Temporary Works Lead

Description

• Ensure temporary works activities are integrated into construction work plans, marine activity schedules, and site logistics arrangements for both onshore and offshore works.
• Lead resolution of non-conformances and engineering queries relating to temporary works.
• Maintain complete records of design documents, approvals, inspections, permits, and handover documentation.
• Coordinate issuance of drawings, installation procedures, risk assessments, and method statements in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with marine contractors, naval architects, and vessel operators for floating or submerged temporary systems.
• Educate and mentor engineers, supervisors, and workforce personnel on temporary works procedures.
• Support marine construction activities such as quayside works, piling, dredging support structures, cofferdams, caissons, jetties, pontoons, and barge-based operations.
• Ensure compliance with relevant engineering and safety standards (e.g., BS 5975, EN/ISO standards, OSHA, port authority regulations).
• Maintain a Temporary Works Register and ensure compliance with permit-to-work and inspection certifications.
• Prepare Temporary Works Design Briefs and ensure clarity between design intent and field implementation.
• Review design submissions from external engineers or contractors to ensure compliance with relevant standards and project requirements.
• Conduct inspections to verify temporary works are installed as per approved designs and are safe for use.
• Ensure temporary works are structurally sound, stable, and suitable for intended construction and marine operational conditions.
• Approve loading, operational use, modification, and removal of temporary works systems.
• Lead temporary works risk assessments, hazard reviews, and constructability planning.
• Promote safe work practices and ensure all personnel understand key risks associated with temporary works.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all temporary works matters on the project.
• Engages with a wide range of colleague and stakeholders in pursuit of objectives
• Facilitate technical and coordination meetings with designers, contractors, and construction teams.
• Provide regular temporary works status updates and risk reports to the Project Manager and Construction Manager.
• Ensure temporary works supporting marine operations consider tidal variation, wave and current loading, vessel movements, geotechnical conditions, and offshore safety requirements.
• Collaborate with construction managers, site engineers, planners, and marine operations teams to forecast and schedule temporary works requirements.
• Being the first point of contact between the designers of Temporary Works and the site team.
• Support project audits, readiness reviews, and technical investigations as required.
• Develop, review, and approve temporary works designs, including but not limited to: scaffolding, formwork, falsework, shoring, sheet piles, cofferdams, lifting frames, work platforms, access systems, and staging structures.

Requirements

• Communicates confidently with a range of people, adapting communication style to have a positive impact
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to plan ahead and manage own time.
• Familiarity with temporary works standards (e.g., BS 5975, BS 6349) and port/marine safety codes.
• Demonstrates flexibility in thought and approach, managing multiple competing demands within the wider strategic context
• Proficiency in interpreting drawings, engineering calculations, method statements, and safety documentation.
• Great coordination, leadership, and problem-solving abilities.
• Educated to degree level or higher, or equivalent.
• Experience in temporary works design and coordination in civil or marine construction environments.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrates sound analytical ability, appreciating complex issues and situations
• Membership of a relevant professional body, typically as a Chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers or an international equivalent.
• Ability to manage teams of people in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Knowledgeable on structural behaviour, load cases, geotechnical considerations, and marine environmental forces.
• Have excellent communication skills (including presentation skills), with the ability to report at both Project and Board level.
• A good working knowledge of the: Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Construction Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1996, Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015, management of health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and other relevant legislation

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance