Clerk of Works

Do you have extensive Quality Assurance experience and good knowledge of associated regulations? Are you an experienced Clerk of Works looking to take the next step in your career? If so, come and join our Property Services team here at EDF!

The Opportunity

Property Services projects are carried out across the corporate estate which largely comprises of office buildings of varying size. Most of these are in Southern England, with the remainder in the rest of England, Wales and Scotland. On occasion, projects may also be delivered on industrial, residential, and other properties.

This opportunity is for a South East based individual owing to the volume of pipeline work in this region. Depending on your location, you would have varying degrees of travel, with a mix of home, site and office working to ensure you remain connected and supported.

As a Clerk of Works, you will provide expert Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality (SHEQ) knowledge across the EDF Property Services projects, enabling Managers and Project Managers to comply with all aspects of SHEQ primarily relating to design, construction, maintenance, operation, and decommissioning.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a salary of circa £40,000 (DOE) and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. The successful candidate will also be eligible for a business needs car.

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

As a Clerk of Works, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring that the required high standards of SHEQ management and practice are adopted and adhered to throughout the project. Providing expert advice to all SHEQ management aspects throughout the project, being aware of current and future key SHEQ risks and ensuring these clearly documented and articulated in set-up.
• Providing expert advice at development of tender list and assessment of tenders. This is to include support to selection questionnaire, checking references and evaluation of contractor responses from a SHEQ perspective.
• Seeking opportunities for continuous improvement in all aspects of project delivery to ensure the highest possible standard of SHEQ management is achieved.
• Having a presence on site during the construction phase of the project to provide an SHEQ assurance function, ensuring that all statutory and EDF Energy SHEQ standards are adhered to. The extent of this presence is generally a minimum of fortnightly, but requirements will be defined and agreed with the Works Delivery Manager / Project Manager at the outset of the project.
• Discharging Client duties to monitor works under the Building Regulations

Who you are

As the Clerk of Works, you will have extensive experience of supporting multi-disciplinary construction projects, ideally within an Estates/Facilities team, and be able to demonstrate excellent Site Inspector skills. You’ll be familiar with health, safety and environmental legislation and have an excellent understanding of construction design standards.

You’ll have a good working knowledge of the Building Regulations and understand Client duties under the Building Regulations as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022. You’ll ideally have a NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) and be either a Graduate or Chartered Member of IOSH.

We’re looking for somebody with a proactive can-do approach who is committed to challenging the way things are done to provide continuous improvement and development of your own skills and knowledge. You’ll be a team player with excellent communication skills, and you’ll enjoy collaborating, influencing, and building long-term working relationships with stakeholders.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: 4th November 2024

Location: South East – Remote with travel

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