Engineering Manager
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
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| Salary: | £50000-95000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Kentish Town Office (2021000049), NW5 1TN |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Closing date: | 8 Dec 2026 |
Summary
Murphy is recruiting for a Engineering Manager to work with Murphy Applied Engineering in our London 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 deliver intelligent, sustainable and economical engineering solutions.
Under the banner of Murphy Applied Engineering, our in-house teams include civil, structural, mechanical, geotechnical and process engineers. They develop both permanent and temporary works for projects in all our locations and are a trusted source of expert advice for both Murphy colleagues and external customers.
A day in the life of a Murphy Engineering Manager
- Lead the planning, engineering coordination, and implementation of temporary works solutions across major civil engineering and infrastructure projects.
- Act as the focal point for temporary works engineering, providing technical guidance and support to project teams, Temporary Works Coordinators (TWCs), and site management.
- Oversee the production, review, and approval of temporary works solutions, calculations, drawings, and associated documentation.
- Manage interfaces between permanent and temporary works designers to ensure safe and efficient construction methodologies.
- Drive compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, promoting a strong safety culture and proactive risk management.
- Review and challenge construction methodologies to optimise safety, programme, cost, and constructability.
- Lead temporary works risk assessments, engineering reviews, and constructability workshops throughout project lifecycles.
- Ensure robust checking, verification, and approval processes are followed for all temporary works solutions.
- Manage multidisciplinary engineering teams and specialist designers, ensuring effective resource allocation and performance management.
- Provide technical leadership for complex temporary works schemes including excavation support, falsework, formwork, cranes, lifting operations, earthworks, propping, and stability systems.
Still Interested, does this sound like you?
- Effectively delivered complex temporary works packages on major infrastructure projects while maintaining exemplary safety performance.
- Reduced construction risks and project costs through innovative temporary works engineering and methodology development.
- Led multidisciplinary engineering teams to achieve programme milestones across multiple concurrent projects.
- Improved temporary works governance and compliance through enhanced processes, training, and technical assurance measures.