The Opportunity

At KAEFER, our success is built on our values and culture, which create a supportive and inclusive environment where employees can thrive. We prioritise growth and development, with abundant opportunities for advancement and a commitment to promoting from within. Our wide range of job openings, including entry-level positions, allows for the first steps on the ladder to success. We provide ongoing training and development opportunities to support our employees throughout their careers.

We are looking for an Asbestos Coordinator to join our team at Sellafield on a permanent basis. You will work within our Infrastructure Projects area to deliver Control of Asbestos that meets the requirements of the Control of Asbestos Regulations (CAR) 2012.

You will be a valuable part of our team ensuring that asbestos containing materials are identified during the pre-construction stages and delivery stages including emergent issues. Once identified, you will then make arrangements for removal and/or control of the asbestos.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Engage with site teams to ensure they have a working understanding of the project scope.
• Identify strategies to identify potential locations and interactions with asbestos materials based on the understanding of project scope.
• Liaise with other SL Asbestos Coordinators in the search for information.
• Attend / initiate stakeholder meetings
• Liaise and coordinator with the supply chain.
• Support safe systems of work as the subject matter expert on the control of asbestos.
• Arrange for an appropriate survey to be undertaken, agreeing the scope and delivery criteria for any proposed work liable to disturb presumed asbestos materials.
• Ensure all Asbestos materials will be inspected on an annual basis, as a minimum.
• Ensure that any work undertaken on Asbestos Licensable Materials will be carried out by an appropriate Asbestos Licensed Company.
• Ensure that any work undertaken or Notifiable Non-licensed or Non-notifiable Non-Licensed Materials will be carried out by appropriately trained and competent personnel and for any work that may disturb Asbestos Materials a suitable Plan of Work should be implemented and recorded.
• Complete appropriate notification to the Enforcing Authority for all Licensable or Notifiable Non-licensed Asbestos work.
• Carry out an independent inspection for all Licensable work prior to (re)occupation of the area.
• Develop arrangements to deal with Accidents, Incidents and Emergencies and ensure all Asbestos materials present in any building or construction site will be properly packaged, labelled, stored and transported.
• Retain suitable records including:
  • Asbestos Task Requests
  • Asbestos Management and/or Refurbishment
  • Demolition Surveys
  • Asbestos Sampling Results
  • Records of Workplace Asbestos Inspections

What You Will Bring

Demonstrable understanding of the following:

• BOHS P405 Managing Asbestos in Buildings
• Experience of Asbestos in Soils and Brownfield Sites
• Legislation i.e. main duties to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises, purpose of asbestos surveys as detailed under HSG 264, knowledge of relevant publication relating to asbestos with emphasis on removing asbestos (licensed / un-licensed works)
• Survey reports i.e. types of asbestos surveys, when to conduct asbestos refurbishment surveys, key information/components to identify within surveys to aid completion of Asbestos Management Plan
• Implementation of Asbestos Management Plans, knowledge of hierarchal approach to managing asbestos on site, assessment of long-term strategy for managing asbestos left in-situ, where personnel discover suspect ACM whilst working as the Asbestos Coordinator, necessary actions to take.
• Removal of ACMs on plant and soils i.e. types & examples of planned licensed / unlicensed removal works, typical equipment used during works, PPE / RPE requirements, appropriate techniques to adopt during removal of ACM, control measures employed by contractors, disposal / decontamination measures
• Asbestos Management Procedures i.e. review of surveys requested, routine / non-routine inspections undertaken, review of asbestos management plans, completion of appropriately detailed Asbestos Task Request Forms, review of inspections carried out during licensed / non-licensed work, evidence of refurbishment surveys undertaken on plant for planned work that may disturb ACM

Why KAEFER UK & Ireland?

Our mission is clear: to be the most reliable and efficient provider of technical industrial services.

KAEFER UK & Ireland provides a large and growing range of industries with asset integrity services including access solutions, insulation, surface protection, HVAC fabrication, EC&I and more. We focus on improving energy efficiency and extending asset life cycles. We have twelve operating centres across the UK and Ireland, employing approximately 3,500 highly skilled and experienced people. Our people are our lifeforce and every day they deliver excellence to our customers.

KAEFER UK & Ireland is part of the KAEFER Group, a global €2.3 billion business with its headquarters in Bremen, Germany. KAEFER works on more than 5,500 job-sites internationally, with around 33,000 employees. With unrivalled experience and expertise, our teams provide trusted partnerships and tailored support to execute even the most challenging and complex projects for clients.

We take pride in being part of a global company, with common values and many diverse and individual voices. You can ‘count on us’ to make positive contributions in the communities where we live and work.

Our values:

• Reliability

• Ambition

• Team Spirit

• Respect