Temporary works Designer Part Time

Skanska
Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an

inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

Known for working on major projects such as HS2 – the UK’s new high-speed railway, we

are building, upgrading, and maintaining the country’s infrastructure for future generations.

Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring

together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and

more collaborative industry

We are looking for a Temporary Works Designer to join our HS2 jv team in London.

You’ll:

• Ensure the delivery teams are provided with safe, workable designs in timely manner to suit programme via in-house design or supplier/subcontract design checks.
• Ensure SCS JV process for temporary works management is applied fully and efficiently
• Carry out scaffold designs from brief to issue of final drawings.
• Carry out scaffold design review and formal design checking (including checks on supply chain proposals).
• Ensure preparation and review of Design Risk Assessments including the development of appropriate design mitigation and communication with others in the construction process.
• Ensure that scaffold designs are suitably categorised with respect to checking.
• With the TW Design Manager ensure the that upcoming Scaffolds are identified on the TW register and these are translated to the TW design briefs register for planning and production of scaffold designs both in-house and externally.
• Ensure that a design brief has been established with full consultation is adequate and is in accordance with the actual situation on site, and ensuring all construction loads are considered.
• Liaise with permanent works designers to resolve issues of construction method and buildability as necessary.
• Advise the permanent works designer of any temporary conditions or loads that should be considered in the permanent works design.
• Ensuring SHE hazards and risks have been avoided or reduced in the design and/or check of temporary works and that the Delivery Team are aware of the residual risks to be managed.
• Drive innovation in scaffolds, including investigation, evaluation and integration of best practice and innovations from all SCS JV partners and the supply chain

We’re looking for:

• Civil or Structural Engineering Qualification, preferably BEng or higher (MEng, MSc), minimum (essential).
• Previous experience in Scaffolding/Temporary Works design or Civil/Structural design
• Understanding and application of BS5975:2019 (essential).
• Understanding and application of current Eurocodes (essential).
• Good knowledge of the CDM Regulations 2015 (essential).
• Membership of relevant professional body (CEng MICE or CEng IStructE, preferred)
• CITB Temporary Works Coordinator Course (preferred).
• Completed SMSTS (preferred).
• Previous experience in delivering scaffolds and/or TW for Network Rail and London Underground (preferred).

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

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.