Murphy Group Looking for Assistant Engineering Surveyor at London 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.

Headquartered in London, we also have a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Urban Infrastructure; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. We are specialists in delivering pipelines; design; marine; structural steel; tunnelling; fabrication; bridges and piling; and invest heavily in our substantial holding of plant; equipment and facilities.

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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Assistant Engineering Surveyor – London
 Murphy are recruiting a Junior Engineering Surveyor to join the surveying team on a £1bn infrastructure tunnelling project in central London.
 This would be an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate with a surveying degree or even an individual with limited surveying experience who is looking to progress their career on a prestigious civil engineering project.

Hours: 7:30am – 5:30pm
Site based and office mix
Professional development supported

What you will be doing
•    Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department. 
•    Minimises environmental disturbance during construction works. 
•    Deliver Toolbox Talks
•    Ensure that sufficient and full information is available on drawings and sketches to set out the works in accordance with the programme and sequence of operations.
•    Communicate with foremen and operatives
•    Ensure current drawings are being used
•    Ensure full understanding of information provided.
•    Ensure the compliance of method statements
•    Provide accurate and clear setting out for works before work is programmed to commence, allowing time for independent checking where required.
•    Check the works during progress and on completion to ensure that the works has been constructed to the setting-out information provides. Report any non-conformance to the Engineer / Site Manager.
•    Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes / variations, subcontractors’ attendance, and records of work related discussions with client / designer / project team.
•    Carry out site measures for the control and ordering of materials.
•    Carry out the duties of equipment engineers and maintain a log of all equipment on site, ensuring that all transfers / off hires are properly documented.
•    Ensure the site diary is accurately maintained noting against each record the date, location and serial
number of equipment used.
•    Minimises environmental disturbance during construction works. 

Who we are looking for
•    Experience of GPS Surveying
•    Computer literate in Microsoft Excel and a basic understanding of AutoCad (or similar)
•    Clear understanding of the requirements of setting out.
•    CSCS Card
•    Knowledge of Risk Assessment & Method Statements
•    Surveying degree or equivalent education 

 About the Project
 National Grid has agreed a 6-year contract with Murphy to deliver tunnelling and shaft work in the second phase of its London Power Tunnels project. The contract is worth £400 million, and work has started as of March 2020 with offices opening in Bermondsey and New Cross, South London.

The £1bn LPT project will see the construction of a 32.5km tunnel which will house electricity transmission cables 30m underground. The new cables will replace three circuits that currently run under the surface or roads between Wimbledon and Crayford. The replacement tunnel will minimise disruption for Londoners, eliminating the need to dig up the existing cape infrastructure.
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.

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, then get in touch. 

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
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Above market rate contributory pension scheme
* Other benefits if applicable
* Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

We’re proud to have become the latest employer to #BantheBoxUK and reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records. Employers often ask candidates about criminal convictions at the initial stage of a job application. If so, people with convictions are often excluded from roles for which they may be qualified and capable of doing.

By signing up to @Business in the Community’s Ban the Box campaign, we have committed to:
* Removing the tick box from our job application forms that asks about criminal convictions
* Considering applicants’ skills, experience, and ability to do the job before asking about criminal convictions
* Ensuring that the circumstances of any convictions are fairly assessed before a decision is made