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Asbestos Officer - Waverley Court

City of Edinburgh Council

City of Edinburgh

Hybrid

GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Full time

13 days ago

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An exciting opportunity awaits as an Asbestos Officer within a forward-thinking council, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with asbestos regulations. This hybrid position allows you to collaborate with a dedicated team while maintaining a focus on health and safety. You'll engage with contractors, manage inspections, and contribute to a culture of high performance and service delivery. If you're passionate about making a difference and possess the skills to drive change, this role is perfect for you. Join a workplace that values diversity and encourages flexible working, making it an ideal environment for personal and professional growth.

Experience in asbestos work-related roles with a focus on compliance and safety.
Strong communication and IT skills for effective reporting and management.

Organise and inspect asbestos works, ensuring compliance with legislation.
Engage with various departments and manage contractors for asbestos removal.

Asbestos Management

Project Management

Contractor Management

Data Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Effective Communication

IT Skills

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 36 hours per week

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Asbestos Officer to be appointed to a post within the City of Edinburgh Council Housing and Homelessness Services and to join the Housing Services Asbestos Team. This is a hybrid role, which will require the post holder to meet with the rest of the team at least once a week in our Edinburgh Office. You will also often be required to attend meetings with contractors or carry out inspections in various locations throughout Edinburgh.

The post holder will support the Asbestos and Water Quality Manager in all aspects of asbestos-related statutory compliance and manage associated works in accordance with legislation and our internal Asbestos Management Plan, policy and procedures to ensure business continuity, efficiency and safety across the estate. We are looking for a team player with various asbestos work-related experience, with interest in project, contractor and data management, as well as passion for health and safety and quality control. You must also be able to deal with the public and have effective communication, reporting and IT skills.

You will organise and inspect asbestos works, engage with various City of Edinburgh Council departments and projects, manage asbestos removal and analytical contractors, and ensure appropriate information is provided and retained in our database. You will also get involved in incident investigations, carry out audits, non-conforming work investigations and other checks to ensure the integrity of our methods and compliance with our systems. You will also often engage with colleagues from different departments to provide advice, information and training.

If you would like to take on this new opportunity and join our team and have skills demonstrating our behaviours – respect, integrity, and flexibility as well as extensive experience of creating a high performing culture, driving change and service delivery, we would love to hear from you.

If you have any questions or want to know more about the role, please contact martyna.rozycka@edinburgh.gov.uk.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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