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Interim Asbestos Surveyor x2
Job Ref: Portsmouth 5258995
Pay Rate: £27.81 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37.50 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: PORTSMOUTH
Remote working is possible, but attendance at least once a week in the office is required.
Need P402, and at least 6 months experience
You will be assisting the in house Compliance team with ad hoc asbestos surveys and sampling requests. There may be an opportunity to assist in the creation of Asbestos Management Plans for various assets.
Key responsibilities:
Carry out asbestos surveys across our varied 15,000 housing stock, together with the asset portfolio of corporate operational, commercial and community assets including schools. You will be supporting us to maintain and improve properties, ensure the right repair at the right time and help us provide suitable homes when needed.
Be surveying our assets, updating stock data and condition, evaluating and diagnosing what work is required, assessing the best options to carry out the work and issuing response repairs.
Assisting with the management of asbestos on behalf of the City Council in accordance with its asbestos management policy. This will include ad hoc sampling and inspection of assets, and a rolling programme of management surveys & re-inspections, including sampling in accordance with the approved code of practice L127 ensuring that all site asbestos registers are correct and updated at regular intervals and the asbestos register is maintained.
Arrange managed asbestos removal work using specialist contractors.
Key requirements:
Have a degree or HNC level qualification in an appropriate building or construction related subject OR alternatively demonstrate sufficient relevant experience of surveying properties in a repairs and maintenance environment.
Full driving licence and provide a car for work, as you will be visiting various sites across Portsmouth and will need to travel effectively between them.
Have knowledge and experience of construction related health & safety legislation knowledge generally and be able to apply specifically the working at height regulations, CDM Regulations and Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
Have relevant knowledge and experience of all Microsoft packages and demonstrate practical IT skills using Excel spreadsheets to analyse data or Word when writing reports, letters or specifications and being able to use various other software packages to accurately update data as part of undertaking the surveying role.
Have an awareness of building related legislation as appropriate and be able to apply as necessary with the ability to advise others.
Be an experienced Asbestos Surveyor with extensive experience in this area combined with specialist qualifications related to asbestos (S301, P402)
Have planning skills and demonstrate the ability to be organised and methodical when undertaking surveys, preparing and managing projects to ensure effective time management.
Have communication skills (verbal and written) and demonstrate the ability to be a good communicator developing relationships with clients and customers, understanding their aspirations, managing expectations and ensuring that excellent communication occurs to ensure that they are fully informed regarding the repairs and maintenance of their assets, particularly as most repairs and maintenance work is undertaken in occupation whilst residents are living in their homes or commercial buildings are operational.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Portsmouth 5258995
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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