Asbestos Compliance Lead

Ealing Council have an exciting new opportunity as an Asbestos Compliance Lead available on a full-time permanent basis.

At Ealing Council, we are committed to ensuring every family has a decent living income and can afford a genuinely affordable home. We strive to create communities where everyone can live a long, happy, and healthy life, full of pride and identity. We aim to create an environment where every child can reach their potential and achieve their dreams.

The Asbestos Compliance role:

Responsible for ensuring Ealing’s relevant Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) achieves regulatory compliance within the required timescales for Asbestos (re-inspection programme).

As the Asbestos Compliance Lead you will:

• Responsible for ensuring Ealing’s relevant Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) achieves regulatory compliance within the required timescales for Asbestos (re-inspection programme).
• Ensuring that the Asbestos Register is accurate and maintained.
• To ensure all completed certification and reports are robustly quality control checked ensuring the accuracy of the report and its content.
• To ensure that all reviewed and completed certification are uploaded to Ealing’s Compliance Management System in a timely manner allowing reporting to provide an accurate position of compliance throughout the portfolio.
• To effectively manage budget allocation and financial control and forecasting
• Responsible for raising orders, managing/processing invoices from contractor on OHMS.
• Identifying best practice and emerging legislative and regulatory change to provide LBE tenants with safe, secure and affordable homes.
• Supervisory responsibility for internal support staff to allocate and check work.
• Supervisory responsibility for being the key point of contact for external contractors through a range of contracts to ensure works are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Responsible for organising regular contractor meetings, drafting agenda, taking minutes and follow up actions.
• Responsible for delivering a planned and effective service that is accessible and suitable to tenants needs.
• Responsible for all aspects of H&S and regulatory compliance for the service area.

Our ideal Asbestos Compliance Lead will have the below skills and experience:

1. Ability to ensure compliance with all mandatory KPI’s, client Policies and Procedures including Health and Safety and Environmental management.
2. Ability to interpret engineering drawings, method statements and risk analysis.
3. Knowledge of current legislative/regulatory requirements for PPM delivery of the areas of compliance and/or equipment that you are responsible for assets.
4. An experienced manager within a maintenance environment with a proven track record of effective contract management of contractors
5. Ability to prepare and draft reports and papers.
6. Ability to produce specifications, tenders, and contract documentation to support a range of projects using procedural procurement methods, ensuring compliance with current British Standards, Codes of Practise, Building regulation, etc.
7. Knowledge of housing finance & budgetary control.
8. Knowledge of health & safety legislation and processes in relation to social
9. housing.
10. Knowledge of landlord/tenant matters, leaseholder consultation requirements and contract dispute and resolution.
11. Ability to work as part of team successfully delivering PPM programmes on time.
12. Experience of delivering a customer-focused service.
13. Ability to communicate effectively with customers and contractors.
14. The ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders..
15. A positive understanding of performance management.
16. Knowledge and understanding of ICT systems and housing management systems.
17. Ability to give technical advice to residents.
18. Possession of a vehicle and a clean driving licence.

Essential qualification(s) and professional membership(s)

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English (Grades A*-C)
• Significant and demonstrable experience of managing compliance-related planned preventative programmes, systems and equipment
• A specific qualification/ proven track record of experience in the areas of compliance that you are responsible for.
• Membership of RICS, CIBSE, CIOB, CIH, IoE or equivalent relevant qualification

You must have the right to work in the UK.  Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.

It is an exciting time to join us, here at Ealing Council. If you would like to make a positive difference to our residents and borough, then we’re looking forward to hearing from you.

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Ealing Council is committed to creating good jobs and delivering on its connected communities’ agenda. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive.

We therefore welcome applications from all residents of the borough, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are entering the employment market in the early stages of their career and mid-career professionals, who are currently underrepresented in Ealing’s workforce.

Please note all applications will be determined on merit.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 26th April 2026

Interview dates: w/c 5th May 2026