Role: Clerk of Works x 5 REF 105566
Contract Length: Until 31/03/2027
Location: Plymouth / London / Portsmouth / Catterick / Cambridge & Wyton. Travel: one day per week at base site for admin, rest of time will be out on site.
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Clerk of Works for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CLERK OF WORKS
1. Site Observations
- Conduct regular site inspections to ensure work meets contractual, safety, and regulatory standards.
- Verify that materials and workmanship comply with specifications.
- Identify defects, poor workmanship, and deviations from approved plans, reporting them immediately.
- Assess and report compliance with the approved site safety plan. Additional reporting on health and safety as required.
- Monitor construction works including demolition, foundational, building envelope construction, service installation, internal fit-out completion, above and below ground infrastructure works, and landscaping.
2. Problem Solving and Collaboration
- In a culture of collaboration and shared problem solving, work with the Regional Delivery team and industry partners to:
- Assess and address the technical issues that arise, and co-ordinate and manage these appropriately in line with appropriate policy.
- Manage quality assurance processes and the identification, assessment and management of risks and issues at a national and regional level.
- Maintain a register of issues and risks and lessons learned.
3. Building Effective Relationships and Conflict Resolution
- Use relationships as the foremost tool to achieve the best outcomes with all levels and categories of stakeholders and customers.
- Establish and develop effective relationships to progress delivery and build the client’s reputation including relationships with the delivery teams, industry partners, and all other key stakeholders; and where necessary ensure any conflict between parties is resolved, with a strong focus on contractual responsibilities and formal accountability and governance relationships.
- Promote the client’s infrastructure, new homes, and SFA works programme, where appropriate, internally, and externally to the client.
4. Communications
- Ensure the ongoing provision of clear and concise communications and responsiveness to all key stakeholders:
- Provide consistent and accurate reporting.
- Manage any issues arising within the respective region effectively so that further escalation is minimised.
- Raise any issues with the Clerk of Works Lead to promote a ‘no surprises’ culture.
5. Sharing Lessons Learnt and Continuous Improvement
- Keep a log of observations from site inspections.
- Identify common defects, delays, and risks to enhance initiative-taking risk management.
- Record and share successful methods that has improved quality.
- Develop a lesson learnt database accessible to regional delivery staff. · Identify and provide improvement recommendations to enhance quality control processes.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE CLERK OF WORKS
- Strong background in construction, site inspection or building control.
- Knowledge of building regulations, health and safety and contract compliance.
- Experience in quality control, snagging and ensuring work meets specification.
- Construction experience is essential with an HNC/HND in Construction Management, Building surveying or Civil Engineering OR qualified by experience with lower qual ie 10+ years’ experience
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Good IT skills including the use of MS Office applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Adaptable to change
If you are a Clerk of Works, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant
The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
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