Asbestos Manager in London

The Corporate Health & Safety Team is dedicated to providing a comprehensive service that is professional, ethical and high quality to our clients in order that they can achieve the highest standards of health and safety excellence and compliance. The Health and Safety Team’s focus is delivery of high quality services. A combination of audit, compliance monitoring, support, investigations and training are provided to clients to enable them to fulfil their statutory duties.

Responsibilities

• Act as the competent person to ensure that the organisation is legally compliant in its asbestos management arrangements, including all corporate works, repairs and maintenance of asbestos (including within community schools).
• Ensure statutory compliance with asbestos regulations and associated compliance, managing contractors, data, monitoring arrangements and production and management of KPIs, including all pre- and post-contract management.
• Be responsible for remedial contract works for both urgent and planned works.
• Work with the Corporate Health & Safety Team Manager to ensure the service is effectively planned and delivered, the budget is managed and KPIs are met.
• Organise asbestos management surveys and refurbishment and demolition surveys.
• Develop strategies and policy to reflect legislation, statutory obligations and current guidance.
• Audit and monitor arrangements, including on-site visits.
• Manage the asbestos part of the planned programme of works in community schools and corporate buildings, monitoring works and handovers (e.g., boiler replacements, window replacements, upgrading works).
• Handle day-to-day management, emergencies and act as main liaison for all asbestos-related work, including queries, on-site monitoring, dealing with asbestos fly-tipping etc.
• Liaise with schools and clients, ensure they are appropriately trained in asbestos day-to-day management and monitoring, delivering training on a 1:1 and group basis.
• Work closely with the Support Officer(s) to ensure recharges and other budget matters are dealt with.

Qualifications

• Relevant asbestos qualifications: P405 – Proficiency Certificate in Management of Asbestos in Buildings preferred; any P400 series qualifications considered.
• Certificate of Competence in Asbestos (CoC Asbestos) desirable.
• Experience in management of asbestos in multi-use large complex organisations.
• Health and safety experience.
• Experience in managing large scale works and coordinating asbestos removals in corporate and school premises.
• Experience estimating works against a schedule of rates.

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