Job Details
The Royal Borough of Greenwich are looking for an Asbestos Supervisor to join their team. The purpose of the role:
To be responsible to the Asbestos Deliver Manager for:
🏚️Ensuring that the programme of asbestos management surveys is delivered, ensuing any remedial actions are created and implemented in accordance with the asbestos management plan.
🏚️Provide weekly progress updates of all asbestos inspection and remedial works programmes against the approved RBG property list.
🏚️Arrange for informing relevant staff and clients of findings contained within asbestos reports and arranging for the removal, encapsulation and re-inspections as deemed necessary
Main Duties:
🏚️ Responsible for arranging asbestos management, refurbishment & demolition and hybrid/targeted surveys to be undertaken and thereafter the accountability of the analyse of reports and implementation of actions.
🏚️ Responsible for ensuring that Approx 180 Trade staff are safe and informed on all aspects of asbestos.
🏚️Responsible for ensuring over 1,000 Employees for housing and safer communities are safe and informed on all aspects of asbestos.
🏚️ Ensuing the safety of all Tenants and leaseholders within Royal borough of Greenwich in relation to Asbestos .
🏚️ Liaison with residents regarding asbestos surveys and removal work
🏚️ Scoping of asbestos surveys and asbestos removal or remediation work to support all R&I workstreams
🏚️ Reviewing and approving pre work documents from contractors including method statements and risk assessments
🏚️Reviewing and approving quotations and variations from contractors for asbestos surveys and removal work
🏚️. Reviewing and approving completion documentation including waste notes, certificates of cleanliness and job completion packs
🏚️ Review of statutory licenses, contractor accreditations and insurances
🏚️Update an accurate, comprehensive asset database which will inform a robust strategy for asbestos removal or management.
🏚️ Act as an adviser for any matter relating to asbestos compliance across the repairs and investment directorate, liaising with other directorate as a subject matter specialist and offering recommendations and instructions for asbestos related matters.
🏚️ Identify the properties, assets and risks for the portfolio, with regards to asbestos. Investigate and reduce the number of unknown risks or properties or assets with asbestos.
🏚️Maintain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of asbestos legislation, policy and best practice. Developing new ways of doing things to improve compliance, efficiency and financial burdens with regards to asbestos and delivering frontline services.
🏚️To project manage and supervise the asbestos contractors, chairing and meeting regularly to review operational safety, inspection programmes and remedial works programmes and KPIs, documentation and compliance. Liaising with other directorates that utilise the same contractors and ensuring communication of any action plans is shared.
🏚️ To be responsible for developing the skills and competencies of the staff team through training and development.
🏚️Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the development and delivery of projects, to help drive a continuous improvement culture.
Knowledge
⚠️A comprehensive knowledge and understanding of asbestos legislation, policy and best practice and an ability to advise managers and staff delivering frontline services.
⚠️Expert knowledge of asbestos and building safety requirements.
Skills and Abilities
⚠️Strong problem solving and negotiation skills, and a proven ability to devise and implement changes to policy and procedures and to improve services.
⚠️Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with customers, colleagues, elected Members, and other stakeholders; to prepare presentations letters and reports to a high standard.
⚠️Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
⚠️Able to work under pressure and manage own time and that of others with minimal supervision.
⚠️Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with a variety of people including customers, staff and other agencies.
⚠️Excellent IT skills, and ability to learn new packages as required. Ability to devise, implement, and maintain record and monitoring systems, including database and spread sheet systems.
Experience
⚠️Experience of policy, project management, partnership development and/or service improvement work within an organisation providing frontline housing services.
⚠️Significant experience in delivering asbestos management in an housing repairs and investment environment.
⚠️Experience in managing contractors and external partners to ensure effective delivery of programmes
Qualifications
☢️Management of Asbestos in Buildings or equivalent as a minimum
☢️NEBOSH General Certificate/Diploma
☢️IOSH Membership (Tech/Grad/CMIOSH)
If you are interested in this role please do reach out to me via email or telephone!
amberrayment@carringtonblakerecruitment.com
020 753 766 07