Construction Officer in Ebbw Vale, Wales

The diverse range of responsibilities offers significant opportunities for skill development and enables each member to contribute meaningfully to the team's processes. Duties include organising and overseeing all statutory testing surveys for authority-owned buildings to ensure full regulatory compliance, such as asbestos re-inspections, mansafe system evaluations, safety glazing assessments, and servicing of roller shutter and automatic doors, to name just a few. In this position, you will be expected to obtain quotations, initiate purchase orders, and supervise compliance-related activities such as asbestos removal and encapsulation. Responsibilities also include evaluating risk assessments and method statements, as well as authorising the completion of these works.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Manage the statutory testing for all local authority buildings to ensure all necessary surveys are undertaken at the required intervals.
• Manage any work that comes from the statutory survey reports.
• Undertake asbestos management in buildings and ensure that the Authority does not breach regulations or expose officers or the public to risk for asbestos.
• Work with colleagues in the authority to manage compliance of buildings with contractual terms of Tenancy agreements, and report breaches to senior management for follow-up action.
• Implement the Division's responsibilities for Health & Safety.
• Adhere to current asbestos regulations, legislation, specifications, British Standards, Codes of practice and CDM Regulations.
• Act as Clerk of Works for construction projects of varying complexities.
• Liase directly with officers, senior management, building occupants & the public in relation to site safety issues, construction defects and to ensure that buildings are designed to be constructed, operated, maintained and demolished safely.
• Undertake management & administration of minor works projects and assist in Building Surveying duties.
• Liase directly with Contractors, subcontractors & HSE in relation to Asbestos issues.
• Attendance at meetings with clients, senior management, external agencies, consultants and contractors.
• Maintain Continual Professional Development to keep aware of revised legislation, new building products etc.
• Motivate, encourage the development of staff.
• Assist in the preparation of Departmental & Corporate Plans and Policies.
• Undertake any other duties that may be required.
• Comply with the relevant sections of the Authority's policy statement on Health, Safety and Welfare at Work.
• Adhere to the principles of the Corporate Equality Policy and ensure commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
• Assist Building Services Engineers including CAD, preparation of specifications etc.

Person Specification:

Qualifications & experience: A minimum of HNC/HND or equivalent qualification or time served in Construction/Building Assets discipline. Extensive knowledge of dealing with issues in one or more of the following areas: Asbestos, Construction, Building Surveying, CDM, Clerk of Works duties, Mansafe Systems, Safety Glazing. Experience of statutory testing in commercial buildings. Experience of dealing with all aspects of building construction/building assets and design in a non-domestic context. Asbestos P402 and/or P405 Qualification is preferred but not essential.