Clerk of Works

TN United Kingdom; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Clerk of Works to join their Consultancy Project Services team in Lincoln. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary design team, focusing on building construction programmes. You'll be responsible for producing high-quality reports, ensuring compliance with contract documentation, and providing technical support. The position promises a competitive annual holiday entitlement, a matched pension scheme, and the chance to invest in the company through share plans. If you have a passion for construction and a drive for excellence, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Matched Pension Scheme

Annual Holiday Entitlement

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of building projects up to £20M.
• Ability to analyze designs and guide best practices.

Responsibilities

• Produce comprehensive reports and check drawings.
• Administer contracts and ensure compliance with documentation.

Skills

Building Construction Knowledge

Report Writing

Contract Administration

Communication Skills

Education

Membership in the Institute of Clerk of Works

Relevant Experience in Clerk of Works Role

Tools

Computer Software for Reporting

Job description

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We're looking for a Clerk of Works to join our Consultancy Project Services team based in Lincoln. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans, and even more.

Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

What will you be responsible for?

As a Clerk of Works, you'll be working as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary design team specialising in the delivery aspect of building construction programmes. Your responsibilities will include producing high-quality, comprehensive reports, checking drawings and specifications to enable projects to be completed within agreed cost and budget parameters, and providing technical and practical support to the multi-disciplinary teams. You will act as a contract administrator on smaller building projects, properly authorising change control approvals, and actively working to prevent any contractor or client claims arising from DaBS service delivery. You will liaise regularly with other disciplines and teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Inspecting and reporting on contractors' performance, ensuring compliance with all contract documentation, assessing required surveys before work can start, and carrying out basic measured surveys as directed.
• Preparing and presenting detailed reports using relevant computer programmes, participating in detailed design processes, and coordinating design information.
• Liaising professionally with appropriate authorities and client representatives, and contributing to design risk assessments.
• Administering contracts and visiting sites as required.
• Supporting local and national sales and bids as appropriate.

What are we looking for?

This role of Clerk of Works is ideal if:

• You are a member of the Institute of Clerk of Works and Construction Inspectorate of Great Britain, possess a full driving licence, and are driven.
• You have extensive relevant knowledge of building projects at a variety of contract values up to £20M, with previous experience in a Clerk of Works or similar role.
• You can demonstrate an excellent understanding of building construction, with the ability to analyse work by designers and give guidance on best practices, while showing awareness of the impact on other disciplines.

Rewards and benefits

We are proud to offer our employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. More information about our benefits can be found here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive workplace is a top priority. We are proud of the steps we've taken so far, and we continuously strive to do more. Our employees play a key role in shaping our diversity and inclusion initiatives. You can view our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to receiving your application. #joinkier