Senior Temporary Works Advisor

Kier Group plc; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Senior Temporary Works Advisor to join their Design team in various locations across the UK, including Leeds and Liverpool. In this role, you will provide expertise in temporary works design, undertake compliance audits, and support the delivery of innovative construction solutions. Ideal candidates will be incorporated members of relevant professional institutions and possess significant relevant experience. The position offers competitive benefits including holiday entitlement, pension schemes, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Qualifications

• Significant practical industry relevant experience.
• Undertaking formal and informal TW compliance audits of projects.
• Supporting the delivery of complex construction engineering services.

Responsibilities

• Advise TWCs on effective implementation of Temporary Works standards.
• Provide technical advice on temporary works design.
• Deliver alternative solutions and value engineering.

Skills

Advising on temporary works design

Conducting compliance audits

Providing technical and practical advice

Education

Incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE)

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Temporary Works Advisorto join our Design team based in Leeds, Liverpool, Speke and Salford.Our 100-strong Construction Engineering capability brings together a team of talented civil, structural and geotechnical engineers from a range of backgrounds, combining complex analysis, spatial design and an eye for the practical to deliver buildable solutions on site. We specialise in reimagining permanent designs to make them more buildable, designing temporary works and traffic management solutions, advising on the procedural management of temporary works, construction materials, ground engineering and surveying.

Kier Design are a top-25engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Withinthis role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more

Location

Leeds, Liverpool, Speke and Salford

Hours

40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you beresponsible for?

As a Senior Temporary Works Advisoryou'll be working within the Construction Engineeringteam, supporting Kier in contributing to the delivery of a broad range of complex construction engineering services, leading the delivery of some services, providing solutions which are safe and buildable.

Your day to day will include:

• Advising TWCs, Business Unit DIs and business stream DIs (according to role) on the effective implementation of the group Temporary Works standard and associated guidance, complementing the role of SHE Advisor / Manager and Director
• Providing technical and practical advice on specific areas of temporary works design and implementing in accordance with own level ofcompetency, drawing on the knowledge and experience of other KPS staff as required
• Undertaking formal and informal TW compliance audits of projects and frameworks on behalf of Business Unit DIs, recording findings (via Novade) supportingidentification of trends and improvements
• Tender and bid winning support including outline design schemes, feasibility studies, production and evaluation of concepts; focussed on buildability, efficiency and innovation; enabling cost estimates to be developed
• Delivery of alternative solutions and value engineering, enhancing Kier's competitive position
• Design management advice and coordination to support bid winning and project delivery, including acting as lead designer on projects requiring multidisciplinary teams or where Kier are required to take lead consultant role

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Temporary Works Advisor is great for you if:

• Incorporated member of a relevant professional institutions (e.g. IEng MICE) and significant practical industry relevant experience

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier