Temporary Works Manager

OCS; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award-winning employer

Digital learning

Retail discounts

Professional growth

Flexible pay

Job summary

OCS UK & Ireland is seeking a Temporary Works Manager to lead the management and assurance of temporary works across company projects. You will develop procedures, oversee TWCs, and ensure designs are checked and approved before implementation.

You will collaborate with Project Managers, Construction Managers and site teams to promote safe, compliant practices, monitor performance, and drive continuous improvement in scaffold management and risk control.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of temporary works principles and processes.
• Knowledge of scaffold inspection and compliance requirements.
• Experience on construction sites with site inspections.
• Understanding of BS 5975 and CDM Regulations.
• Ability to identify temporary works risks and challenge controls.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Experience working with contractors, designers and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain the Temporary Works Management Procedure.
• Establish arrangements for identification, design, checking, approval, installation and removal of temporary works.
• Maintain temporary works registers and keep them current.
• Appoint appropriate Temporary Works Coordinators (TWCs) on projects.
• Provide guidance and oversight to TWCs and site management.
• Ensure temporary works are properly designed, checked and approved before use.
• Ensure safe compliance and release for dismantling when appropriate.
• Lead site visits and audits to assure temporary works performance.

Skills

Temporary Works Principles

Scaffold inspection

Site inspections

CDM Regulations

BS 5975

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Contractor management

Leadership

Education

Engineering or construction-related qualification

Job description

• Develop, implement and maintain the company's Temporary Works Management Procedure.
• Establish appropriate arrangements for the identification, categorisation, design, checking, approval, installation, inspection, alteration and removal of temporary works.
• Maintain the company's Temporary Works and live scaffold registers and ensure it remains current.
• Establish appropriate Temporary Works Categories and ensure the level of design/checking is proportionate to the risks.
• Ensure temporary works are properly considered during pre-construction planning, design and construction activities.
• Review temporary works proposals and provide competent technical advice to project teams.
• Ensure appropriate Temporary Works Coordinators (TWCs) are appointed to projects.
• Provide support, guidance and oversight to TWCs and site management teams.
• Ensure temporary works are subject to appropriate design, independent checking and approval before implementation.
• Ensure temporary works are not altered or modified without appropriate authorisation.
• Monitor the condition and performance of temporary works throughout their use.
• Ensure temporary works are formally released for dismantling/removal when appropriate.

About The Role:

Temporary Works Management

• Develop, implement and maintain the company's Temporary Works Management Procedure.
• Establish appropriate arrangements for the identification, categorisation, design, checking, approval, installation, inspection, alteration and removal of temporary works.
• Maintain the company's Temporary Works and live scaffold registers and ensure it remains current.
• Establish appropriate Temporary Works Categories and ensure the level of design/checking is proportionate to the risks.
• Ensure temporary works are properly considered during pre-construction planning, design and construction activities.
• Review temporary works proposals and provide competent technical advice to project teams.
• Ensure appropriate Temporary Works Coordinators (TWCs) are appointed to projects.
• Provide support, guidance and oversight to TWCs and site management teams.
• Ensure temporary works are subject to appropriate design, independent checking and approval before implementation.
• Ensure temporary works are not altered or modified without appropriate authorisation.
• Monitor the condition and performance of temporary works throughout their use.
• Ensure temporary works are formally released for dismantling/removal when appropriate.

Scaffold Contractor Management

The Temporary Works Manager will have specific responsibility for the management and assurance of scaffold contractors working on company projects.

• Establish and maintain a company-wide scaffold management standard.
• Define minimum competency, experience and qualification requirements for scaffold contractors.
• Assess and approve scaffold contractors prior to appointment, where required.
• Ensure scaffold designs are produced by suitably competent persons where design is required.
• Review scaffold contractors' RAMS, design information and inspection arrangements.
• Establish requirements for scaffold inspections, including following adverse weather, significant alteration or events that may affect stability.
• Ensure scaffold tagging and inspection systems are appropriately implemented.
• Monitor scaffold contractors' performance through site inspections and audits.
• Investigate scaffold-related incidents, defects and non-conformances.
• Monitor contractor performance and recommend suspension/removal from approved contractor arrangements where standards are not met.

Site Temporary Works Assurance

The Temporary Works Manager will undertake regular visits to operational sites to provide assurance that temporary works are being appropriately managed.

• Conducting temporary works inspections and assurance audits.
• Reviewing Temporary Works Registers.
• Checking that designs and calculations are available and appropriately checked.
• Verifying that temporary works have been installed in accordance with approved designs.
• Checking inspection and maintenance arrangements.
• Identifying unauthorised alterations or inappropriate use of temporary works.
• Checking that temporary works remain suitable as site conditions change.
• Providing advice to Site Managers, Project Managers and TWCs.
• Escalating significant temporary works concerns immediately.
• Tracking corrective actions through to completion.
• Identifying trends and recurring issues across projects.

Temporary Works Risk Management

• Ensure temporary works hazards are appropriately identified within project risk assessments.
• Provide advice regarding temporary works risks within RAMS and construction planning.
• Ensure temporary works are considered within the project's construction phase planning.
• Review high-risk temporary works activities and provide additional assurance where required.
• Identify interfaces between permanent and temporary works.
• Consider foreseeable loading, environmental and construction conditions.
• Ensure temporary works are considered when sequencing construction activities.
• Provide advice on emergency arrangements relating to temporary works failures or instability.

Leadership & Communication

• Act as the company's subject matter expert for temporary works.
• Provide leadership to TWCs and site teams.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Site Managers, Engineers and HSEQ teams.
• Establish effective communication between design teams, contractors and site personnel.
• Promote early engagement with temporary works specialists.
• Encourage a proactive rather than reactive approach to temporary works.
• Challenge unsafe or non-compliant practices.
• Provide regular reports to senior management on temporary works performance and risk.

Person Specification

Essential

• Strong understanding of temporary works principles and processes.
• Good understanding of scaffold inspection and compliance requirements.
• Experience working on construction sites and undertaking site inspections.
• Understanding of BS 5975 and temporary works procedures.
• Understanding of CDM Regulations.
• Ability to identify temporary works risks and challenge inadequate controls.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to work with contractors, designers and project teams.

Desirable

• Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) experience/training.
• Temporary Works Supervisor (TWS) experience/training.
• CITB/industry-recognised temporary works training.
• Scaffold inspection qualification/experience.
• CISRS knowledge/experience or experience managing CISRS-qualified scaffold contractors.
• Engineering or construction-related qualification.
• Experience developing company temporary works procedures.
• Experience auditing temporary works systems.

About The Company:

About the Company:

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn.We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Why Work for OCS?

• Award-Winning Employer: Ranked 36th on Glassdoor’s Best Companies to Work For 2025 — we value and motivate our people.
• Digital Learning: The OCS Academy offers digital courses and resources to help you build skills and grow your career.
• Retail Perks: With our Hapi app, you can gain access to exclusive discounts, rewards and wellbeing resources.
• Professional Growth: 600+ live learners across UK&I — Empowering colleagues with further development and qualifications!
• Flexible Pay: Access a portion of earned wages before payday with our Wagestream App! (Contract Specific)

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

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