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Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Job details
Posting date: 27 November 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £48000-60000 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 December 2025
Location: Kentish Town Office (2021000049), -
Company: J Murphy & Sons
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 22113-43808713

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Summary

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 Senior Electrical Design Engineer
- Represent the Energy Team (Gas, Hydrogen, Carbon Capture), when necessary, at internal and external meetings.
- Review Scopes of Works provided by Clients (both internal and external) at Tender stage, managing and developing the returned Tender submission within the specified time constraints. This includes developing cost resource estimates, execution plans and project programmes.
- Produce output for the internal design team and the interface with external design houses for several Scopes of Works at any given time within an agreed fixed cost and programme.
- Completion of all design documentation for a given Scope of Work including Electrical design calculation, lighting designs, schedules and drawings; power distribution drawings, earthing drawings, layouts, cable schedules, hook ups and general arrangement drawings.
- Deliver Electrical design deliverables at differing engineering stages including: Feasibility, FEED, detailed design, construction support and advice.
- Ensure the successful delivery of a quality Electrical Design Package.
- Liaise with other departments and project teams within the company with respect to design requirements.
- Undertake site visits and investigations when appropriate.
- Participate in and manage the successful delivery of all Formal Process Safety Assessments, including, but not limited to: DSEAR, HAZID and HAZOP.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Degree qualified in Electrical & Electronics, Electrical Power Engineering, Instrumentation or Control Engineering.
- Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (or similar) or working towards chartership.
- Experience of interfacing with Clients such as National Gas Transmission and Cadent and knowledge of their Electrical Specifications and Standards including the G/17 and G/35 design assurance process.
- Experience with hazardous areas required, with the Application Design Engineer CompEx12 certification preferred.
- Good understanding of current standards such as Electricity at Work Regulations, CDM, Health & Safety at Work Act and BS7671.
- Good technical report writing skills suitable for submission to stakeholders.
- Feasibility, conceptual and detailed design experience associated with the development of all aspects of Natural Gas Compressor Stations, Above Ground Installations and Pipelines.

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