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Permanent Works Design Engineer

Job details
Posting date: 27 November 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £38000-48000 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 December 2025
Location: Stone Cross Office (2021000079), -
Company: J Murphy & Sons
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 21578-43808753

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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 Permanent Works Design Engineer
- Representing the MAE team in collaborative project team meetings.
- Reporting to the team Senior/ Principal Design Engineer or Senior Engineering Manager.
- Carrying out civil/ structural designs.
- Undertaking site visits when appropriate.
- Collating feedback on solutions and contributing to lessons learned meetings.
- Preparing appropriate fully integrated permanent works proposals/solutions to meet the company’s bid and project delivery stage requirements
- Mentoring of junior staff and graduates within MAE.

Still interested, does this sound like you?
- HND/ Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
- A designer who is proficient in, at least, concrete and steelwork design using both software and by hand using relevant design standards and eurocodes.
- A designer with the 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.
- Working towards chartership with ICE/ IStructE.

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