Senior Engineering Manager
| Posting date: | 15 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £80000-110000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Location: | Wigan, WA3 3JD |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 23094-43653555 |
Summary
Murphy is recruiting for a [[title]] to work with Energy on the Norwich to Tilbury scheme, as part of our delivery of the Great Grid partnership (GGP)
Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries
- ensuring their energy security for decades to come.
We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.
Overall responsibility for the engineering function (engineering, design management, quality assurance and control, document control) both on and off site for the business unit, including the day to day management of all engineering activities. Responsibility for the implementation of the Better Engineered strategic driver as part of the 10 year plan. Responsible for representing the function both internally and externally.
A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Engineering Manager
- Implement and promote the Better Engineered strategic objective within the business unit.
- Lead engagement with internal and external designers along with specialist supply chain partners.
- Form project delivery strategies with regards to design engineering.
- Ensure the implementation of Group Design Management Policy and Procedural requirements.
- Lead the identification of technical risks and ensure implementation of mitigations measures on all projects.
- Ensure key external project asset stakeholders technical governance/assurance processes are adhered to and implemented.
- Drive Value Engineering and Innovation that brings value in time, cost, safety, or carbon including driving design standardisation.
- Influence and review design solutions in their area of expertise.
- Accountable for ensuring Operational, SHES and Quality input into design development to ensure appropriate consideration of temporary works and methodologies.
- Promote and lead engineering innovation and GIS/BIM and Digital Field tool solutions for project delivery and handover.
- Manage and actively pursue performance improvement of the engineering capability and function. assisting in establishing and implementing best practice policies and procedures for the function.
- Take a proactive role in the management of careers and the learning & development of all engineering staff, including carrying out personal development reviews.
- Support the business unit in work winning as the technical leader in bids, with the application of engineering, design management and quality.
- Support the commercial and procurement teams in accurate scope definition and in contractual matters with both suppliers and the client.
- Manage the recruitment of engineers and design managers to support the business requirements
- Ensure Quality benchmarks are maintained at a high standard.,
- Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHESQ department.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Relevant experience in a leadership role in the engineering function of a major UK contractor engaged in one or more of the following; rail, highways, utilities, tunnelling, or other heavy civil engineering
- Strong technical capability and leadership skills and knowledge of working in BIM
- Leadership with the emotional intelligence to continually improve and develop and help others advance
- Ability to prioritise objectives and capable of completing work to deadlines and the ability to influence, and the integrity to develop trust and respect
- Experience of technical leadership on major infrastructure projects and programmes
- Knowledge of project management process gained through successful experience of contract management
- Good appreciation and understanding of the professional development process for civil engineers
Our business is well-known for its extensive in-house expertise, experience, and continuous drive to innovate within the industry to create added value for all our customers. Throughout our history we have strived to challenge the norm and incorporate a wide range of new technologies and capabilities to ensure we meet the ever-changing markets and demands. Today we support groundbreaking transmission and distribution projects in four countries
- ensuring their energy security for decades to come.
We offer a wide range of services including design, construction and commissioning. We deliver Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) projects serving both regulated and private customers along with technical and engineering solutions within the conventional power and energy transition markets. Our continual drive to innovate, while encouraging sustainability, ensures we remain at the forefront of the industry, and is demonstrated in our long-standing relationships with major energy providers in multiple countries.
Overall responsibility for the engineering function (engineering, design management, quality assurance and control, document control) both on and off site for the business unit, including the day to day management of all engineering activities. Responsibility for the implementation of the Better Engineered strategic driver as part of the 10 year plan. Responsible for representing the function both internally and externally.
A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Engineering Manager
- Implement and promote the Better Engineered strategic objective within the business unit.
- Lead engagement with internal and external designers along with specialist supply chain partners.
- Form project delivery strategies with regards to design engineering.
- Ensure the implementation of Group Design Management Policy and Procedural requirements.
- Lead the identification of technical risks and ensure implementation of mitigations measures on all projects.
- Ensure key external project asset stakeholders technical governance/assurance processes are adhered to and implemented.
- Drive Value Engineering and Innovation that brings value in time, cost, safety, or carbon including driving design standardisation.
- Influence and review design solutions in their area of expertise.
- Accountable for ensuring Operational, SHES and Quality input into design development to ensure appropriate consideration of temporary works and methodologies.
- Promote and lead engineering innovation and GIS/BIM and Digital Field tool solutions for project delivery and handover.
- Manage and actively pursue performance improvement of the engineering capability and function. assisting in establishing and implementing best practice policies and procedures for the function.
- Take a proactive role in the management of careers and the learning & development of all engineering staff, including carrying out personal development reviews.
- Support the business unit in work winning as the technical leader in bids, with the application of engineering, design management and quality.
- Support the commercial and procurement teams in accurate scope definition and in contractual matters with both suppliers and the client.
- Manage the recruitment of engineers and design managers to support the business requirements
- Ensure Quality benchmarks are maintained at a high standard.,
- Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHESQ department.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Relevant experience in a leadership role in the engineering function of a major UK contractor engaged in one or more of the following; rail, highways, utilities, tunnelling, or other heavy civil engineering
- Strong technical capability and leadership skills and knowledge of working in BIM
- Leadership with the emotional intelligence to continually improve and develop and help others advance
- Ability to prioritise objectives and capable of completing work to deadlines and the ability to influence, and the integrity to develop trust and respect
- Experience of technical leadership on major infrastructure projects and programmes
- Knowledge of project management process gained through successful experience of contract management
- Good appreciation and understanding of the professional development process for civil engineers