Temporary Works Scaffold Expert (Sizewell C)

EDF Energy Limited; Leiston; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% CIP bonus

28 days holiday

Contributory pension up to 7.5% / 15%

Ongoing professional development

Other lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Sizewell C seeks a highly experienced Temporary Works Scaffold Expert to provide technical leadership, governance, and assurance across scaffolding activities on the project. You will guide design, construction, and safety teams and lead a team of Temporary Works Supervisors to ensure safe, compliant scaffolding across Sizewell C.

You will report to the Temporary Works Lead and oversee scaffold design package reviews, competency checks, and procurement strategies, while promoting innovation and

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or related discipline).
• Extensive experience managing scaffolding on complex civil projects.
• Knowledge of BS5975 scaffolding.
• Experience as Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC).
• Understanding of engineering principles and construction methodologies.
• Experience procuring scaffold designs on major projects and inspecting advanced scaffolding.
• Knowledge of scaffold procurement strategies and manufacturers.
• Knowledge of Working at Height.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 quality systems.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• CSCS Managers & Professionals Card.
• CISRS Advanced Scaffold Inspection Card.
• CITB Temporary Works Coordinator Certificate.
• Nuclear industry experience.
• Membership of ICE (EngTech/IEng/CEng MICE).
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Experience managing contractors in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on scaffold management.
• Support Temporary Works Coordinators under BS5975.
• Establish a team of Temporary Works Supervisors.
• Oversee review and approval of scaffold design packages.
• Develop and maintain the Sizewell C Scaffold Standard.
• Manage competency and compliance checks for scaffolders, designers, coordinators, supervisors, and contractors.
• Lead scaffold assurance across project partners and supply chain.
• Support scaffold procurement strategies and design delivery.
• Work with design, construction, health & safety, and delivery teams.
• Champion Health & Safety by Design throughout project development.
• Contribute to temporary works innovation, digitalisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Mentoring

Construction methodologies

Health & Safety by Design

Nuclear industry experience

Education

Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or related)

CSCS Managers & Professionals Card

CISRS Advanced Scaffold Inspection Card

CITB Temporary Works Coordinator Certificate

Institution of Civil Engineers membership (EngTech/IEng/CEng MICE)

Job description

Temporary Works Scaffold Expert (Sizewell C)

Job Category: Construction

Contract Partner Company: Jobs Service

Employing Company: Sizewell C

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Temporary Works Scaffold Expert
Sizewell C

Location: Hybrid, Leiston, Suffolk (minimum 3 days per week onsite). Employment type: Permanent full-time. Salary: Circa £90,000 per annum -dependent on experience. Closing date: 12pm Friday 18th September 2026.

Benefits

• 5% CIP bonus
• 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension of up to 7.5% employee/15% employer
• Ongoing professional development
• Other lifestyle benefits

Shape the Future of UK Infrastructure

Sizewell C is at the heart of Britain's clean energy future. As one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we're looking for a highly experienced Temporary Works Scaffold Expert (SME) to provide technical leadership, governance, and assurance across all scaffolding activities on the project.

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in the safe delivery of a nationally important programme while working alongside industry-leading engineering and construction professionals.

The Role

As the Scaffold Subject Matter Expert, you will have the opportunity to use you experience and expertise to shape how the scaffolding is managed across the project.

Working within the Sizewell C Temporary Works Team and reporting to the Temporary Works Lead, you will take overall responsibility for the safe control, coordination, and assurance of scaffold design, construction, and inspection activities across the project.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership and expert guidance on scaffold management.
• Supporting Temporary Works Coordinators in fulfilling responsibilities under BS5975 with regards to scaffolding.
• Establishing a team of Temporary Works Supervisors.
• Overseeing the review and approval of scaffold design packages submitted by contractors.
• Developing and maintaining the Sizewell C Scaffold Standard.
• Managing competency and compliance checks for scaffolders, designers, coordinators, supervisors, and contractors.
• Leading scaffold assurance activities across project partners and supply chain organisations.
• Supporting scaffold procurement strategies and design delivery.
• Working closely with design, construction, health & safety, and delivery teams.
• Championing Health & Safety by Design principles throughout project development.
• Contributing to temporary works innovation, digitalisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

About You

You are a knowledgeable and respected temporary works professional with extensive scaffolding expertise gained on large-scale infrastructure or engineering programmes.

You'll be confident influencing stakeholders at all levels and capable of providing both strategic direction and practical technical guidance across complex project environments.

• Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering (or related discipline).
• An extensive experience managing and implementing scaffolding activities on complex civil engineering projects
• Extensive knowledge of scaffold management in accordance with BS5975.
• Experience carrying out the Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) role.
• Strong understanding of engineering principles and construction methodologies.
• Significant experience procuring scaffold designs on major civil engineering projects and inspecting advanced scaffolding
• In depth knowledge of scaffolding procurement strategies, market availability and manufacturers
• Significant knowledge of Working at Height
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• CSCS Managers & Professionals Card.
• CISRS Advanced Scaffold Inspection Card.
• CITB Temporary Works Coordinator Certificate.
• Nuclear industry experience.
• Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (EngTech, IEng or CEng MICE).
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Expertise managing contractors and consultants within highly regulated environments.

Why Join Sizewell C?

This is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to help deliver one of the UK's most significant clean energy and infrastructure projects while developing your career alongside industry-leading professionals.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.