About you

You will be from a construction background, having previously worked in occupied properties on both maintenance and/or refurbishment projects. You will ideally be a qualified building services professional and have electrical qualifications and have experience of Fire Safety Works.

Duties and responsibilities

• You will be overseeing several refurbishment projects, primarily working on Fire Safety works and have a good knowledge of Automatic Fire Detection.

• To become familiar with all the relevant drawings and written instructions, checking them, and using them as a reference when inspecting the work.

• To make visual inspections of projects onsite.

• To take measurements and samples on site to make sure that the work and the materials meet the specifications and quality standards.

• To ensure knowledge of legal requirements is up to date and to check that the work complies with these requirements.

• To have a working knowledge of health and safety legislation and to bring any shortfalls observed to the attention of senior management.

• To give advice and guidance to the Homes for Haringey Project Manager or Senior Project Manager on site control or other site issues arising from inspections.

• To work in a collaborative and solution focussed manner.

• To keep clear, concise and auditable records of all activity.

• To advise the Clerk of Works team leader on the amount/level of COW resources allocated to specific projects.

• To prepare a schedule of defects at the end of the defects liability period for communication with the contractor. To inspect remedial work and report findings to the client.

• To monitor the performance of main and sub-contractors onsite.

• To attend site meetings, make reports on progress of the main contractor and sub-contractor.

Essential Experience

• Electrical or Mechanical background

• Working on construction, refurbishment and maintenance projects.

• Working in occupied properties.

• Working in partnership with a team of professional staff.

Knowledge and skills

• Ability to manage own time and priorities, juggling a mixed workload.

• Ability to communicate clearly with technical staff, contractors, clients and residents.

• Ability to keep accurate and auditable records electronically.

• Ability to undertake duties on a verity of construction projects including refurbishment, planned maintenance and new build.

• Knowledge of the construction process, project programming and resource planning.

• Thorough knowledge of building regulations, relevant British Standards and Health and Safety regulations.

• Working knowledge of standard forms of building contracts.