Scaffolding Coordinator

We are looking for a Scaffolding Coordinator to join our defence sector, which includes a contract at a facility near Reading, where you will help form part of our complex delivery support team.

The role requires Security Clearance at SC level possibly extending to DV level, therefore the ability to obtain clearance is essential. 5 years continuous residency in the UK and UK Citizenship is required.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Coordinate and oversee the scaffold schedule to ensure it aligns with the programme and sequence of works
- Inspect and certify quality and quantity of Scaffolding materials to ensure compliance with current legislation
- Complete regular audits across the supply chain in relation to both personnel and product placement
- Ensure all personnel are suitably qualified, experienced and certified for their designated roles including additonal training and assessments where required
- Supervise and support installation and dismantling of scaffold structures completed in line with approved and accepted documentation and assisting in Safe System of Work construction to comply with industry standards and current legislation
- Daily contact with Scaffold Contractors site management and Contract Support team
- Daily Contact with Construction Superintendent in relation to programme and work scope opportunities
- Support and supervise the inspection and recording system to ensure compliance

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**
- CSCS Card
- 8 years+ working within the scaffolding industry
- Advanced Scaffolding Card
- IT Skills(word,excel,powerpoint)

**About Costain**

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
**Right to Work & Security Checks**

Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

**Closing date**

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
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