Senior Design Engineer - Temporary Works
| Posting date: | 27 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45000-60000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 December 2025 |
| Location: | Stone Cross Office (2021000079), - |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 23242-43808740 |
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 Desing Engineer?
- 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?
- 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.
- 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 Desing Engineer?
- 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?
- 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.