Temporary Works Coordinator

We’re looking for a Temporary Works Coordinator to join our Devonport Dockyard Design / Engineering team based in Plymouth, Devon.

Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon

Permanent, Full Time + Car Allowance, subsistence packages available if criteria met

Due to the site being a high‑security military naval base, additional security checks will need to be made – BPSS level of security clearance is required. These checks can take up to 8 weeks to process. Only candidates holding NATO or MISWG member passports and who have been a UK residence for the last 5 years can be considered for this role.

As a Temporary Work Coordinator you will support the Devonport team in carrying out heavy civil engineering construction in and around the Royal Navy dockyard. You will be responsible for co‑ordinating all aspects of Temporary Works on one of the major projects ongoing in the dockyard.

• Co‑ordination of Temporary Works between our site teams and designers
• Review of Temporary Works design briefs prepared by site teams to ensure they are suitable for issue to the project's Temporary Works Design teams and manage the submission process
• Management of Temporary Works through the full design preparation and checking processes in accordance with appropriate procedures and client requirements
• Managing Temporary Works designs through their full life‑cycle to client approval, implementation, use and dismantling

• Degree qualification in civil engineering equivalent is desirable – one or more of: BSc, BA, BEng, MEng, Eng, Tech, MICE, TIStruct
  
  E, LCIBSE, LCIBSEEng Tech, Completion of Higher Apprenticeship
• We will consider personnel working towards Chartership/Incorporation with IStruct
  
  E, ICE, CIOB, or other appropriate professional body
• Experience of overseeing a broad range of reinforced concrete, formwork and falsework Temporary Works schemes, preferably as a TWC or TWS

We’re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role and the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance before employment, conducted by the Cabinet Office’s United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency. This includes residency history and other pre‑employment checks. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case‑by‑case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant’s conviction history or details of any convictions disclosed to us – to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit ).

This role will also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.

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