Asbestos Removal Operative in Derby

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Rate of Pay: £15.44 per hour

Contract: Permanent

Type of Employment: Full Time

Hours: 38 hours per week

Location: Mitie Environmental Services Ltd, Litchurch Plaza, Litchurch Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8AA

Due to continued expansion and increased long-term workload, Mitie Environmental Services Ltd are seeking to recruit an experienced Asbestos Removal Operative to undertake a wide variety of projects across the United Kingdom and integrate with the team.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Ability to work away and out of hours when the workload dictates.
• Willingness to learn and retain a good understanding of current asbestos legislation, statutory regulations and relevant Quality, Safety & Health and Environmental (QSHE) requirements.
• Clear understanding of the current Control of Asbestos Regulations regarding all aspects of asbestos removal and remediation.
• Current Asbestos Removal Operative Certificate.
• Verified and appropriate face fit test and be on a 2 yearly medical surveillance.
• Ability to learn and work effectively within a team environment.
• Good communication skills to ensure work meets or exceeds customer expectations.
• Full UK driving licence and passport; preferably a towing licence.
• Verified and appropriate First Aid Certificate.
• Willingness to participate and gain a trade specific CSCS card whilst working towards a trade specific NVQ.

Main duties:

• Ensuring all works are carried out to the highest standard of workmanship preventing and reducing the spread and/or exposure of asbestos.
• Complying with company methodology, risk assessments, policies, and procedures to ensure health, safety, welfare, and security of all.
• Ability to construct robust and compliant enclosures to enable the undertaking of licenced asbestos removal projects.
• Ensuring compliance with all current asbestos and health and safety legislative requirements.
• Professionally liaising with clients, contractors, and residents.
• Understanding and signing all relevant paperwork to ensure all legislative, licensable requirements are met to the highest standards.
• Carrying out daily record keeping including a company timesheet, respirator check sheet and health records for yourself, site teams and for agency staff under your responsibility on site.

Person Specification:

• Asbestos Operative experience (Minimum 24 Months).
• Asbestos Medical.
• Asbestos Face Fit Certificates.
• Sound knowledge of the Health & Safety procedures pertaining to asbestos.
• Full clean UK Driving Licence.
• Willingness to travel and work out of hours anywhere in the UK is essential to the business.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to create and promote a positive health and safety culture.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage at all levels.
• Personable demeanour.

Health and Safety responsibilities:

• Follow Group and company policies and procedures at all times.
• Report any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment.
• Use all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received.
• Report any issues or training needs to your Line manager and/or via your divisional incident reporting system.

Information Security:

• Ensure compliance with Mitie's information security procedures in all activities.
• Proactively identify and report security risks to your manager.
• Report actual and suspected security incidents.

Note: This job description is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role envisaged for this position and the range of duties undertaken. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder throughout the period of employment. The job description may be varied from time to time by the Company to reflect changes in the post holder's role and/or the needs of the business.

At Mitie we know that ‘our diversity makes us stronger’. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where our people can thrive and be their best every day. We are very proud of our rich and diverse culture and backgrounds. Our diversity creates ideas and insights. Everyone at Mitie has a voice and is treated as an equal. We recognise the unique contributions that you can bring and our people and customers thrive when we get this right.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more! We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10, giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie). We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at.