Clerk of Works

**About Us**

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a socialor affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.

Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homesand improving services.

**About the role**

We have an exciting opportunity for an Clerk of Works with RC frame experience and fire stopping to join our development teams covering a vast area including South East, South West and London areas. There will be a significant amount of travel included inthis role, including some overnight stays. This is a hybrid work model, based in our Brock Street office.

You will be joining Guinness at a fantastic time with real opportunity to influence how we manage the delivery of our major, complex development and regeneration projects. Reporting to the Construction Design & Quality Managers, you’ll be primarily responsiblefor:

- Monitoring the quality of all materials and workmanship ensuring compliance with the building contract/development agreement and drawings/specifications.
- Carrying out all snagging and technical inspections to ensure completion to required standard.
- Working with our consultant Employers Agents to advise of potential problems and establish satisfactory construction outcomes.
- Working in close partnership with the contractor and consultancy team, to support the overall objectives of construction to time, cost and quality of the project.
- Ensuring the Golden Thread of information and detailing is well managed and documented appropriately and for providing specific contract and general technical support to the team**.**:

- Using dashpivot or an equivalent system to record monthly, weekly site inspections.

**Welcome Bonus**

£1,000 welcome bonus.

Your Welcome Bonus is payable in two parts. £500 in your first month’s salary and £500 when you pass your probation. To be eligible for the Welcome Bonus you must be an external applicant and not currently employed by The Guinness Partnership

**What we’re looking for**

We are keen to speak to experienced Clerk of Works, or construction and trade professionals with a passion for delivering a high standard of build quality and compliance throughout the construction process.

We’re a customer-focussed organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You’ll not only be a skilled Clerk of Works, but you’ll also have great customer service skills and a willingness to go the extra mile to get thejob done.

**You’ll also be able to demonstrate**:

- Proven construction experience in either a trade role or supervisory/ management role.
- Knowledge of current building regulations.
- Proven customer service experience.
- Good attention to detail.
- Knowledge of contractual and non-contractual defects.
- Technical construction skills.
- Appropriate Construction Skills certification Card (CSCS) Card.

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Minimum HNC/HND in Construction, Surveying of the Built Environment
- Member of the Institute of Clerk of Works (ICWCI) or CIOB, RICS (any membership grade, including student)

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