Clerk of Works; PMCM Build

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Working as a Clerk of Works as part of a Construction Quality Management (CQM) Team on key School Rebuilding projects with varied levels of complexity on behalf of and in support of the Department for Education. You will be based at the WSP Cambridge office and at the client’s project location in Wisbech according to the needs of the project at any given time.

You will have hands‑on experience of working with client teams in a collaborative and integrated manner.

• Reviewing design, drawings, specifications, employer's requirements, contractor's proposals and other technical and contract documents as necessary.
• Advising on compliance with current Building Regulations, DfE specification compliance and other third‑party accreditation requirements.
• Regularly visiting site to inspect the construction work (a minimum of 3 visits per site per week from Start on Site until Practical Completion).
• Providing weekly written reports on the quality of construction on site following the site inspections.
• Attending design updates meetings from Contract Award.
• Attending monthly site meetings and any other such meetings as are called for the management of the Contract (e.g. sample approvals meetings, design co‑ordination meetings, specification review meetings etc).
• Attending pre‑handover and handover quality inspections (‘Snagging’ and ‘Back snagging’ etc) and preparing and issuing of appropriate schedules and reports.
• Attending End of Defects Liability Period Inspections and preparing and issuing of appropriate schedules and reports.
• Undertaking factory visits for off‑site construction projects.

• You will be part of WSP’s wider Project and Commercial Management team, offering you further opportunities to work on exciting projects across the UK.
• Your future development will be actively supported, within a supportive and caring culture, with access to WSP’s full range of training and development tools and resources.
• Your working week will be exciting, challenging and varied, and you will be empowered to drive your own career development.
• You will integrate into our team’s flexible working culture, attending meetings remotely and in‑person, attending client offices and construction sites as appropriate to meet the needs of each client and project.

• Relevant Construction Professional Status.
• Technical knowledge of construction industry.
• Relevant practical site experience.

• Understanding of what CDM sets out to achieve.
• Understanding of the CDM “Principle of Prevention”.

• Demonstrate effective oral/written communication and engagement skills.
• Demonstrate the confidence to professionally challenge and influence duty holders to ensure compliance with legal and other requirements.

• Demonstrable capability & experience in Construction Quality Management.
• Hold a relevant degree, or similar higher education qualification.
• Have a minimum of 10 years’ experience inspecting public sector or equivalent buildings including all forms of construction, conservation and listed buildings.
• Be able to demonstrate Multi‑Disciplinary Design coordination experience and equivalent site monitoring and recording experience to act as the client’s eyes and ears on site.

Be a chartered member of a relevant institution for their specialist discipline (e.g. ICE, IStruct

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