Design Manager
| Posting date: | 09 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45000-90000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, NW5 1TN |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 23635-43833503 |
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 Design Manager
- Lead design matters on Trunk Mains portfolio of projects on AMP8 Thames Water Utility Limited framework.
- Produce design briefs for permanent (and temporary) works, defining the design scope
- Lead technical reviews of submissions from our design partners
- Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure
- Manage day to day interface between design and construction teams and maintain its adequate records
- Review design progress according to programme and contractual requirements
- Lead constructability reviews
- Support Senior Design Managers, consultants and multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver the design solutions to schedule and budget to a high standard of professional competence
- Management of design change to support best outcome for the project
- Support with management of risk and opportunity in design
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Significant experience in a design management role within the construction sector.
- Management skills – confident in managing staff, clients, design budgets and programmes
- Flexibility and willingness to travel
- Engineering Degree qualified
- Member of a recognised engineering institution. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered and or working towards membership
- 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 Design Manager
- Lead design matters on Trunk Mains portfolio of projects on AMP8 Thames Water Utility Limited framework.
- Produce design briefs for permanent (and temporary) works, defining the design scope
- Lead technical reviews of submissions from our design partners
- Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure
- Manage day to day interface between design and construction teams and maintain its adequate records
- Review design progress according to programme and contractual requirements
- Lead constructability reviews
- Support Senior Design Managers, consultants and multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver the design solutions to schedule and budget to a high standard of professional competence
- Management of design change to support best outcome for the project
- Support with management of risk and opportunity in design
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Significant experience in a design management role within the construction sector.
- Management skills – confident in managing staff, clients, design budgets and programmes
- Flexibility and willingness to travel
- Engineering Degree qualified
- Member of a recognised engineering institution. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered and or working towards membership