Temporary Works Designer – Perm – Major Main Contractor – Rail Project

Temporary Works Designer – Perm – Major Main Contractor – Rail Project Experience

Salary: £40k - £45k + package

Location: London

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To provide technical support the Temporary Works (TW) department, assisting the Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) in the design, supervision, checking and administration of the temporary works.

• Design (and check) small to medium complexity TW items.
• Manage the design process where work is outsourced.
• Advise the construction team on suitable temporary works for site.
• Provide technical support to the construction team throughout the construction phase (including shafts and tunnels).
• Ensure designs are implemented in accordance with the drawings and specification.
• Ensure the TW procedure is implemented on site.
• Produce and update TW documents and issue to the relevant people.

• Identify, develop and plan for the TW, in accordance with the Permanent Works programme. Keep an updated record of them in the “Temporary Works Register” and submit it every 4 weeks to LUL as contract requirement (to include in the register any drawings, calculations and other relevant documents relating to the final design).
• Keep an updated file of all the documents produced and manage the distribution of them to all the interested parts (to include LUL submittals and those responsible for on-site works).
• Record and monitor any agreed changes in materials or construction and corrections of faults.
• To ensure the independence of checks, where required, have been carried out.
• Permit work to proceed subject to the permit to load procedure.
• To ensure that once the temporary works has been checked and passed, it is not altered until the loading stage has been completed, and the design allows for it to be dismantled or altered (checking critical individual items).
• Ensure that the temporary works are dismantled in accordance with a defined procedure.
• Co‑operate with contractor in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe working procedures at all times.
• Act as a role model for contractors’ vision and values, behaving in ways that are in alignment with contractors Ways of Working. Encourage and support others to do so too.
• Promote equality in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues.
• Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly put contractors information or information systems at risk.

To comply with sections 7 and 8 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, i.e.

• To take reasonable care for the safety of themselves and of any other person who may be affected by what they do or fail to do at work.
• To co‑operate with their employers or any other persons in the performance of their statutory duties.
• Not to misuse or interfere with anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare.
• To comply with the requirements of contractor H&S Policy and co‑operate with contractor in its efforts to prevent accidents and ill health.
• Read and comply with the location rules.
• Behave in a responsible manner at all times.
• Develop and demonstrate a personal concern for the health and safety of themselves and others.
• Consider at the design stage and subsequently as any work precede any hazardous activities are avoided or reduced and ensure that an appropriate safe system is defined by risk assessment.
• Verify that procedures for the control of temporary works are implemented.
• Where appropriate, ensure that the Temporary Works design is made available to other interested parties (for example the Principal Designer under CDM).
• Report all accidents, incidents and near misses to their line manager or health and safety manager as appropriate.
• Report damage to plant and equipment to their immediate line manager.
• Use only that plant and equipment for which they have received training and authorisation.
• Use and look after the protective equipment provided and report to their line manager when it becomes worn or defective.
• Ensure that any personal injuries…