Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager (Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancastershire and Cumbria)

Due to our expansion, we are very pleased to offer an exciting full-time opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to join our new United Utilities Enterprise Partnership in the North West, UK.

Are you a driven, enthusiastic and engaging person who wants to make a significant contribution to improving life by delivering world-class infrastructure? Then why not come and work for Murphy - a successful, respected and expanding engineering and construction company. As a dynamic, forward thinking and innovative international company we have c.4,000 employees operating across four core sectors of Transportation, Power, Water and Natural Resources. We deliver a huge range of inspirational, esteemed and diverse projects in the UK, Ireland, and North America.

What you will be doing

• Lead on review of requirements at tender stage and allocate resources as appropriate during tender and upon successful award.
• Produce design briefs for temporary and permanent works.
• Review submissions as directed for quality and sufficiency.
• Ensure conformance to the Murphy Design Management procedure.
• Lead design matters on small/medium/large/mega sized project/s as directed, allocating design tasks to individuals/companies as required and maintain associated RACI.
• Manage design managers/design co-ordinators on the projects, carry out staff appraisals when required and identify appropriate development activities.
• Attend team meetings as required and produce minutes when requested. Chair design related meetings.
• Attend site as required to liaise with Site Managers / Engineers and ensure appropriate consideration of constructability and permanent works.
• Ensure that Aconex (or client approved alternative CDE system) is kept up to date by the Document Controller and correct drawing revisions are maintained and issued to sites.
• Monitor, track, and report on Design progress, RFIs and Design NCRs.
• Monitor, co-ordinate, and manage the design by consultants, MAE, suppliers, interface contractors, and outsourced designers as appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with Standards and Client requirements, and assist in monitoring to ensure working to agreed design requirements.
• Maintain good and professional relationships with the Client, Consultants, Sub-Contractors, Suppliers, Statutory Authorities and the internal team.
• Ensure an understanding of, and an influence on the contracts Design Consultants are working under including their fees, schedule of services, programme, and liabilities and warranties.
• Review and comment/accept the payment applications from consultants and pass to the contract surveyor for processing and payment.
• Ensure risks and opportunities are identified at Work Winning stage and risks eliminated where possible.

Who we're looking for

• MEng or BEng degree, HNC/HND.
• Chartered Engineer in relevant discipline.
• CDP training, CDM training, CSCS Card.
• Significant Design Management experience.
• Digitally competent and familiar with BIM, CDEs and Document management systems.
• Experience discharging Principal Designer duties.
• Design management training/qualification.
• Experience managing teams against BIM requirements.

About the Project
The investment for is United Utilities biggest ever environmental programme to deliver cleaner rivers and more reliable water supplies. Delivering circa £3bn of major infrastructure and non-infrastructure programmes, the work will include upgrades to wastewater treatment works and reducing spills from storm overflows.

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.
• 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.
• Murphy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, making Murphy a great place to work where we can all thrive.

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 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 etc.

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer we are proud to have signed up to 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 contact Isobel Town on or Email: to discuss in more detail.

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