Senior Engineering Manager

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 Engineering Manager: 

• Reporting into the MAE Civil / Structural Technical Director 
• Liaise with Business Unit Heads of Engineering and Project Directors to understand delivery performance and future requirements 
• Member of the MAE Senior Leadership Team 
• Sit on the Group-wide temporary works fatal and severe risk forum as the MAE representative 
• Management of the MAE temporary works team across Murphy offices in the UK including: 
• Manage delivery performance across all projects 
• Manage commercial performance of temporary works designs across all projects 
• Review tendering of temporary works schemes and incorporation of feedback from live schemes 
• Assess and manage competency of the team 
• Manage the allocation and prioritisation of resources to the projects across the temporary works projects as well as: 
• Monitor and update team structure where required 
• Recruitment of team members both experienced and early careers 
• Line management of Engineering Managers, Design Managers and Principal Engineers 
• Implementation of innovative techniques to continually improve the efficiency and delivery performance of the team 
• Be the escalation path for challenging projects, providing technical support where needed 
• Review and update temp works design control procedure to drive quality submissions in accordance with recognised international and industry codes and standards 
• Take a proactive role in the management of careers and the learning & development of all engineering staff, including carrying out personal development reviews 
• Kick off urgent / complex temporary works design projects and manage through to a suitable handover position 

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

• Engineering degree  
• Chartered status or working towards chartership 
• Demonstrable experience in managing and delivering complex temporary works designs on infrastructure projects 
• Proven track record of leading high-performing civil / structural design teams 
• Proven track record of collaborating with project teams to produce efficient, buildable designs 
• Innovation? – Implementation of new materials, techniques, technologies in the business?