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Principal Engineer

Job Posted: a month ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Wigan

Expire in: 11 hours

Job Description

Murphy is recruiting for a Principal Engineer to work within our applied engineering division from our Warrington office. 

Murphy are currently recruiting for a Principal Design Engineer to join our award-winning team. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. The Principal Design Engineer will provide safe, practical, and economic designs for internal clients to a high standard of professional competence and in compliance with Company procedures.

Murphy Applied Engineering is a multidisciplinary function, implementing the 'Better Engineered' strategic driver to achieve smart, safe, and constructible solutions with project timeframes. Covering a range of industry sectors including water, energy, and power; Murphy Applied Engineering provides specialist engineering support in the following disciplines: Mechanical, Geotechnical, Process, Surveying and both Permanent and Temporary works within Civil and Structural infrastructure.

If you think you fit the bill and want to work as a Principal Pipeline Engineer within a team that rewards performance, drives personal development and offers a great place to work delivering exciting projects, apply now.

A day in the life of a Murphy Principal Engineer:

Responsible for the day to day management and development of a team of engineers 
Responsible for the delivery of all technical drawings and reports for the detailed design phase of linear infrastructure projects (steel transmission pipelines & plastic ducts for HV cables) 
Responsible for delivery of constructability reports associated with linear infrastructure projects 
Responsible for delivery Pre-FEED and FEED studies associated with major pipeline/HV power cable infrastructure projects in the UK,  
Technical support to planners and estimators during FEED studies 
Lead design risk assessments 
Checking and approving of technical design reports 
Project reporting and coordination of design activities within the engineering team 
Represent the design department, when necessary, at internal and external meetings 
Undertake site visits when required, 
Accurate recording of time spent on projects and management of team workloads, 
Coach and mentor individual staff members with professional development, 
Support the bid teams with technical input into tender submissions & develop design estimates for inclusion in the overall submission 
Technical input into Trenchless Crossing Designs (HDD’s, Microtunnels & Auger Bores)  

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Degree qualified in Mechanical or Civil Engineering 
Chartered with a professional institution regulated by the Engineering Council (or working towards Chartership) 
Familiar with National Gas standards for transmission pipelines as well as other UK, EU and International standards (E.g. PD8010, BSEN 14161, BS EN 1594 etc) 
Familiar with UK and international standards for plastic pipes 
Construction & design experience associated with linear infrastructure projects & trenchless crossing designs 
Experience undertaking Pre-FEED, FEED & detailed design associated with major linear infrastructure projects in the UK as part of the governments net zero targets for 2050.  
Experience of consent requirements associated with rail (NWR Form A, B & C), road (CD622) and watercourse crossings (EA) is preferred  
Knowledge and understanding of construction plant & equipment used to install steel pipelines and plastic cable ducts, 
Familiar with geospatial analysis software such as ArcGIS or QGIS 
Excellent technical report writing skills,  
Some awareness and understanding of environmental restrictions in the UK

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