Design Engineer

  • Job Reference: 24307
  • Date Posted: 30 March 2026
  • Employer: J. Murphy & Sons Limited
  • Location: Stone Cross Office (2021000079) (WA3 3JD), United Kingdom
  • Salary: On Application
  • Sector: Engineering & Technical
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time

Job Description

A day in the life of a Murphy Design Engineer 

  • Managing junior geotechnical engineers
  • Managing team workload and providing advise/support to the team as required
  • Leading Pre-FEED and FEED studies
  • General project management of study work (cost control and reporting)
  • Desktop geotechnical studies to support routing of pipelines
  • Providing advice/liaison to Geotechnical Contractors undertaking ground investigation works
  • Lead advisor on the management of ground risk at all stages of projects from concept through to construction and installation
  • Managing scheduling of ground investigation works 
  • Commercial evaluations of ground investigation quotes
  • Lead engineer for GIR's and GDR's
  • Lead engineer for consents associated with NWR's UTX's and National Highways Road Crossings
  • Interpretation of factual ground investigation reports

 

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

  • Lead technical specifications for ground investigation including bills of quantities
  • Lead feasibility and FEED studies associated with pipelines and power cables
  • Lead geotechnical designs for foundations, retaining walls, sheet piled cofferdams and slope/trench stability
  • Lead technical solutions for trenchless crossing designs
  • Temporary works experience 
  • Expereince with piling design, techniques and applications

 



A day in the life of a Murphy Design Engineer 

  • Managing junior geotechnical engineers
  • Managing team workload and providing advise/support to the team as required
  • Leading Pre-FEED and FEED studies
  • General project management of study work (cost control and reporting)
  • Desktop geotechnical studies to support routing of pipelines
  • Providing advice/liaison to Geotechnical Contractors undertaking ground investigation works
  • Lead advisor on the management of ground risk at all stages of projects from concept through to construction and installation
  • Managing scheduling of ground investigation works 
  • Commercial evaluations of ground investigation quotes
  • Lead engineer for GIR's and GDR's
  • Lead engineer for consents associated with NWR's UTX's and National Highways Road Crossings
  • Interpretation of factual ground investigation reports

 

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

  • Lead technical specifications for ground investigation including bills of quantities
  • Lead feasibility and FEED studies associated with pipelines and power cables
  • Lead geotechnical designs for foundations, retaining walls, sheet piled cofferdams and slope/trench stability
  • Lead technical solutions for trenchless crossing designs
  • Temporary works experience 
  • Expereince with piling design, techniques and applications