Clerk of Works - Fire

We are looking for a dedicated Clerk of Works - Fire to join our Assets and Compliance Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring that fire safety improvement works and capital projects across our housing portfolio are delivered to the highest standards of quality, safety and compliance. As the Council's Clerk of Works for Fire Safety projects, you will be responsible for inspecting, monitoring and reporting on works undertaken by contractors, helping to ensure that residents' homes remain safe and that all fire safety installations comply with statutory requirements and industry standards. Reporting to the Senior Clerk of Works, you will:

• Undertake site inspections to ensure works comply with specifications, designs, contract requirements and legislation.
• Inspect fire doors, compartmentation, fire alarms, emergency lighting and other fire safety systems.
• Witness testing and commissioning activities to verify installations are safe and operating correctly.
• Monitor workmanship, materials and installation standards.
• Identify defects, poor workmanship and non-compliance, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Maintain accurate inspection records, photographic evidence and site reports.
• Monitor contractor performance and programme delivery.
• Support planned maintenance, refurbishment and fire safety improvement projects.
• Liaise with tenants, residents, contractors and project teams to help deliver successful outcomes.
• Promote high standards of health and safety and quality assurance across all projects.
  
  We are looking for someone with strong technical knowledge, excellent attention to detail and the confidence to challenge poor standards when necessary.
You will have:
• Experience as a Clerk of Works, Site Inspector or similar role within construction, maintenance or property services.
• Experience inspecting fire safety installations and assessing compliance with specifications and standards.
• Experience working on fire safety systems within housing or construction environments.
• Experience witnessing testing and commissioning of fire systems.
• NVQ Level 4 qualification in a fire-related discipline.
• Good knowledge of building construction and associated trades.
• Strong understanding of fire systems and compliance certification.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and schematics.
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe working practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A high level of attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle., This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.
  
  Our Council
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council is a small authority with BIG values. We take pride in serving the residents of our borough and look to provide value for money services. We aim to work to the best of our abilities with honesty, integrity and place particular importance on working together. Why join us?...... Situated in the heart of England, Nuneaton and Bedworth shares excellent rail and motorway links to the rest of the country. We offer a wide range of job opportunities from refuse and cleansing roles, which directly serve our local community, to behind the scenes administrative roles; providing essential support to our front line professionals.

As an employer, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council offers a wide range of benefits, including flexible working, Local Government Pension Scheme, generous holiday allowance and childcare vouchers., A wide range of benefits including competitive salaries that are based on our competency framework and paid according to the scoring of the job profile, to ensure that all roles performing the same duties are paid equally. A generous annual leave entitlement. Our employees receive 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years continuous service. Plus all bank holidays. A wide range of learning and development opportunities. We recognise our employees as a valuable resource and are therefore committed to the investment of time and financial resources to support the learning and development of our workforce. We offer a wide range of learning prospects, which to name a few include: In-house training sessions, E-learning modules, Leadership and management development programmes and a Post Entry Training scheme Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), which provides a secure future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations. To help your pension grow, the Council meets the balance of the cost of providing your benefits into the LGPS. Health and Wellbeing initiatives- Including health checks and MOT's. Employees also receive discounted gym and leisure membership. Wider Wallets - all our employees gain access to offers and permanent discounts to everyday savings, ranging from discounts on high street stores to offers on days outs. Travel, car allowances and schemes - mileage allowances are paid for using cars/cycles for Council business. In addition, Level 1 car users are provided with a car park pass. We also operate a Cycle salary sacrifice scheme. Work-life balance -. We have a number of initiatives in place to support flexible working including, flexible working policy, flexitime scheme and family related leave schemes. Armed Force Covenant - We are proud signatories of the Armed Force Covenant and actively work to ensure that we continue to deliver on our commitment as stated in the Covenant. We were recently awarded the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award. We have a range of internal processes and policies to support our Armed Forces Communities. What we look for……. We seek candidates that can adapt to change and welcome new challenges. We look for those that share our values and take pride in what they do.