Temporary Works Engineer

Description and requirements

Temporary Works Engineer

A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvement scheme

About the project:

The purpose of the Scheme is to address the problems of congestion, poor journey time reliability and poor resilience against incidents between the Black Cat and Caxton Gibbet roundabouts. The Scheme seeks to address these problems through the construction of a new 10 mile dual 2-lane carriageway from west of the A421 / A1 Black Cat roundabout through to east of the A428/A1198 Caxton Gibbet roundabout.

Role description

You will be a Temporary Works Engineer working on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvement scheme.

You will be supported by the Temporary Works Design Manager. You are expected to take ownership of the temporary works designs allocated to you, taking responsibility for planning, and coordinating the delivery of the designs to the site team. Although you will be site based, you will be part of the broader, Head Office, based technical team supporting the Infrastructure Business Unit You will be working as part of a site-based design team and will be required to work in a collaborative way with the rest of the team.

Key Responsibilities

Teamwork

• Communicate effectively with other engineers, supervisors, enabling functions, designers and client representatives.
• Work collaboratively with all members across the integrated project team to ensure we achieve the best outcome for the project.

Design

• Undertake analyses and produce calculations etc. to produce temporary works designs to meet the requirements of the Project delivery teams.
• Work with other members of the design team to complete all required tender and contract designs
• Liaise with Permanent Works designers to resolve issues of construction method and buildability as necessary
• Review designs and raise technical queries to the design teams.

Programme and planning

• Complete design work within the required timescale.
• Produce Temporary Works solutions that meet programme requirements.
• Identify potential delays or issues with proposed temporary works solutions and work to develop mitigation measures

Commercial

• Be aware of the commercial constraints of the project team and work to deliver schemes that meet budget requirements.
• Identify and implement cost savings and efficiencies in your area of works.

Quality

• Ensure that relevant design checks are carried out and check certificates are issued to the site's Temporary Works Co-ordinator in accordance with OWOW 31.
• Produce and manage technical approvals for your works.

Safety

• Be familiar with and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety Policies and procedures.
• Take full responsibility for maintaining the highest health and safety standards on your section of the project.

Environment

• Be familiar with and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Environmental Policies and procedures.
• Generate and review Design Risk Assessments for your works, ensuring that they identify and appropriately mitigate environmental hazards.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Degree level qualification in a Civil Engineering allied subject or HND in Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering

Effective written and verbal communication skills to diverse audiences.

Knowledge and understanding of typical temporary works solutions and applications.

Good working knowledge of Eurocode and British Standards

Good knowledge of common geotechnical & structural design software packages (e.g. WALLAP, MasterSeries/Robot, Slope W, Tekla Tedds etc.).

Good working knowledge of AutoCAD and modelling software, such as Navisworks

Working towards a Professional Industry Qualification (IEng, CEng etc.)

Digital competence (MS Office, document control systems, site digital tools).

Relevant CSCS Card

Preferred experience

Temporary works associated with major highway construction works

Designing with Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB)

Formal training in Health & Safety and Environmental management (SMSTS, SEATS)

Equal opportunities

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Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.