Temporary Works Coordinator

Balfour; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international infrastructure group is seeking a Temporary Works Coordinator in Aberdeen. This mid-senior level role involves managing temporary works for significant energy projects and requires a civil or structural engineering qualification, along with experience in temporary works design and implementation. Join a talented team that shapes Scotland’s infrastructure and supports sustainable development efforts.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Development opportunities

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Experience with temporary works/civils/utilities background.
• Wide range of temporary works construction experience.
• Awareness of BS 5975:2008 procedural control requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design coordination and delivery of temporary works.
• Identify temporary works designs needed for projects.
• Control document process for temporary works register.

Skills

Civil or Structural Engineering Qualification

CITB approved Temporary Works Coordinator qualification

Excellent communications & team working skills

Sound health & safety knowledge

Good IT skills

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering

Job description

About The Role

Job Title: Temporary Works Coordinator

Location: Aberdeen

Project Type: Energy

Company: Balfour Beatty Group

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure and construction group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient projects that underpin daily life, support communities, and enable economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high‑quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international construction group with a healthy pipeline of work, we’re growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award‑winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Temporary Works Coordinator to build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well‑established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large‑scale critical infrastructure projects in Scotland, you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.

What you’ll be doing

To undertake the design co‑ordination, management and delivery of all temporary works required on projects. This will span from the initial feasibility assessment, through detail design and installation to final removal, including where appropriate preparation of in‑house temporary works design.

• Identify temporary works designs required to complete the permanent works.
• Produce temporary works design briefs, including associated sketches, layouts, design standards, and client requirements as appendices.
• Act as point of contact between site and temporary works designers in raising, development, issuing and changing temporary works designs.
• Control document control process for the temporary works register and filing of associated briefs, drawings, calculations, sketches etc.
• Oversee the permit‑to‑load process, ensuring installations on site comply with the temporary works design.
• Support the conception, design, development, planning, delivery and evaluation of the effectiveness of the Temporary Works solutions.

• Access, protection and lifting scaffolding
• Excavation support for tower foundations or cable trenches
• Formwork & setting templates for reinforced concrete foundations
• Piling & cranage platforms
• Access roads & traffic management
• Catenary support system (in‑house system used in place of scaffold)
• Backstays & temporary steelwork for tower support
• Temporary overhead line diversions
• Development of accurate design briefs in consultation with site and design teams
• Creation and maintenance of schedules to track and control schemes’ temporary works
• Identify competent designers, suppliers & operatives for installation of each type of temporary works, and coordinate & supervise their work.
• Undertake simple (Cat 0/1) temporary works designs
• Act as a focal point for temporary works over multiple sites; support the Temporary Works Supervisors responsible for inspecting the erection, maintenance and dismantling of temporary works in accordance with BBUS procedures.
• Ensure business processes and systems for Temporary Works are implemented.
• Audit and competency assess BBUS projects & suppliers.

Who we’re looking for

• Civil or Structural Engineering Qualification, minimum of a HNC/HND.
• CITB approved Temporary Works Coordinator qualification.
• Experience preferably with a temporary works/civils/utilities background, with a wide range of temporary works construction experience and a sound understanding of engineering principles.
• Awareness of the requirements of BS 5975:2008 procedural control requirements.
• Excellent communications & team working skills.
• Sound health & safety knowledge relating to site and design activities.
• Good IT skills.

Why work for us

• Be part of a major energy infrastructure investment that’s shaping the UK’s low‑carbon future.
• Work on challenging, high‑profile projects with the support of a skilled, multi‑disciplinary team.
• Join a culture of learning, improvement, and excellence—where your voice makes a difference.
• Enjoy a competitive salary, development opportunities, and a flexible, inclusive working environment.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We’re proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

• 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

Further information

For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland. You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section.

About Us

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award‑winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

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.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long‑term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also 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/.

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Temporary

Job function

• Other
• Construction

Westhill, Scotland, United Kingdom