Experienced Interim Asbestos & Water Hygiene Manager required for a 6-month, full-time hybrid assignment based in Harlow, offering £500 per day umbrella.
Seeking a proven compliance professional with significant experience managing asbestos and water hygiene compliance within social housing, ideally within a local authority or public-sector property portfolio.
The successful candidate will provide operational leadership across both service areas, ensuring statutory compliance, effective risk management and robust governance and assurance arrangements.
Essential requirements include:
BOHS P405 Management of Asbestos qualification.
Strong working knowledge of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE Approved Code of Practice L8 for legionella control.
Extensive experience overseeing asbestos management surveys, refurbishment and demolition surveys, reinspections, asbestos registers and management plans.
Proven experience managing legionella risk assessments, water hygiene monitoring programmes and remedial action plans.
Significant experience managing specialist asbestos removal, remediation and water hygiene contractors, ensuring performance and compliance.
Experience overseeing remedial works and implementing effective controls across repairs, maintenance, voids, planned investment and refurbishment programmes.
Strong reporting, financial management, stakeholder engagement and compliance assurance skills.
Membership of a relevant professional body, such as BOHS, NEBOSH or IOSH.
The ideal interim professional will be proactive, commercially aware and capable of quickly assessing existing compliance arrangements, identifying gaps, managing high-risk issues and delivering measurable improvements. They must be confident working with senior management, operational teams and external contractors to ensure properties remain safe and all statutory obligations are met.
Assignment: 6 months, full-time, hybrid working, Harlow. Rate: £500 per day umbrella. Closing date: 30 October 2026.