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Technical Compliance Officer (Asbestos, Legionella & Lifts)

Salary Up to £43,488
Location Didsbury, Manchester
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

Technical Compliance Officer (Asbestos, Legionella & Lifts)  (35 hours per week) 

The Technical Compliance Officer (Legionella / Asbestos / Lifts) will support full compliance for the delivery of these respective contracts. They will be required to have an in-depth knowledge of legionella, asbestos, and lift safety matters and will be trained to a specialist level, with a minimum safety qualification in each of the three disciplines.   

What you’ll be doing  

  • Support the Strategic Manager (Servicing) to co-ordinate legionella, asbestos, and lift safety activity and maintenance, to a minimum position of legal compliance, but also to understand, interpret and deliver on the requirements of British Standards (BS) in legionella, asbestos, lift safety and the requirements as laid out in applicable regulations.  

  • Support the Strategic Manager (Servicing) with legionella, asbestos, and lifts safety activity and projects across the whole of GPHG’s property portfolio.   

  • You will carry out inspection of properties, identifying areas of weakness, proposing solutions and recommendations.  

  • You will support the preparation of schedules of work, specifications and support the procurement of remedial legionella, asbestos, and lift works projects.  

  • You will provide technical advice and guidance to colleagues and contractors to ensure compliance with legislation, statutory requirements and the Group’s strategies, policies and procedures.   

  • You will support contract management of programmes and contractors across all customer safety contracts to ensure targets for quality, cost and timescales are achieved.  

  • You will provide expert technical knowledge and manage the compliance of all aspects of legionella, asbestos, and lift safety maintenance across the property portfolio, ensuring that the services comply with current regulations, best practice and British Standards.   

  • When required you will carry out audits, onsite inspections and produce related reports.      

  • Undertake post inspections of works, when required, and ensure effective and appropriate records and administrative systems are maintained, ensuring all documentation pertaining to property and communications are stored in the agreed shared location.  

  • Take an active role in the review, development and implementation of policy and procedure being involved in and leading on relevant projects.  

  • Support the delivery and embedding of policies and procedures by completing toolbox talks, site visits, and training materials as necessary to ensure that all stakeholders understand their role in maintaining customer safety.   

What we need from you  

  • A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing   

  • A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities   

  • A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places  

  • A commitment to continuous learning and improvement  

  • Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity  

  • An ability to work in uncertainty.  

  • To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity    

What you’ll need   

  • A legionella / asbestos / lift related qualification  

  • Member of ASCP or equivalent body (not essential)  

  • Technical knowledge of legionella / asbestos / lift systems and maintenance   

  • Excellent knowledge of compliance legislation relating to legionella / asbestos safety / lift safety  

  • Experience in contract management and delivery  

  • Experience in budget setting and management  

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment  

  • Pension ¦ DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)   

  • WPA ¦ Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available  - option to increase & add family members  

  • Annual leave ¦ Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days within 5 years + Bank Holidays  

  • Ways of Working¦ We offer some hybrid and flexible working  

  • Reward & Recognition ¦ You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’    

  • Professional Fees ¦ The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague   

  • The Market Place ¦high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more  

  • Health and Wellbeing Initiatives ¦ Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing 

 

Closing date: 4th July 2025 at 12.00pm (noon) 

 

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The Company

Great Places Housing Group exists to improve the lives of the people living in our 25,000 homes across the North West and Yorkshire. We are much more than just a landlord, providing a wide-range of services and promoting partnership work to create vibrant, sustainable communities.

You can find details of our story, our vision and our values here.

At Great Places, we are committed to using inclusive hiring practices. By embracing diversity and difference, we enrich our teams with varied perspectives, drive, and innovation to create an environment in which everyone can thrive.  We welcome applications from people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures and are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone can be their authentic self; building a workforce that truly reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We want to create a recruitment process that allows you to perform at your best! Should you need any support or information throughout the process, please reach out to our recruitment team at recruitment@greatplaces.org.uk.

Healthcare cash plan

Employee Assistance Scheme

26-30 days holiday

Flexible working

Smarttech loans

Pension

The Benefits

Pension

DC Scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleague and Great Places)

WPA

Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available- option to increase & add on family members

The Market Place

High street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more

Annual Leave

Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days within 5 years+ Bank Holidays

Reward & Recognition

You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’

Help with transport

We offer season ticket loans, an affordable way to purchase season tickets for public transport at discounted rates .

For more information about our benefits and rewards, visit our careers page.

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