Murphy Group Looking for Senior Engineer at Birmingham 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.
Senior Engineer – HS2 Enabling Works – Birmingham
Are you a Senior Engineer looking to work on one the UK’s most prestigious projects with continued development, variety and interesting scope of works where you will be challenged? If so then we would love to hear from you regarding a new role for a Senior Engineer to work with our team on the HS2 Enabling Works. As the Senior Engineer you will provide a cost conscious and safe engineering service to a Project. You will enjoy managing more junior engineers and assists the Construction / Project Manager with construction of the project.
What you will be doing
* Supervise assistant/site engineers and take a personal interest in identifying, coaching and developing key staff.
* Assist with temporary works design schemes
* Monitor the work under their control to ensure that any unsafe work conditions and non-compliance with Company policies and procedures are promptly remedied.
* Maintain good working relations with client / designer / Team, together with our supply chain.
* Advise engineers on setting out methods and techniques.
* Ensure that the drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works. Formally request any missing information in sufficient time to allow the programme to proceed without delay.
* Communicate with foremen and supervisors to ensure full understanding of information provided.
* Overseeing the selection and requisition of materials and plant for the use in the construction process.
* Prepare written risk assessments and method statements for the control of the works.  
* 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.
* Ensure that inspection and test plans are completed as required by the PMP / Specification, including a check of dimension accuracy and quality.
* Mirror the Murphy Values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect in all behaviours.
* Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Who we are looking for
* Proven experience working with utilities on large civil engineering projects
* Excellent communications skills both internally and client facing
* Commercial acumen
* Ability to produce, implement and manage safe systems of work for construction procedures.
* Confident to discuss engineering issues with people across various levels and disciplines.

About the project
As part of HS2 enabling works, we have been awarded various Work Packages. The project focus is highways and utility diversion and comprises of heavy earthworks, roadworks (tarmac, signalling, fencing white lining), traffic management, deep drainage works, multiple utilities diversions, non-contestable utility connections and construction of attenuation pond with the associated penstock chambers and outfalls.