Senior Design Engineer in Warrington

Senior Design Engineer, Kentish Town, London or Stonecrosss, Warrington

Would you like to join one of the UK's Best Big Companies as awarded by Best Companies? Murphy is currently recruiting for a Senior Civil Structural Engineer to join our award-winning Energy team. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. Reporting into the team Principal Design Engineer or the Engineering Manager, Tthe Senior Civil Structural Engineer will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, safe and efficient civil engineering designs for substation and linear HV transmission projects using knowledge and experience to manage consultants and develop internal design capability.

Following the ‘One Murphy’ approach, we’re able to deliver all aspects of the projects we work on. Murphy has designed, constructed, and commissioned projects for clients such as National Grid, SSE and Ørsted, on both transmission and distribution networks within the Energy sector.

What you will be doing

• Undertaking technical delivery of civil designs including producing and checking calculations and drawing production against project scope, Client Technical standards, British and European standards, and industry best practice

• Develop civil design scopes, WBS and deliverables lists

• Structural building and HV plant support structure analysis, design and checking/review of REVIT models and output drawings.

• Foundation analysis and design

• Inspection and surveying existing civil infrastructure for potential re-use

• Drainage system modelling (desirable but not essential)

• Site visits and inspections

• Undertaking Design Risk Assessments and actively contributing to project HAZARD reviews

• Coordinating with Design coordination/management functions and interfacing with other design disciplines.

• Interfacing with Client, Subcontractors and Third Party functions to support project delivery, with support from Principal Engineer or Engineering Manager

• Manage, produce and respond to Technical Queries or RFIs for live projects in accordance with Design Management procedure

• Programme and resource management of civil design activities

• Reviewing external civil designs to ensure specification compliance, SHESQ, constructability and value has been considered

• Developing and mentoring junior engineers, graduate and apprentices

What are we looking for?

• HND, Bachelor or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

• Civil design experience (within consultancy or internal contractor design)

• Exposure to site construction activities through previous site positions, placement, or visits.

• Experience with working to National Grid, SSE or DNO standards, including experience within HV civils design

• Experience of work winning including risk identification and mitigation

• Chartered or wWorking towards chartered status with ICE and/or IStructE

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, cycle to work scheme

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.

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call 07935 344342 to discuss in more detail.

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