Kirklees Council
Technical Officer - Asbestos

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Organisation
Kirklees
Directorate
Place
Service Area
Homes & Neighbourhoods
Hours
37
Number of Jobs
1
Location(s)
Across Kirklees
Position type
Permanent
Grade
Grade 12
Salary
£45,091- £47,181
Advert Wording
At Kirklees Council Homes & Neighbourhoods, keeping our residents safe and meeting our Building Safety obligations is our top priority. To ensure continued delivery of our statutory duties and ensuring safety we have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Officer - Asbestos to join the Building Safety Team and deliver against our Building Safety requirements in relation to Asbestos management.
As the Asbestos Technical Officer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring statutory, regulatory and best practice requirements are met for all areas of asbestos. You will be a key individual in supporting the wider safety team, asset delivery, and housing colleagues with attainment of Asbestos management.
The main purpose of this role is to manage the Asbestos Safety Management specialist function, ensuring that this organisation is fully compliant and up to date with the required legislation and adhering to best practice.
You will ensure Asbestos containing materials are inspected, managed, and maintained in accordance with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and any other appropriate Health and Safety legislation.
The Successful Candidate Will Have
- Knowledge of preparing comprehensive Asbestos related work specifications, work designs, and supporting colleagues with minor/ major projects to a high standard.
- Extensive knowledge of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
- Extensive experience of managing 3rd party and internal asbestos surveys and risk assessments
- Experience of carrying out other types of domestic and non-domestic asbestos surveys
- Knowledge of Health & Safety at an operational level
- Knowledge of the Building Regulations, Disabled Access, building safety, CDM and Health & Safety Legislation
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As Part Of This Role You Will
- Produce accurate and timely performance reports for managers, senior leadership teams, boards, elected members and regulatory purposes.
- Lead on complaints, take on customer feedback and service performance information, identifying recurring themes, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop performance measures, key performance indicators and benchmarking information to support service planning and continuous improvement.
- Work with operational teams to ensure the delivery, integrity and consistency of asbestos management data and reports.
- Identify and investigate performance issues and provide recommendations to support corrective action and service improvement.
- Support compliance, repairs, planned investment, stock condition, building safety, energy and other asset management functions.
- Monitor performance against corporate objectives, regulatory requirements and service targets, highlighting exceptions and emerging concerns.
- Manage the collection, validation and presentation of performance information for asbestos to ensure reporting is accurate, reliable and auditable.
- Work collaboratively with all teams within Kirklees Council
- Manage and support the Asbestos Surveyors
- Promote a culture of evidence-based decision-making, continuous improvement and data-driven service delivery across Homes & Neighbourhoods.


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Contact Information
Blake Hamblett is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Closing date
07 September 2026, 11:55 PM
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