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Senior Design Engineer

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Rutherglen, United Kingdomfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Oct 2026

About the 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 (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Design Engineer:

This individual will be responsible for delivering Temporary Works schemes across our Energy & Power projects.

Representing the MAE team in collaborative project team meetings.
Reporting to the team Senior/ Principal Design Engineer or Senior Engineering Manager. 
Carrying out civil/ structural designs.
Undertaking site visits when appropriate.
Collating feedback on solutions and contributing to lessons learned meetings.
Preparing appropriate fully integrated permanent works proposals/solutions to meet the company’s bid and project delivery stage requirements
Mentoring of junior staff and graduates within MAE.  

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

HND/ Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
A designer who is proficient in, at least, concrete and steelwork design using both software and by hand using relevant design standards and eurocodes.
A designer with the capability to work autonomously or as part of team.
A good communicator with a desire to develop relationships across the company.
A person with an open-minded approach to solving civil and structural engineering challenges to find the best solution from all perspectives of a project.
A person keen to visit the company’s sites and offices.
Working towards chartership with ICE/ IStructE.  

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A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Design Engineer:

This individual will be responsible for delivering Temporary Works schemes across our Energy & Power projects.

Representing the MAE team in collaborative project team meetings.
Reporting to the team Senior/ Principal Design Engineer or Senior Engineering Manager. 
Carrying out civil/ structural designs.
Undertaking site visits when appropriate.
Collating feedback on solutions and contributing to lessons learned meetings.
Preparing appropriate fully integrated permanent works proposals/solutions to meet the company’s bid and project delivery stage requirements
Mentoring of junior staff and graduates within MAE.  

Still interested, does this sound like you? 

HND/ Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
A designer who is proficient in, at least, concrete and steelwork design using both software and by hand using relevant design standards and eurocodes.
A designer with the capability to work autonomously or as part of team.
A good communicator with a desire to develop relationships across the company.
A person with an open-minded approach to solving civil and structural engineering challenges to find the best solution from all perspectives of a project.
A person keen to visit the company’s sites and offices.
Working towards chartership with ICE/ IStructE

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