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Principal Engineer

J. Murphy & Sons Ltd

Cannock · England · United Kingdom

Salary: $65 – $90 per year

Murphyis 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 solutionsto infrastructure sectors includingtransportation;natural resources; energy and water.

Headquartered in London, Murphy hasa 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 around4,000engineers, 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.

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A day in the life a Principal Design Engineer:

  • This individual will be responsible for delivering Permanent Works schemes across our Energy & Power projects.
  • Be Applied Engineering's single point of contact to multiple projects with management responsibility for project deliverables and costs.
  • Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager.
  • Representing the Applied Engineering team in collaborative project team meetings.
  • Carrying out civil/ structural designs and acting as checker on other 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.
  • Managing the design work of other staff members and external designers.
  • Mentoring of all levels of staff including graduates within Applied Engineering.
  • Work collaboratively with other Principal Engineers in the development and growth of the department.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

HND/Bachelor/ Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering

  • A designer with the ability to manage projects from the design and cost perspectives.
  • Experience of effective financial management and control of projects.
  • Strong analysis and design skills with the ability to interpret design requirements and analyse complex structures.
  • 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.
  • Preferably Chartered with ICE and/ or IStructE

A day in the life a Principal Design Engineer:

  • This individual will be responsible for delivering Permanent Works schemes across our Energy & Power projects.
  • Be Applied Engineering's single point of contact to multiple projects with management responsibility for project deliverables and costs.
  • Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager.
  • Representing the Applied Engineering team in collaborative project team meetings.
  • Carrying out civil/ structural designs and acting as checker on other 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.
  • Managing the design work of other staff members and external designers.
  • Mentoring of all levels of staff including graduates within Applied Engineering.
  • Work collaboratively with other Principal Engineers in the development and growth of the department.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

HND/Bachelor/ Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering

  • A designer with the ability to manage projects from the design and cost perspectives.
  • Experience of effective financial management and control of projects.
  • Strong analysis and design skills with the ability to interpret design requirements and analyse complex structures.
  • 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.
  • Preferably Chartered with ICE and/ or IStructE
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Reference: WJ-766_24171757 · Posted 09 Nov 2026, 10:22 PM

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