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Asbestos Specialist
Job Posted: 6 hours ago
Salary: £ 500 - 500 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: United Kingdom
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Asbestos Specialist Overview:
Join DWP Estates during a transformative period, helping ensure buildings are safe, compliant, and fit for the future. You'll lead asbestos management across the estate, acting as subject matter ex-pert and ensuring legal compliance, safety, and best practice. Key Responsibilities:
Lead asbestos management across the DWP estate, ensuring compliance and safety.
Maintain and update asbestos registers, surveys, and risk assessments.
Collaborate with consultants and contractors to ensure effective performance and compli-ance.
Provide technical advice and support on asbestos-related issues.
Review documentation and oversee corrective actions.
Support data collection and analysis for asset management.
Assist in audits, investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Contribute to policy development and strategic planning. Reporting To:
Asset Intelligence Manager
Essential Experience & Skills:
Extensive experience managing asbestos across large estates.
Strong knowledge of asbestos legislation and compliance.
Experience working with outsourced teams and consultants.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Strong organisational and audit experience. Qualifications (Essential):
BOHS P402 & P405 (or equivalent)
NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate (or equivalent) Desirable:
BOHS P403/404
HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering or Building Services
NEBOSH Diploma
Chartered Membership (e.g., IMechE, CIBSE) Leadership Attributes:
Deliver high-quality outcomes on time.
Lead through change and promote innovation.
Collaborate effectively across teams.
Promote continuous learning and development.
There is no better time to join us as we transform our estate and make our buildings fit for the future.
Your role will be responsible for setting priorities, agreeing targets, and monitoring performance of all activities related to the management of statutory, and mandatory tasks, associated with Asbestos (Domain). You will act as the DWP Estates subject matter expert, leading this domain and allocating responsibilities to the wider Asset Management team, supplier management chain, and other DWP Estates operational teams. You will be accountable for outcomes in the management of all aspects related to Asbestos. You will provide technical and compliance expertise to ensure the DWP Estate portfolio is managed and controlled, safe and compliant.
You will have a detailed understanding of best practice and legal requirements regarding Asbestos compliance, and management, within commercial buildings. Using collaboration and a practical approach to make improvements and innovations. Ultimately, to ensure DWP Estates have all the information and data required to make valued and insightful decisions, and assurance, of a compliant and managed Estate with regards to Asbestos management. You will use your strong influencing skills to broker solutions across organisational boundaries.
Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link)
This role sits within the following:
Job Family Strategic Asset Management
Core Role Property Data Management
Level Senior Practitioner
Key accountabilities
Act as DWP Estates subject matter expert on the domains of Asbestos. To ensure that the DWP Estate division has a complete, relevant, operational, and compliant Asbestos management system to include plans, registers, drawings, surveys, and risk matrix for its property portfolio.
Lead collaborative working with the external DWP specialist and/or 'Carve-out' consultants in the development and implementation of a performance management system, for the assurance and compliance of statutory maintenance activities related Asbestos.
Act as the DWP Estates Responsible Person in respect of Asbestos.
Deliver a risk averse property safety service in respect of asbestos.
Ensure the estates premises portfolio is fully compliant with all legislation within your domain, and develop strategies, policies and procedures surrounding this.
Ensure an effective system is in place to identify and rectify any incidents where non- compliance is found for your managed domain.
Management, control and implementation for Asbestos Register updates, risk assessments, premises surveys and treatment plans including escalation for asbestos adverse events to the asset management team and compliance team.
Periodically review survey documentation produced by the specialist and/or 'Carve-out' Consultants and appointed TFM contractor, including supply chain, to ensure that all surveys and action plans are documented, tracked and rectification works agreed are closed-out.
Lead in the capture and interpretation of accurate and relevant asset and maintenance data for Asbestos to ensure correct maintenance, works and investment is in place, and our sites are safe and maintained throughout their life.
Lead domain site investigations to ensure compliant sites, completed works, capture of complete and correct asset data, and life cycle works, with associated documentation.
Act as DWP Estates responsible person subject matter expert - and lead for Asbestos in making recommendations for future works, improvements, maintenance, and investments to ensure best value for money, innovation, and compliance.
Act as DWP Estates subject matter expert / Responsible Person and lead in the authorisation and sign off, of delay requests for maintenance and repairs.
Lead in the technical assessment of requested / required repairs, improvements and innovations / works to Asbestos assets and systems.
Assist the Asset Intelligence Team and Asset Management section in the gathering and management of asset data, trends analysis and insight.
Lead in the management and control of the DWP Estates building assets, systems, associated maintenance and works within your domain to ensure a seamless compliance and management process.
Drive value and compliance and the DWP principles of 'Smaller, Greener, more affordable, and adaptable estate.
Assist DWP Estates with data, information, and insight to ensure DWP are meeting our objectives and goals.
Perform audits and checks of data and compliance practices, maintenance, information, to understand root-causes, close gaps and make improvements.
Collaborate with DWP Estates and supply chain partners to ensure continues improvement and full compliance.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure full legal and contractual compliance, best practice, and value for money.
Assist DWP in the acquisition and handover of 'new' buildings and projects to ensure Asbestos compliance, best practice, and collection and management of all relevant data.
Drive innovation and new ways of working.
Deputise for Asset Intelligence team manager / members in meetings.
Strive for best practice asset management and ISO55000.
Perform deep-dives, audits, and checks of data and compliance information, to understand root-causes, close gaps and make improvements.
Collaborate with DWP Estates teams and supply chain partners to ensure continuous improvement and full compliance with legislation, and good practice in the management asbestos maintenance / surveys and inspections.
Proactive and innovation in compliance service delivery.
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