Senior Design Manager at J. Murphy & Sons Ltd, Bamber Bridge

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 Senior Design Manager:

• Lead on review of requirements at tender stage and allocate resources as appropriate during tender and upon successful award
• Produce design briefs for temporary and permanent works
• Review submissions as directed for quality and sufficiency
• Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure
• Lead design matters on small/medium/large/mega sized project/s as directed, allocating design tasks to individuals/companies as required and maintain associated RACI
• Manage design managers/design co-ordinators on the projects, carry out staff appraisals when required and identify appropriate development activities.
• Attend team meetings as required and produce minutes when requested. Chair design related meetings
• Attend site as required to liaise with Site Managers / Engineers and ensure appropriate consideration of constructability and permanent works
• Ensure that that Aconex (or client approved alternative CDE system) is kept up to date by the Document Controller and correct drawing revisions are maintained and issued to sites 
• Monitor, track, and report on Design progress, RFIs and Design NCRs
• Monitor, co-ordinate, and manage the design by consultants, MAE, suppliers, interface contractors, and outsourced designers as appropriate
• Ensure compliance with Standards and Client requirements, and assist in monitoring to ensure working to agreed design requirements 
• Maintain good and professional relationships with the Client, Consultants, Sub-Contractors, Suppliers, Statutory Authorities and the internal team
• Ensure an understanding of, and an influence on the contracts Design Consultants are working under including their fees, schedule of services, programme, and liabilities and warranties
• Review and comment/accept the payment applications from consultants and pass to the contract surveyor for processing and payment
• Ensure risks and opportunities are identified at Work Winning stage and risks eliminated where possible

Who we’re looking for

• MEng or BEng degree, HNC/HND 
• Chartered Engineer in relevant discipline
• CDP training, CDM training, CSCS Card
• Significant Design Management experience
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems 
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties
• Design management training/qualification
• Experience managing teams against BIM requirements