Principal Engineer
Posted on Jul 7, 2026 by CV-Library
Kentish Town, Greater London, United Kingdom
Construction
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
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 (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:
#MoretoMurphy
A day in the life a Principal Design Engineer:
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
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 (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:
#MoretoMurphy
A day in the life a Principal Design Engineer:
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
Reference: 225337356
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Principal Engineer
Posted on Jul 7, 2026 by CV-Library
Kentish Town, Greater London, United Kingdom
Construction
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
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 (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:
#MoretoMurphy
A day in the life a Principal Design Engineer:
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
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 (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:
#MoretoMurphy
A day in the life a Principal Design Engineer:
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
Reference: 225337356
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