Temporary Works Designers
Job Type: Permanent Jobs
Location: East London
Salary: £50,000
Date Placed on Website: 29 January 2008
A great opportunity has arisen for a Temporary Works Designer to join a large project in East London, producing Temporary Works designs in line with the design brief and programme requirements.
Main duties will include:
- Reviewing and updating the TW schedule to ensure the principal items of temporary works required are identified
- Reviewing TW2 design briefs and advise any additional information required to progress design. Give feedback on design period required
- Carrying out TW design and arranging for necessary checks, in line with TW2 brief and current standards
- Agreeing with the TWC any items of design or checking to be allocated to external consultants
- Identifying methods of construction and residual risks associated with the TW designs
- Ensuring that the construction team area aware of procedures, methods, sequences and risks by coaching sessions where necessary.
- Carrying out duties as an 'alternate' TWC
The following items are examples where particular attention should be paid by the TWD:
- Overall stability of any structure at all stages of construction
- Interfaces between separately designed elements
- Points of concentrated load
- Earthworks: selection and interpretation of soil parameters and factors of safety
- Slopes: overall slip surfaces in founding materials
- Dewatering: specialist advice should normally be sought especially in the absence of a full pumping test
- Cofferdams and retaining walls: sequence of construction/excavation
- Falsework: in accordance BS5975
- Formwork: with reference to the Concete Society Formwork Guide to Good Practice
- Major lifting operations: jacking and sliding: specialist advice sought as necessary
Regular deliverables will include:
- Assisting in the review of the TW Schedule (TW1)
- Reviewing the TW Design Brief (TW2)
- Signing off TW3 permits (TWC duties)
- TW Designs
- Site briefings of the Construction Team on TW issues
Benefits:
A desirable package depending on experience will be offered to the successful applicant. The package will include:
- Vehicle
- Company phone
- Fantastic opportunities to progress through extensive training and experience
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