976-43538972 |
Summary
Murphy 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, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy 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 4,000 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. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Planning Manager
- Reporting to Senior / Project Engineers
- Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
- Monitor the work under their control to ensure that any unsafe work conditions and non-compliance with Company policies and procedures are promptly remedied.
- Liaise with senior engineers and designer to ensure that the drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works and have no impact to the programme, raising RFIs and TQs.
- Maintain good working relations with client, designer, team and supply chain
- Supervise assistant and site engineers
- Support with temporary works (TW) design schemes, acting as TW Supervisor or Coordinator
- Take a personal interest in identifying, coaching and developing key staff.
- Advise and train other engineers on setting out methods and techniques
- Support with the selection of materials and plant for the use in the construction processes.
- Prepare written risk assessments and method statements for the control of the works.
- Prepare Inspection and Test Plans for their implementation, ensuring all relevant records are kept
- Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes/variations, subcontractor’s attendance, and records of work related discussions with client / designer / project team.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Engineering qualification from a reputable institution
- Previous experience in clean water or wastewater civil engineering projects is desirable
- Highly competent in surveying and setting out techniques and able to teach others.
- Experience managing and mentoring junior engineers
- Quality-oriented, with experience developing and implementing Quality Systems (i.e. ITPs, NCRs)
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 4,000 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. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Planning Manager
- Reporting to Senior / Project Engineers
- Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
- Monitor the work under their control to ensure that any unsafe work conditions and non-compliance with Company policies and procedures are promptly remedied.
- Liaise with senior engineers and designer to ensure that the drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works and have no impact to the programme, raising RFIs and TQs.
- Maintain good working relations with client, designer, team and supply chain
- Supervise assistant and site engineers
- Support with temporary works (TW) design schemes, acting as TW Supervisor or Coordinator
- Take a personal interest in identifying, coaching and developing key staff.
- Advise and train other engineers on setting out methods and techniques
- Support with the selection of materials and plant for the use in the construction processes.
- Prepare written risk assessments and method statements for the control of the works.
- Prepare Inspection and Test Plans for their implementation, ensuring all relevant records are kept
- Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes/variations, subcontractor’s attendance, and records of work related discussions with client / designer / project team.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Engineering qualification from a reputable institution
- Previous experience in clean water or wastewater civil engineering projects is desirable
- Highly competent in surveying and setting out techniques and able to teach others.
- Experience managing and mentoring junior engineers
- Quality-oriented, with experience developing and implementing Quality Systems (i.e. ITPs, NCRs)