Balfour Beatty plc
Temporary Works Designer
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About The Role
Job Title: Temporary Works Designer
Location: Maxim Office Park, Eurocentral
Company: Balfour Beatty
About The Role
Balfour Beatty is seeking a motivated and technically capable Temporary Works Designer to join our Regional Scotland team within UK Defence, Power & Regional Infrastructure.
In this role, you will provide temporary works design expertise across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure and construction projects. Working closely with project teams, temporary works coordinators and engineers, you will develop safe, practical and cost-effective temporary works solutions that support successful project delivery.
This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer with strong temporary works experience who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges while contributing to some of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure projects. Information is based on the role profile provided.
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver temporary works designs to agreed programmes, quality standards and budgets.
- Provide technical support to operational teams and work-winning activities across the Regional Scotland business and wider Balfour Beatty divisions.
- Develop and assess alternative temporary works solutions in collaboration with site teams.
- Monitor and report on design progress to key stakeholders.
- Undertake site visits to gather information, develop design briefs and support project teams and Temporary Works Coordinators.
- Identify, assess and communicate design risks, preparing Designer Risk Assessments where required.
- Ensure specified design checks are completed and certified in accordance with project requirements.
- Support value engineering initiatives and identify innovative, practical and efficient temporary works solutions.
- Assist with temporary works assurance activities, including audits and project reviews to promote best practice and continuous improvement.
- Champion Zero Harm and support sustainability initiatives across projects.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for an enthusiastic engineering professional who can combine technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement skills.
Essential Experience & Skills
- Thorough knowledge of engineering principles and temporary works design practices.
- Experience applying relevant industry standards and guidance, including Eurocodes, British Standards, DMRB, CIRIA and CPA guidance.
- Understanding of construction methodologies, programme requirements and cost-effective design solutions.
- Previous experience in site-based engineering or construction activities.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with experience using engineering and design software such as CADS, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit or Robot.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, Teams and PowerPoint.
- Strong report writing and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering work through to completion.
- A collaborative approach with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Valid CSCS card.
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Desirable
- Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng), MICE status, or actively working towards professional registration.
- Membership of a relevant professional institution.
- Ability to produce temporary works drawings using Autodesk AutoCAD and/or Civil 3D.
- Experience within the construction industry or a project-based organisation.
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.
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
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About Us
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
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.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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