Senior Design Coordinator

Murphy Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in Bristol seeks a Senior Design Coordinator to support high-quality design delivery for water infrastructure projects. The role involves managing design relationships, reviewing submissions, and utilizing design software like AutoCAD. We offer competitive benefits including a discretionary bonus and professional development. The ideal candidate has an HND or engineering degree, experience in civil engineering design, and strong Microsoft Office skills. Flexibility to travel is essential.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Above market rate contributory pension scheme

Life assurance and health screening

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Investment in professional development

Retail discounts and cashback

Qualifications

• Experience of undertaking or coordinating design within civil engineering.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel.
• Member of a recognised engineering institution (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Assist the Design Manager to deliver high quality designs to budget and programme.
• Prepare briefs/remits for design packages.
• Strike up good working relationships with design and construction teams.
• Review submissions 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 with engineering input.
• Communicate engineering ideas through sketching and drawing.
• Co-ordinate/manage several projects or large multi-disciplined projects.
• Engineering design capability for submission review and checking.

Skills

Microsoft Office

AutoCAD

ProjectWise

Management Skills

Engineering Design Capability

Education

HND or Engineering Degree

Job description

Job Location: Minworth Sewage Treatment Works

Country/Region: United Kingdom

Murphy is recruiting for a Senior Design Coordinator to join our growing Infrastructure team, delivering water infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects in partnership with Severn Trent Water, as part of the AMP8 framework.

Murphy is a long-standing delivery partner to leading water clients across the UK and Ireland, including Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water, SES Water, Bristol Water, South East Water, and Uisce Éireann, where we operate over 25 facilities under full DBOM contracts.

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?

• 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.

What’s in it for you?

• 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
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Platinum Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.8bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call James Hing on 07353 134946 to discuss in more detail.

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK