Clerk of Works

MMP Consultancy are looking for a new Clerk Of Works to join one of our client's based in Essex.

Title: Clerk Of Works
Location: Essex
Rate: 48,500 + Benefits

Role Overview:

To support and contribute to the delivery of quality homes by providing a high quality and professional service, assessing the building work undertaken by our clients' contractors, identifying good and inappropriate practices, compiling reports and recommendations on contractor delivery methods. To lead on regeneration and other major works projects to ensure that our clients aims are achieved to time and budget.

Key Responsibilities:

?To visit new build schemes, planned and improvement works and responsive repairs, to review the quality of work being undertaken by the contractor, to ensure it is meeting or exceeding our clients requirements.
?To advise the Head of Asset Management of any non-conforming activities, variance on material or equipment specification or other concerns with the quality of the product being delivered.
?To liaise with the Employers Agent (where appointed) and co-ordinate quality assessment and ensure our clients requirements are being met.
?Produce site reports for distribution to our clients appropriate Manager, Employer's Agent, and Contractor. Such reports to contain the date attended and weather conditions, the progress being made on site, any observations or defects noted and any other general comments including Health & Safety. Ensure our clients Heads of Service are aware of any issues.
?Ensure the contractor evidences the correct installation of fire safety systems and components, to evidence and record the works, including taking photographs.
?Attend contractor site meetings and give a Clerk of Works report at the meeting and attend any other extraordinary meetings in relation to the Project as requested by our clients.
?Undertake ad hoc site visits as necessary.
?Provide such information as our clients may require in connection with proposed modifications and or revisions to the Project.
?Inspect samples provided by the Contractor and report to the Assistant Director of Property Services and the Employers Agent as to the suitability for incorporation into the works.
?Witness tests for drainage, H&V and M&E, acoustic or other tests, report as necessary, maintain register of tests and results. Advise the appropriate Manager as soon as possible in the event of unsatisfactory test results. Any comments on the tests should be emailed to the appropriate Manager (and Employers Agent) within 24 hours of the test with any urgent comments being passed to the appropriate Manager (and Employers Agent) by telephone as soon as possible.
?Keep full and proper records of all information and documents in any way relating to the Project.
?Liaise with the appropriate Manager during the closing stages of the project and attend all pre-handover and handover inspections, including providing the Manager (and Employer's Agent) with typed lists of any outstanding items/snags, such lists to be available within 24 hours of the inspection and emailed to the Manager (and Employer's Agent).
?Attend end of defects inspections with the appropriate Manager (and Employer's Agent) to comment on completion of defects to our clients' standards. Provide detailed report outlining properties inspected, current condition and any outstanding defect items.

Title: Clerk Of Works
Location: Essex
Rate: 48,500 + Benefits