Design Coordinator at J. Murphy & Sons Ltd, Glasgow

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 (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Murphy Design Coordinator

• Assist the Design Manager to deliver high quality designs to budget and programme
• Prepare briefs/remits for design packages and for site investigation and survey packages
• Strike up good working relationships with external and internal design and construction teams to deliver integrated designs which are buildable and maintainable
• Review submissions as directed for quality and sufficiency
• Update design folders and registers on an ongoing basis
• Produce minutes and schedules for Design Review Meetings
• Assist the wider engineering team members as required with engineering input
• Able to communicate engineering ideas through sketching and drawing by hand and using CAD software
• Attend site as required
• Co-ordination / management abilities to deal with several small projects or large multi-disciplined projects
• Design capability as pre-requisite for submission review and checking

Still interested, does this sound like you

• Significant experience in a design coordination role
• Computer literate with strong skills in Microsoft Office and other design-based software such as AutoCad and ProjectWise
• HND or Engineering Degree qualified
• Experience of undertaking or coordinating design within civil engineering
• Management skills – confident managing staff, clients, figures, issues and programmes.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel.
• Member of a recognised engineering institution. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered and or working towards membership.