Clerk Of Works

Job Title: Clerk of Works (Mechanical)

Location: HM Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNBP)

Service Area: Asset Management

Hours of Work: 37 per week

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000

What you’ll be doing

• Expertise in water, HVAC, ventilation, heating or gas systems to oversee high‑quality workmanship and ensure our varied portfolio of buildings performs at its best.
• Compliance and quality assurance within the KBS Design Team.
• Expertise and coordinates the clerk of works team resources for the development of quality and compliance programmes for project, including early participation in project design development, guidance on commissioning requirements, on‑site inspections, and testing and witnessing throughout a project all the way to handover.
• Conducting other commissioning/witnessing related activities and assisting the clerk of works (commissioning) team members when required, and also responsible for inspection, test and assurance plans (ITAs).
• Management and monitoring of clerk of works activities via an online Project Management tool (PMO) – Keystone is critical to the role, along with direct coordination of all witnessing, commissioning, and inspection requirements to ensure they are planned for, carried out, recorded and completed prior to project handover.

What you will bring

1. Knowledge of building systems including HVAC, gas, steam, fresh water, sewage, combined heat and power plants, low‑temperature hot water, building management systems (BMS) and general mechanical plant.
2. Workshop systems knowledge including local exhaust ventilation (LEV), workshop machinery, plant and lifting machinery, high/low pressure air systems, and utility distribution systems such as steam, gas, and water networks.
3. Relevant qualifications such as an ONC/HNC (or NVQ) in civil engineering or construction management, a clerk of works qualification or related experience, and the ability to read and interpret architectural and engineering drawings and specifications, with experience in building regulations, approved documents and British standards for electrical systems, and regulations including PUWER, LOLER, PSSR, F‑gas, legionella, DSEAR, MoD JSPs etc.

About you

The role requires strong stakeholder interaction, experience dealing with M&E contractors, interpersonal skills, confidence, respect, tolerance and excellent planning skills.

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme following successful completion of probation period
• Early finish on a Friday
• Discretionary company bonus scheme
• Enhanced pension scheme – employee contribution 4% and company contribution 6% (or employee can increase contribution to 6% and company contribution to 8%)
• Life assurance x 4 (subject to scheme T&C’s)
• Access to internal benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Group income protection
• Flexible parental benefits (if applicable)
• Free parking onsite
• Access to internal employee assistance network
• Continued professional career development
• Kudos reward opportunities (internal achievements scheme)
• Occupational health & wellbeing services
• 50% off entry into the historic dockyard

Background checks & security

Please note that due to the nature of the site we are based on, once offered we carry out a number of pre‑employment checks which include UKSV clearance applications. Applicants must be eligible for this and willing to go through the process.