Freelance Senior Site Inspector - Quality & Compliance

Fawkes & Reece London; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Freelance engagement

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece London is recruiting an experienced Resident Engineer / Clerk of Works to provide site-wide quality oversight on a major, high-profile construction development in South Wales. The assignment involves ensuring workmanship, compliance with drawings and specifications, and delivering independent reporting to the project team.

You will monitor multiple work packages, identify defects, review method statements and QA documentation, and escalate issues as needed.

Qualifications

• Membership of MICE or MICWIC is essential.
• Extensive experience in site inspection and construction QA.
• Ability to inspect works against drawings and specifications.
• Experience documenting defects and monitoring corrective actions.
• Strong reporting, record-keeping and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently on a busy construction site.
• Availability for a freelance assignment in Cardiff.

Responsibilities

• Undertake regular, systematic site inspections across multiple construction work packages.
• Monitor workmanship and compliance against approved drawings, specifications, project requirements and applicable standards.
• Identify defects, incomplete works, poor workmanship and departures from the approved design.
• Produce accurate site inspection reports, photographic records, defect schedules and recommendations for corrective action.
• Monitor the progress of remedial works and verify that identified defects have been satisfactorily addressed.
• Review relevant drawings, specifications, method statements, inspection and test plans and quality documentation.
• Liaise with site management, engineers, subcontractors, consultants and client representatives to resolve technical and quality issues.
• Maintain a clear audit trail of observations, inspections, defects and outstanding actions.
• Escalate significant quality concerns promptly and objectively.
• Monitor interfaces between different trades and work packages to identify risks to overall construction quality.
• Provide independent, evidence-based feedback on site quality and compliance throughout the construction process.
• Maintain a professional, constructive and detail-focused approach while protecting the required quality standards.

Skills

Site inspection experience

Quality assurance

Independent oversight

Excellent reporting

Education

MICE or MICWIC membership

Job description

Fawkes & Reece London is recruiting an experienced Resident Engineer / Clerk of Works to provide site-wide quality oversight on a major, high-profile construction development in South Wales. The assignment involves ensuring workmanship, compliance with drawings and specifications, and delivering independent reporting to the project team.

You will monitor multiple work packages, identify defects, review method statements and QA documentation, and escalate issues as needed.