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Balfour Beatty Plc; Leiston; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension savings schemes

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced maternity/paternity andfamily

Refer and Earn scheme

Discretionary annual salary reviews

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering in Suffolk is seeking a Principal Temporary Works Engineer (FTC) to lead the temporary works process on the Sizewell C project. You will coordinate design, approvals, and site implementation, ensuring risks are managed and documentation is robust.

Req: 5–7 years’ experience, CSCS, CITB TW Coordinator; SMSTS preferred. The role involves cross-team collaboration and strong safety leadership on a major infrastructure project.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years’ relevant experience in temporary works and related risks.
• Ability to read, interpret and implement drawings, sketches, and technical specs.
• Identify temporary works requirements on site and understand construction methods and loading constraints.
• Make sound engineering decisions independently under various pressures.
• Assess competence of Temporary Works Supervisors and provide technical oversight.
• Demonstrate authority to stop work if safety/compliance is compromised.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Temporary Works Register and track design, approvals, and delivery against programme.
• Coordinate with client temporary works team and provide site guidance.
• Prepare clear design briefs for temporary works.
• Coordinate temporary works designs with permanent works and wider teams.
• Review design outputs for brief, programme, and technical requirements.
• Communicate residual design risks and confirm suitable controls.
• Issue approved drawings, specs and change information to site teams.
• Maintain accurate temporary works docs in site management systems.
• Review RAMS and ITPs to include controls and hold points.
• Oversee Temporary Works Supervisors and support specialist designs.

Skills

Temporary Works

Engineering judgment

Reading drawings

Safety awareness

Tools

CSCS card

CITB Temporary Works Coordinator

SMSTS (preferred)

Job description

Principal Temporary Works Engineer - FTC

Principal Temporary Works Engineer to join our

Ground Engineering team in

Suffolk, on the

Sizewell C project.

To coordinate and manage the temporary works process throughout the project, ensuring that temporary works are suitably identified, designed, reviewed, approved, communicated and safely implemented in accordance with project requirements, programme and relevant standards.

The role will provide technical support and guidance to the site and design teams, maintain effective temporary works controls and documentation and ensure that associated risks are appropriately managed throughout design and construction.

This role is being offered on a 2 year, fixed term contract

What you’ll be doing

• Maintain the Temporary Works Register, tracking design, approvals and delivery against the construction programme;
• Coordinate with the client’s temporary works management team and provide guidance to site teams;
• Identify and assess temporary works requirements and prepare clear design briefs;
• Coordinate temporary works designs with permanent works designers and wider design and construction teams;
• Review design outputs to ensure they meet the brief, programme and relevant technical requirements;
• Communicate residual design risks and confirm suitable controls are in place;
• Issue approved drawings, specifications and design change information to site teams;
• Maintain accurate temporary works documentation within site management systems;
• Review RAMS and ITPs, ensuring appropriate controls and hold points are included;
• Oversee Temporary Works Supervisors and support specialist designs, including guide walls, reaction piles, diaphragm wall stability and lifting arrangements.

Who we’re looking for

• Bring 5–7 years’ relevant experience, with strong engineering knowledge of temporary works and the associated risks;
• Confidently read, interpret and implement drawings, sketches and technical specifications;
• Identify where temporary works are required on site and understand the proposed construction methods and loading constraints;
• Make sound, independent engineering decisions without being influenced by commercial, programme or other pressures;
• Recognise your own technical limitations and those of others, seeking appropriate support where required;
• Assess the competence of appointed Temporary Works Supervisors and provide effective technical oversight;
• Demonstrate the authority and confidence to stop work where safety or compliance may be compromised;
• Hold a valid CSCS card and CITB Temporary Works Coordinator qualification; SMSTS is preferred, while knowledge of soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering, piling or diaphragm walls would be advantageous.

Why work for us

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

• An attractive/negotiated salary;
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays;
• Pension savings schemes;
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies;
• Access to our Refer and Earn scheme;
• Discretionary annual salary reviews.

About us

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is one of the UK’s leading specialist geo-technical contractors, providing innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across all sectors.

Our comprehensive ground engineering capabilities, equipment and experience provide the solid foundations for infrastructure and buildings of any height, ranging from city skyscrapers to cross-country rail and road projects.

Our reputation as one of the UK’s leading specialist geo-technical contractors is earned through the delivery of ground engineering solutions on some of the UK’s largest and most prestigious projects including HS2, The Shard, Wembley Stadium, Reading Station Viaduct, Marble Arch Place, Battersea Power Station redevelopment and the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement project.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone D&I 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/

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