Principal Temporary Works Advisor
Meet the recruiter

Manpreet Atwal
Benefits
Life assurance
Private medical insurance
Additional holiday purchase opportunities
Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
Enhanced family leave & policies
Share plan schemes
Free health & wellbeing services
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Green car scheme
Principal Temporary Works Advisor
We're looking for a Principal Temporary Works Advisor to join our team nationwide, with a suitable base location.
Location: Nationwide
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Principal Temporary Works Advisor, you'll be working within the temporary works team, supporting them in delivering safe and compliant engineering solutions. You'll advise teams on the effective implementation of the group temporary works standard, ensuring compliance and excellence across our projects.
Your day to day will include:
- Advising on the effective implementation of the group temporary works Standard and associated guidance
- Providing technical and practical advice on temporary works design and implementation
- Undertaking formal and informal compliance audits of projects and frameworks
- Delivering training to Temporary Works Coordinators and other team members
- Supporting investigations and contributing to incident review boards as required
What are we looking for?
This role of Principal Temporary Works Advisor is great for you if:
- You are a Chartered member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. CEng MICE) with relevant experience at this level, or have significant relevant practical experience
- Have a strong understanding of construction engineering services and temporary works standards
- Enjoy collaborating with clients and stakeholders to reach innovative solutions
- Are trusted to deliver what you promise, acting safely and ethically at all times
- Hold a full driving licence
Rewards and benefits
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.
Diversity and inclusion
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 our people 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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Location: Nationwide
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Vacancy ID: 11342
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Background check: None
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Closing Date: 14 Jul 2026
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Flexible Working: Yes
Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.
