J Murphy & Sons

Senior Design Coordinator

PR5 6UP

Key information

Pay
£39000-65000 per annum
Hours
Full-time
Contract
Permanent
Posted date
8 Oct 2026
Closing date
5 Nov 2026

About this role

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’

  • directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook,

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A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Design Coordinator

  • Assist the Design Manager to deliver high quality designs to budget and programme
  • Prepare briefs/remits for design packages and for site investigation and survey packages
  • Strike up good working relationships with external and internal design and construction teams to deliver integrated designs which are buildable and maintainable
  • Review submissions as directed for quality and compliance with design standards
  • Update design trackers on an ongoing basis
  • Produce minutes and schedules for Design Review Meetings
  • Assist the wider engineering team members as required with engineering input
  • Able to communicate engineering ideas through sketching and drawing by hand and using CAD software
  • Co-ordination / management abilities to deal with several small projects or large multi-disciplined projects
  • Engineering design capability as pre-requisite for submission review and checkin

Still interested, does this sound like you?

  • Significant experience in a design coordination role
  • Computer literate with strong skills in Microsoft Office and other design-based software such as AutoCad and ProjectWise
  • HND or Engineering Degree qualified
  • Experience of undertaking or coordinating design within civil engineering
  • Management skills – confident managing staff, clients, figures, issues and programmes.
  • Flexibility and willingness to travel.
  • Member of a recognised engineering institution. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered and or working towards membership is desirable.