Landscape Clerk of Works

Landscape Clerk of Works - Chipping Warden

In this role, you will oversee delivery of landscape design packages ensuring quality adherence to specification, checking workmanship, quality and materials to meet all design requirements. You will assist in the oversight of early landscape and ecology mitigations, attend programme meetings, audit and check works to support applications for payment.

You will be responsible for interpreting technical drawings and designs to facilitate delivery through site teams and sub-contractors, manage delivery tracking and progress reporting, report against ITP criteria, and unblock barriers to delivery ahead of potential delays. You will also manage the design change process, liaising with designers and stakeholders to close out changes to tight timescales, and be involved in route wide design requirements in terms of the Environmental Statement (ES) and relevant UAs.

Your role includes the assurance of key landscape design elements, checking that health and safety and ecology requirements are met. You will contribute to ensuring design specifications (SCEW) are adhered to on site and provide evidence to assist with early warnings management, and maintain general communications with sub-contractors.

Additionally, you will assist in maintaining programmes for reporting and demonstrating compliance with applicable legislation and industry best practice. You will help implement BS EN ISO14001 certification and audit against the standard and internal procedures. You will work collaboratively with the wider Environmental Team, client, designers, community, stakeholder and public relations managers to ensure the programme is achieved, and actively promote good practice relating to environmental management & sustainability, sharing best practice and learning.

Benefits

In return, we're offering a competitive salary & benefits.

Requirements

• Qualification in engineering / landscaping / environment or another relevant field.
• Member / Associate of an appropriate professional body.
• Strong practical understanding of landscape construction specification (SCEW) and delivery, preferably within the context of infrastructure projects.
• Ability to interpret and scrutinise complex design, identify and resolve conflicts on the ground.
• Ability to use GIS related application, produce reports and gather evidence for compliance and assurance purposes.
• Good inter personal skills and be able to develop and maintain good relationships and networks. Ability to build relationships across the contractor and subcontractor organisations.
• An understanding of ecology and ecological management in a construction context.
• Holder of SSSTS/SMSTS.
• Driving licence is required for this role (required to drive to multiple project sites and manage multiple work sites and work streams).

EEO Statement

We are committed to, and strongly believe in, inclusiveness and equality of opportunity. Everyone who works with EKFB has a contribution to make; this is why we welcome applications from different backgrounds, experiences and abilities. Our aim is to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can be themselves. Please contact us if there is any additional support you might require making an application.