Senior Engineering Manager

Location: Lowton

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 Linked In, 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?