Temporary Works Co-ordinator

Balfour Beatty plc; Bristol; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is looking for a Temporary Works Coordinator to support critical energy projects across the UK. The role includes leading temporary works for major infrastructure activities, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing project-related risks. The successful candidate will need a degree in Civil Engineering and relevant temporary works coordination experience, contributing to significant projects aimed at supporting the UK's transition to a low-carbon future.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Family-friendly policies

28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing temporary works on major infrastructure projects.
• In-depth knowledge of BS5975.
• Willingness to travel across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate temporary works across project sites.
• Ensure compliance with CDM regulations.
• Liaise with Temporary Works Designers and site teams.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of BS5975

Education

HNC/HND/Degree in Civil Engineering

Temporary Works Coordinator training and certification

Job description

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About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we shape the future of critical infrastructure. Our Power T&D business delivers essential energy projects across the UK – and right now, we're recruiting a Temporary Works Coordinator to support high-profile works in South West, including:

• Major infrastructure activities at Bramford Substation (4YB) and Twinstead Tee (4YH) – key locations in the National Grid transmission network
• The Apollo project – a significant substation and network upgrade supporting the UK’s transition to a low-carbon future

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we shape the future of critical infrastructure. Our Power T&D business delivers essential energy projects across the UK – and right now, we're recruiting a Temporary Works Coordinator to support high-profile works in South West, including:

• Major infrastructure activities at Bramford Substation (4YB) and Twinstead Tee (4YH) – key locations in the National Grid transmission network
• The Apollo project – a significant substation and network upgrade supporting the UK’s transition to a low-carbon future

Your Role:

You’ll lead and coordinate temporary works across these critical project sites, ensuring they are designed, installed, maintained, and dismantled in line with BS5975, CDM regulations, and Balfour Beatty’s safety-first standards.

What you'll be doing

As Temporary Works Coordinator, you will oversee and manage all aspects of temporary works needed to enable safe and efficient construction. Working on the BTNO project – a nationally significant project designed to improve energy resilience and support the UK’s net zero ambitions – you will ensure all temporary works are:

• Properly planned, designed, and implemented
• Inspected and maintained throughout their use
• Dismantled or removed in a safe and controlled manner

You’ll play a key role in ensuring compliance with legal, industry, and company standards across a high-profile programme of works in and around Ipswich and the East Anglian region.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Act as the temporary works lead on the BTNO project and other supporting sites
• Liaise with Temporary Works Designers, Principal Designers, and site teams
• Maintain the Temporary Works Register and ensure all required checks are completed
• Review and approve temporary works designs in line with BS5975
• Drive a safety-first culture, ensuring all temporary works are safe, compliant, and fit for purpose
• Provide practical support and engineering input across multiple sites when required
• Ensure compliance with CDM regulations and Balfour Beatty procedures

Who we're looking for

• HNC/HND/Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction, or similar
• Recognised Temporary Works Coordinator training and certification
• Experience managing temporary works on major infrastructure or power projects
• In-depth knowledge of BS5975 and temporary works best practices
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Willingness to travel across the UK as part of a flexible, dynamic project delivery team

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.

Competitive salary
37.5-hour workweek (Monday to Friday)
Pension scheme: Up to 5% employee & 7% employer contributions
Family-friendly policies, including:
28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave
4 weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave
25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
Professional development: Access to a wide range of learning opportunities and qualifications
Employee Assistance Programme: Supporting your wellbeing
Volunteering opportunities: 2 paid days per year to give back

About us

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, visitwww.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

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other and Engineering

• Industries

  Construction

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