Murphy Group Looking for Senior Design Engineer at Oswestry Full Time

J. Murphy & Sons Limited is a leading global, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves lives by delivering world-class infrastructure.

Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, we provide better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including Transportation, Water, Power, Natural Resources, and Construction & Property.

Murphy employs around 3,500 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, we work as ‘One Murphy’ by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success.

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Senior Design Engineer – Oswestry

J Murphy and Sons Ltd are currently recruiting for a Senior Design Engineer to join our award-winning team. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. The Senior Design Engineer will provide, or to lead a team providing safe, practical and economic designs for internal clients to a high standard of professional competence and in compliance with Company procedures.

Murphy Applied Engineering is a multidisciplinary function, implementing the ‘Better Engineered’ strategic driver to achieve smart, safe, and constructible solutions with project timeframes. Covering a range of industry sectors including water, energy, and power; Murphy Applied Engineering provides specialist engineering support in the following disciplines: Mechanical, Geotechnical, Process, Surveying and both Permanent and Temporary works within Civil and Structural infrastructure.

Recognised as one of the top five best engineering & construction companies to work for by Best Companies, there is no better time to join J. Murphy & Sons. Look at the role outline below and if you think you fit the bill and want to work as a Senior Design Engineer within a team that rewards performance, drives personal development and offers a great place to work delivering exciting projects, apply today!

What you will be doing:
* Represent the design department, when necessary, at internal and external meetings, Manage the interface with external or in house design teams on behalf of the Design Manager.
* Complete TW’s alerts / guidance / best practice alerts on items specific for the project
* Chair TW forums / Meetings with select area heads
* Complete spot checks on installed TW’s on site.
* Ensure that chargeable work is identified and evaluated including the preparation of adequate records of time spent.
* Ensure that feedback on design work is collated and saved in accordance with procedure.
* Prepare conceptual designs from with a view to the preparation of safe, practical, and economic designs in accordance with current legislation.
* Prepare detailed designs in accordance with current standards and codes including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of working drawings.
* Complete TW audits / Inspections.
* Summarise quantities relating to design tasks for pricing purposes.
* Maintain responsibility for the storage, filing and archiving of documents relevant to your design tasks. 
* Provide advice and guidance on design and operational issues.
* Limited responsibility for preparation of design tenders and subcontracts. 
* Administration and monitoring of Change Controls.
* Implementation of Temporary Works requirements and associated registers.
* Produce design or checking services to the requisite standards on behalf of the Company.

Who are we looking for?
* Degree qualified in Mechanical or Civil Engineering
* Preferred experience in Water, Rail, Power or Oil & Gas infrastructure projects.
* Experience within Temporary or Permanent design works, advantage if experienced in both.
* Experience of interfacing with clients & developing solutions
* Experience of interfacing with clients, coordinating & developing solutions
* Technical report writing skills suitable for submission to stakeholders and government bodies
* FEED experience associated with the planning stages of infrastructure projects

About Murphy
* Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing. Many teams choose to support a charity together to positively impact our communities.
* Access to Murphy Wellbeing: you will have access to a host of online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and if needs be external professional support because we understand that work and life offers challenges that sometimes need a little extra support.
* Murphy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, making Murphy a great place to work where we can all thrive. You can get involved in numerous events and even join our committee dedicated to continuously nurturing Murphy’s inclusive culture.

What you’ll get in return
* Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
* 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
* Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
* Above market rate contributory pension scheme
* Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
* Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
* Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
* Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer we are proud to have signed up to #BantheBoxUK and reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records.

If you think Murphy is the place to help you thrive in a great team dedicated to delivery and engineering excellence, and want to work in an inclusive team culture that rewards performance and drives personal development, apply today.