Asbestos Compliance Lead - Remote & Field Projects

Leeds International; Leeds; Remote; GBP 39,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Hybrid working arrangements

Remote/home working

Career development opportunities

Staff benefits

Job summary

Leeds City Council is seeking an Asbestos Officer to manage asbestos in domestic housing stock, ensuring compliance with CAR 2012. You will coordinate surveys/removals with contractors and liaise across internal teams to safeguard tenants, staff and the public.

The role requires a BOHS P402 qualification, 2+ years' experience, and a full driving license with access to a vehicle. Hybrid working arrangements are available, with occasional remote work.

Qualifications

• BOHS P402 Surveying and Sampling Strategies for Asbestos in Buildings (or equivalent).
• Minimum 2 years experience undertaking asbestos surveys and re-inspections or as an asbestos analyst.

Responsibilities

• Undertake contract administration and supervision of asbestos related contracts ensuring that contract conditions, specifications and statutory requirements are met.
• Auditing of asbestos removal, surveying and air monitoring contractors to ensure works comply with statutory legislation
• Undertake asbestos re-inspections to Leeds City Council owned premises
• Operate relevant ICT packages e.g. word, excel, databases, spreadsheets, and the internet. This also includes Leeds City Council software packages such as Civica CX and Keystone
• Investigate and assist to resolve customer complaints
• Act as a project co-ordinator on capital and revenue work programmes to ensure Leeds City Council compliance to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. This will involve working with construction contractors to assist them in meeting obligations for their planned construction projects
• Manage and answer any correspondence with respect to asbestos from a wide array of stakeholders. This may include the general public, tenants, councillors, internal staff, and external contractors
• Participate in developing new initiatives, detailed solutions, policies and processes for asbestos management
• Undertake investigations on non-compliant incidents and compile technical reports to prevent re-occurrences
• Continually drive a value for money, customer focused service

Skills

Asbestos project mgmt

Regulatory compliance

Contractor liaison

Social housing sector

Re-inspections & audits

IT systems

Customer complaints

Education

BOHS P402 (or equivalent)

2+ years asbestos surveys/re-inspections

Tools

Civica CX

Keystone

Job description

Leeds City Council is seeking an Asbestos Officer to manage asbestos in domestic housing stock, ensuring compliance with CAR 2012. You will coordinate surveys/removals with contractors and liaise across internal teams to safeguard tenants, staff and the public.

The role requires a BOHS P402 qualification, 2+ years' experience, and a full driving license with access to a vehicle. Hybrid working arrangements are available, with occasional remote work.