Section Engineer

Water Orton, England, United Kingdom

7/22/2025

Murphy is recruiting for a Section Engineer to join our growing Infrastructure team, delivering a major water infrastructure project in partnership with Severn Trent Water, as part of the AMP8 programme.

Murphy is a long-standing delivery partner to leading water clients across the UK and Ireland, including Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northern Ireland Water, Yorkshire Water, SES Water, Bristol Water, South East Water, and Uisce Éireann, where we operate over 25 facilities under full DBOM contracts.

A day in the life of a Murphy Planning Manager

• Reporting to Senior / Project Engineers
• Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
• Monitor the work under their control to ensure that any unsafe work conditions and non-compliance with Company policies and procedures are promptly remedied.
• Liaise with senior engineers and designer to ensure that the drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works and have no impact to the programme, raising RFIs and TQs.
• Maintain good working relations with client, designer, team and supply chain
• Supervise assistant and site engineers
• Support with temporary works (TW) design schemes, acting as TW Supervisor or Coordinator
• Take a personal interest in identifying, coaching and developing key staff.
• Advise and train other engineers on setting out methods and techniques
• Support with the selection of materials and plant for the use in the construction processes.
• Prepare written risk assessments and method statements for the control of the works.
• Prepare Inspection and Test Plans for their implementation, ensuring all relevant records are kept
• Keep a full and accurate daily site diary, including any changes/variations, subcontractor’s attendance, and records of work related discussions with client / designer / project team.
  
  

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Engineering qualification from a reputable institution
• Previous experience in clean water or wastewater civil engineering projects is desirable
• Highly competent in surveying and setting out techniques and able to teach others.
• Experience managing and mentoring junior engineers
• Quality-oriented, with experience developing and implementing Quality Systems (i.e. ITPs, NCRs)
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
• Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
• Above market rate contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
• Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
• Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
• Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
• Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc
  
  

About Murphy

Murphy is formally recognised as a sector leading employer, Gold Investors In People accredited along with reported operating profit up 57% on prior year. At Murphy, we are incredibly proud of our diverse workforce. Not only do our people represent over 60 different nationalities, but they also represent a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages. With a forward order book of £5.8bn and £23m Invested in environmentally friendly plant in 2024 there really is #MoretoMurphy

If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call James Hing on 07535 134946 to discuss in more detail.

Murphy is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK