Senior Design Manager

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 permanent works
• Provide review and technical oversight of submissions for quality and sufficiency to align with scope of works
• Implement the Murphy Design Management assurance framework, ensuring effective control of design quality, programme, change management, design risk and readiness for construction
• 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.
• Support project delivery by coordinating with site delivery team to ensure appropriate consideration of constructability and temporary works to enable permanent works
• Ensure that CDE system is kept up to date ensuring design deliverables and correct drawing revisions are maintained and issued/available to sites
• Monitor, track, and report on Design progress, for programme, cost, and design metrics for all Design Consultants
• Monitor, track and report on all Design Consultant performance and utilise escalation protocols as required, ensuring alignment with project requirements
• Ensure compliance with Standards and Client requirements, and assist in monitoring to ensure working to agreed design requirements
• Ensure a solid knowledge of, and an influence on the contracts Design Consultants are working under including their fees, schedule of services, programme, and liabilities and warranties

• MEng or BEng degree, HNC/HND (note Chartered Engineer is desirable)
• Significant Design Management experience
• Experience in the civil engineering industry, specifically in water sector with heavy civils and/or MEICA as essential
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties
• Experience managing people/teams