Asbestos Surveyor

Main Purpose of Role

• Conduct asbestos consultancy work at client sites predominantly within the UK and potentially abroad.
• Provide advice to clients regarding asbestos found on their sites and offer project management services for maintenance and ongoing management of asbestos risk to ensure legal compliance and safety standards are achieved.
• Study all internal procedures relating to asbestos surveying and bulk analysis to ensure successful audits following the initial induction period.
• Follow the company's Code of Conduct and Rules for Life, achieving operational excellence and maintaining quality, health, safety, and environmental performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Accurately interpret job card instructions issued by project coordinators, including scope of works or contract reviews; identify and safely sample suspect asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and record data clearly.
• Assess asbestos accurately and determine whether it should be removed or left in situ; advise clients on how to safely secure and enclose any remaining asbestos to ensure safety.
• Liaise proactively with clients and line managers during site work when problems are found to ensure clients are aware of risks and plans to minimise these risks.
• Collate appropriate information to allow for pricing of work, job booking, and scheduling by the project coordinators.
• Ensure the processing of samples and production of final reports within contractual timelines to maintain customer satisfaction and ongoing relationships.
• Manage accounts for specific clients.
• Enhance professional development by attending monthly toolbox talks and other relevant training sessions.
• Cooperate with the Quality Control department, including completion of the required audit schedule and resolution of any resulting non-conformances or corrective actions.
• Actively promote and sell the company's services to new and existing clients, ensuring all opportunities for work are followed up and communicated to the project coordinator team.

Performance Agreement

• Assist in the education and ongoing development of less experienced team members to ensure proper resource levels to meet client needs.
• Ensure full compliance with the company's Code of Integrity & Professional Conduct and Equality & Diversity Policy, and ensure others do so.
• Adopt safe behaviour by exercising due regard for the health and safety of oneself, colleagues, and clients, in line with company policies and procedures.

Current Challenges & Opportunities

• Develop skills to enable continuous improvement in the Surveying role.
• Familiarise oneself with new procedures and systems.

Core Competencies

1. Customer Focus
2. Analytical Reasoning
3. Building Relationships
4. Communication
5. Decisiveness
6. Teamwork
7. Drive & Resilience
8. Empathy for colleagues

Skills & Knowledge

Essential:

• Good timekeeping
• Strong communication and learning skills
• Ability to proactively seek improvements in services
• Technical ability to carry out site works while working as a second person
• Knowledge of the company's QHSE management systems and requirements

Desirable:

• In-depth knowledge of asbestos management techniques

Experience

Essential:

• Minimum 1 to 2 years' experience as an Asbestos Surveyor

Desirable:

• Over 4 years' experience
• Held an internal quality management role

Qualifications

Essential:

• BOHS P402
• UK Driving Licence or equivalent
• GCSE A-C or equivalent in Maths and English

Desirable:

• CCP (Asbestos)
• P405 and/or P406 Certificates
• Health & Safety qualifications (e.g., IOSH)
• Project management qualifications

Performance Indicators

• Maintain the quality of survey reports.
• Keep client or tenant complaints to the department average or better.
• Ensure team reports are delivered by the end of the day.
• Ensure no reports remain unsigned.
• Maintain monthly production rates at the department average or better.
• Achieve satisfactory internal audit status and close out all non-conformances and corrective actions within deadlines.
• Meet and exceed training expectations.
• Pass all audits, whether blind or with the lead auditor.
• Have a full understanding of HSG264.
• Maintain HSG264 standards while completing site surveys.
• Attend agreed toolbox talks.
• Complete campus e-learning on time.
• Ensure all internal training is completed within the required timeframe.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.