Temporary Works Coordinator

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Temporary Works Coordinator

We are seeking an experienced Temporary Works Coordinator who will be joining the design / engineering team, you will be responsible for co-ordinating all aspects of Temporary Works on one of the major projects ongoing in the dockyard. Due to the site being a high Security Military Naval base, additional security checks will need to be made – BPSS level of security clearance is required. These checks can take up to 8 weeks to process. Only candidates holding EU, NATO, 5 Eyes, or MISWG member passports and have been a UK residence for the last 5 years can be considered for this role.

Key Tasks and Accountabilities

As an experienced Temporary Works Coordinator, you will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a TWC on heavy civils / construction projects, preferably with experience in the nuclear sector.

  • Reporting to the Lead TWC / Temporary Works Manager
  • Co-ordination of Temporary Works between our site teams and designers
  • Review of TW design briefs prepared by our site teams to ensure they are suitable for issue
  • to the project’s Temporary Works Design teams and management of that submission process
  • Management of Temporary Works through the full design preparation and design checking
  • processes in accordance with applicable procedures and client requirements
  • Manage Temporary Works design submissions through their full life-cycle to client approval,
  • implementation, use and dismantling
  • Liaise with different in-house, supply chain and external design consultants simultaneously
  • Ensure the implementation of these Temporary Works on site is in accordance with the
  • approved and checked design details
  • Site inspections and issuing of TW Permits
  • Demonstrate a personal commitment to the project’s Health, Safety, Environmental and
  • Quality policies and management system requirements and expectations
  • Develop and maintain an awareness of SHE hazards and associated risks and demonstrate a
  • commitment to eliminate or minimise those risks
  • Understand and effectively undertake SHE accountabilities
  • Manage and coordinate Temporary Works Supervisors
  • Comply with commercial processes
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements and all relevant Joint
  • Venture policies and processes
  • Provide practical support and mentoring to less experienced members of the temporary
  • works team.

Skills Required

  • Degree qualification in civil engineering equivalent is desirable – one or more of: – BSc, BA, BEng, MEng,
  • Eng Tech, MICE, TIStructE, Completion of Higher Apprenticeship
  • We will consider personnel working towards Chartership / Incorporation with IStructE, ICE or other
  • appropriate professional body
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a TWC on heavy civils / construction projects, preferably with
  • experience in the nuclear sector.
  • Experience of overseeing a broad range of reinforced concrete, formwork and falsework Temporary
  • Works schemes as a TWC or in part as a TWS
  • Ideally experience in design and / or engineering management
  • Strong working knowledge of Temporary Works Management procedures
  • Experience in the delivery of major infrastructure projects
  • Awareness of commercial processes
  • A knowledge or experience of structural steel building buildings would be useful

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Location: Plymouth
Job Description:

Temporary Works Coordinator

We are seeking an experienced Temporary Works Coordinator who will be joining the design / engineering team, you will be responsible for co-ordinating all aspects of Temporary Works on one of the major projects ongoing in the dockyard. Due to the site being a high Security Military Naval base, additional security checks will need to be made – BPSS level of security clearance is required. These checks can take up to 8 weeks to process. Only candidates holding EU, NATO, 5 Eyes, or MISWG member passports and have been a UK residence for the last 5 years can be considered for this role.

Key Tasks and Accountabilities

As an experienced Temporary Works Coordinator, you will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a TWC on heavy civils / construction projects, preferably with experience in the nuclear sector.

  • Reporting to the Lead TWC / Temporary Works Manager
  • Co-ordination of Temporary Works between our site teams and designers
  • Review of TW design briefs prepared by our site teams to ensure they are suitable for issue
  • to the project’s Temporary Works Design teams and management of that submission process
  • Management of Temporary Works through the full design preparation and design checking
  • processes in accordance with applicable procedures and client requirements
  • Manage Temporary Works design submissions through their full life-cycle to client approval,
  • implementation, use and dismantling
  • Liaise with different in-house, supply chain and external design consultants simultaneously
  • Ensure the implementation of these Temporary Works on site is in accordance with the
  • approved and checked design details
  • Site inspections and issuing of TW Permits
  • Demonstrate a personal commitment to the project’s Health, Safety, Environmental and
  • Quality policies and management system requirements and expectations
  • Develop and maintain an awareness of SHE hazards and associated risks and demonstrate a
  • commitment to eliminate or minimise those risks
  • Understand and effectively undertake SHE accountabilities
  • Manage and coordinate Temporary Works Supervisors
  • Comply with commercial processes
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements and all relevant Joint
  • Venture policies and processes
  • Provide practical support and mentoring to less experienced members of the temporary
  • works team.

Skills Required

  • Degree qualification in civil engineering equivalent is desirable – one or more of: – BSc, BA, BEng, MEng,
  • Eng Tech, MICE, TIStructE, Completion of Higher Apprenticeship
  • We will consider personnel working towards Chartership / Incorporation with IStructE, ICE or other
  • appropriate professional body
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a TWC on heavy civils / construction projects, preferably with
  • experience in the nuclear sector.
  • Experience of overseeing a broad range of reinforced concrete, formwork and falsework Temporary
  • Works schemes as a TWC or in part as a TWS
  • Ideally experience in design and / or engineering management
  • Strong working knowledge of Temporary Works Management procedures
  • Experience in the delivery of major infrastructure projects
  • Awareness of commercial processes
  • A knowledge or experience of structural steel building buildings would be useful

Posted: May 9th, 2026