Temporary Works - Design Engineer


Company:	J Murphy & Sons
Salary:	£35000-45000 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Scotland Framework (2022000008), G73 1DF
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Jul 2026
Closing date:	25 Aug 2026

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Summary

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, Instagram and X: #MoretoMurphy

A day in the life of a Murphy Temporary Works Design Engineer

- Undertaking engineering designs on a wide range of temporary works schemes across the full portfolio of Murphy projects.

- Representing the MAE team in collaborative project team meetings.

- Undertaking site visits when appropriate.

- Working collaboratively with other engineers within the group to produce the best engineered solution to temporary works problems.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

- HND/Bachelor/Masters degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

- An engineer that is working towards Chartership with either the ICE or the IStructE.

- A design engineer with 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 across the the country.

Murphy is recruiting for a Design Engineer to work with Murphy Applied Engineering based out of our Scotland office.

Our engineering teams represent a multi-disciplined range of engineering skills, adding value across all our sectors, and pushing the boundaries of digital construction, engineering innovation and design to deliver intelligent, sustainable and economical engineering solutions.

You will provide safe, economic and constructible solutions within project timeframes for the company’s Business Units delivering across a range of industry sectors including transportation, water, energy and power.

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