Clerk of Works Full Time

East Sussex, Surrey, South and South East London area
Construction Recruitment

Company Info

With a vision to be identified as a trusted client advisor, our clients are national in reach, local in service and selected for their quality and expertise in the built environment. They are a leading, forward thinking multi-disciplinary consultancy in the business for over 80 years.

They are a multi-award winning business that has retained its family culture and values where the health and wellbeing of their staff is taken seriously. They have a well-being initiative ‘Healthy Together’ and an active staff social club where you will get the opportunity to meet other colleagues for social and fun occasions and build friendships along the way.  

Job Purpose

You will need to demonstrate an ability in undertaking inspections of building works in progress in new build residential sites, liaising with Building Contractors and preparing reports for Employer’s Agents and Project Management. 

The work will involve undertaking regular inspections of residential new builds to monitor progress, verifying compliance with contractual drawings, warranty standards and employer’s requirements, identifying discrepancies, preparing written reports with supporting photographs on weekly intervals and organising snagging and end of defect inspections with the Client in attendance.

You will also need to demonstrate experience in projects including a good understanding of passive fire safety.

Hours: 

• 35 Hours a week

Position summary

Key responsibilities for this role include but not are not limited to:

• Keep yourself up to date with building regulations and compliance
• Verifying compliance with contractual drawings, warranty standards and employer’s requirements
• Good observation to be able to identify discrepancies and raise these appropriately
• Prepare written reports with supporting photographs to a high standard and submit in a timely way
• Organise snagging and end of defect inspections with the client
• Maintain a good client relationship throughout 

Candidate Requirements:

• Preferably a member of ICWIC, or other designations such as CIOB, CABE, RICS, IFE
  • Our client would be keen to help you working towards these
• Experience of writing professional reports to a high standard
• Must be able to demonstrate excellent up to date technical knowledge 
• Be able to organise and prioritise own workloads
• Good communicator both written and oral 
• Capable of working under their own initiative and as part of a group
• Able to work under pressure 
• Take a pride in your work and ensure it reflects our company image and expectations 
• Continue to learn and develop your knowledge ensuring it is relevant and up-to-date

Key Values

• Professional Integrity
• Technical Expertise
• Solution Focused
• Reliable Personal Service