Asbestos Team Leader - Internal only

What will you be doing?

• Leading and managing the Council’s asbestos team, providing supervision, performance management, and technical guidance.
• Ensuring compliance with asbestos legislation and maintaining accurate asbestos records across the housing stock.
• Overseeing asbestos surveys, inspections, bulk sampling, and re-inspection programmes for occupied and void properties.
• Monitoring the quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of asbestos-related works through site inspections and audits.
• Producing reports, plans, performance updates, and financial estimates to support service delivery and compliance.
• Providing expert asbestos advice and support to colleagues, contractors, and project teams.
• Responding to customer enquiries, complaints, and service requests, ensuring excellent customer service.
• Driving service improvements, supporting audits, and ensuring adherence to Council policies, procedures, and procurement requirements.
• Undertaking site visits and participating in the emergency call-out rota as required.

About you

Relevant Degree or evidence of equivalent experience in the building industry but must have –  

 Asbestos qualifications– 

• P402 - surveying and sampling strategies for asbestos in buildings 

• P403 – air sampling and fibre counting

 • P404 – clearance testing • P405 – management of asbestos in buildings

 • S301 - Asbestos Knowledge of asbestos and health and safety regulations. 

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working within the asbestos industry. 
• Willing to undertake training as and when required to cover changes in regulation and legislation. 
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience of maintenance in a local authority or housing association.
•  Experience of line managing qualified trades personnel. 
• Trade background with a wide knowledge of the building industry, specifically asbestos works.
•  Previous experience of working as a surveyor within the asbestos sector. 
• Ability to motivate, manage and supervise tradespeople.   
• Ability to plan and manage maintenance works. 
• Able to communicate effectively and courteously with customers. 
• Fluent in the English language. Problem-solving skills. 
• Able to work under pressure and meet agreed deadlines. Ability to plan and prioritise own workload. Influencing and negotiating skills. 
• Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills. 
• Able to produce clear, concise and persuasive written reports and letters on complex issues.
•  Good IT and keyboard skills, including experience of spreadsheets, word processing and mobile working.   
• Working knowledge of health and safety regulations. Ability and willingness to take part in the council’s   emergency call out rota / procedure 
• Full driving licence and access to a car for work

Our benefits

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You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.  

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community 

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)