Temporary Works Coordinator

About The Role

Join Balfour Beatty Power T&D as a Temporary Works Coordinator

Location: Site-based across the North East of England

Business Unit: Power Transmission & Distribution (Power T&;D)

Role: Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC)

Grade: C + Company Car

Are you an experienced

Temporary Works Coordinator looking to play a key role in delivering critical energy infrastructure projects across the UK?

At Balfour Beatty Power T&D, we're supporting the growth of the UK's electricity network and have an exciting opportunity for a Temporary Works Coordinator to work across projects throughout the North East of England.

In this role, you'll be responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and managing all temporary works activities, ensuring they are designed, installed, inspected, and dismantled safely whilst maintaining full compliance with industry standards and company procedures.

What you'll be doing

• Acting as the appointed Temporary Works Coordinator in accordance with BS5975.
• Coordinating temporary works designers, clients, subcontractors, and site teams.
• Managing temporary works design briefs, approvals, inspections, and permits.
• Maintaining temporary works registers and compliance documentation.
• Ensuring temporary works are delivered safely and in line with approved designs and RAMS.
• Supporting project teams with risk management, safety compliance, and best practice guidance

Typical Temporary Works Include

• Scaffolding and OHL protection systems.
• Excavation support and trench works.
• Formwork for foundations.
• Crane and MEWP working platforms.
• Temporary access roads and traffic management.
• Temporary bridges, culverts, and crossing units.
• Temporary steelwork and tower support systems.
• Temporary overhead line diversions.

Who we're looking for

• HNC/HND or Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• CITB Temporary Works Coordinator qualification (or equivalent).
• Proven experience as a Temporary Works Coordinator.
• Strong understanding of BS5975 and CDM Regulations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience within power, utilities, infrastructure, or construction environments is highly desirable.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/