Senior Temporary Works Advisor

Kier Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Temporary Works Advisor to join our team across multiple UK locations with hybrid working options.

The role involves providing senior technical guidance on temporary works, supporting projects from tender to completion, and driving safe, compliant delivery across the business. Candidates should be an incorporated member of a relevant professional institution or have equivalent experience, with a full driving licence and strong stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Must be incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE) or have significant experience in a similar role.
• Must hold a Full driving licence.
• Able to work collaboratively with clients and stakeholders to reach innovative solutions.
• Reliable, safe and ethical in all deliveries; focused and disciplined in approach to ensure thorough delivery.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the effective implementation of temporary works standards and provide design/implementation guidance.
• Undertake compliance audits and document findings to support continuous improvement.
• Support bid-winning activities, including outline designs, feasibility studies and value engineering.
• Provide design management advice and technical assessment of third-party designs.
• Resolve technical issues and support incident investigations, while delivering training and mentoring to enhance team capabilities.

Skills

Temporary works

Design guidance

Compliance auditing

Bid support

Stakeholder engagement

Education

IEng / MICE member

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Temporary Works Advisor to join our team based in Birmingham / Cardiff / Leeds / Liverpool / London / Plymouth.

Location: Birmingham / Cardiff / Leeds / Liverpool / London / Plymouth – agile working, with up to 1-2 days per week from home if desired.

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 be responsible for?

As a Senior Temporary Works Advisor, you'll be working within the team, supporting them in delivering high-quality construction engineering services. You'll work closely with colleagues across the business, offering technical guidance on temporary works and supporting projects from tender stage through to completion.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Advising on the effective implementation of temporary works standards and providing technical guidance on design and implementation
• Undertaking compliance audits and recording findings to support continuous improvement
• Supporting bid winning activities, including outline designs, feasibility studies and value engineering solutions
• Providing design management advice and technical assessment of third-party designs
• Resolving technical issues and supporting incident investigations, whilst delivering training and mentoring to enhance team capabilities

What are we looking for?

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

• You're an incorporated member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IEng MICE) with relevant experience, or have significant experience in a similar role
• You hold a Full driving licence
• You enjoy working collaboratively with clients and stakeholders to reach innovative solutions
• You're trusted to deliver what you promise, acting safely and ethically at all times
• You're focused and disciplined in your approach, ensuring thorough delivery for clients and customers

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. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.