Leicester City Council
Regulatory Compliance Officer
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Reference: REQ7412
Description
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Water Hygiene Compliance Officer to join our Property Compliance team, responsible for maintaining safe water systems across the Council's commercial & operational property portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring compliance with all current water hygiene and Legionella control regulations across a diverse range of buildings including, but not limited to, offices, schools, leisure centres, depots, libraries, and community facilities.
Reporting to the Compliance Manager, you’ll support and oversee the Council’s water hygiene compliance programme, ensuring all properties operate in line with current legislation and best practice including ACOP L8, HSG274, COSHH, and associated health and safety requirements.
The successful candidate will work closely with the wider teams within Estates and Building Services, contractors, facilities teams, and operational managers to maintain robust compliance systems, monitor performance, and reduce risk across the estate.
This is a full time, permanent position working 37 hours per week. You’ll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home/site to suit service needs with an expectation of working in the office 2 days a week minimum.
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- Manage and monitor water hygiene compliance across the Council’s broad property portfolio.
- Ensure compliance with ACOP L8, HSG274, COSHH, and the relevant legislation.
- Review Legionella risk assessments and ensure remedial actions are completed, accurately and in a timely manner.
- Provide expert technical advice and support to colleagues, stakeholders, and site managers.
- Monitor contractor performance and KPIs to ensure that services are compliant with the contract.
- Coordinate water sampling, temperature monitoring, flushing regimes, and inspections.
- Maintain compliance records, logbooks, and reporting systems.
- Investigate compliance failures and implement corrective actions.
- Assist in developing water safety procedures and improvement plans.
What You’ll Need
- Proven experience working within water hygiene, Legionella compliance, and building compliance environments.
- Experience of managing contractors and compliance records.
- Substantial knowledge of ACOP L8, HSG274, and water hygiene regulations.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines and manage competing priorities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build well-established working relationships with a variety of different stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- A full UK driving license and the ability to travel when needed.
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What We Can Offer You
- The satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester.
- A work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.
- Generous annual leave.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- The option of flexible working.
- Opportunities for skill development and expertise with various training and development opportunities.
- Flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains.
- Illustrative value of your benefits package available via our benefits calculator.
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We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome, and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the our approach to recruitment page.
If you’d like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact Kevin Smith, Hard FM Service Manager – kevin.smith@leicester.gov.uk
Region
Central
Location
Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices
Salary
GBP42,839 - GBP46,142 Per Year
Package
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP62,918
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
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