Senior Design Engineer (HV Cables)
| Posting date: | 27 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45000-65000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 December 2025 |
| Location: | Kentish Town Office (2021000049), - |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 21283-43808746 |
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 Design Engineer
- Developing HV/EHV cabling systems specifications, concept/detailed design and design review, estimation, site supervision and support as required.
- Provide technical support to the team on all aspects of HV cable system engineering and design
- Prepare plant and equipment technical specification, power cable route specifications, tender specifications, technical and progress reports
- Ensuring correct and accurate interface with other engineering functions involved in the projects, attend, and conduct internal and external meetings with colleagues, clients, and subcontractors.
- Perform technical calculations including cable size, rating calculations, TMF and EMF calculations, Sheath induced voltage calculations and other.
- Ensuring all project designs are compliant with CDM regulations, relevant legislation and company procedures
- Ensure that the drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works. Formally request any missing information in sufficient time to allow the programme to proceed without delay.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
- Detail design Experience of HV cabling projects
- Co-ordination of HV Cable Works design and interfaces throughout project lifecycle including development of drawings & calculations
- An understanding of the commercial and technical issues in undertaking a large-scale construction project
- Ability and confidence to discuss engineering issues with people across various levels and disciplines
- 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 Design Engineer
- Developing HV/EHV cabling systems specifications, concept/detailed design and design review, estimation, site supervision and support as required.
- Provide technical support to the team on all aspects of HV cable system engineering and design
- Prepare plant and equipment technical specification, power cable route specifications, tender specifications, technical and progress reports
- Ensuring correct and accurate interface with other engineering functions involved in the projects, attend, and conduct internal and external meetings with colleagues, clients, and subcontractors.
- Perform technical calculations including cable size, rating calculations, TMF and EMF calculations, Sheath induced voltage calculations and other.
- Ensuring all project designs are compliant with CDM regulations, relevant legislation and company procedures
- Ensure that the drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works. Formally request any missing information in sufficient time to allow the programme to proceed without delay.
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
- Detail design Experience of HV cabling projects
- Co-ordination of HV Cable Works design and interfaces throughout project lifecycle including development of drawings & calculations
- An understanding of the commercial and technical issues in undertaking a large-scale construction project
- Ability and confidence to discuss engineering issues with people across various levels and disciplines