Orbit Group
Location
Erith, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
We’re building thriving communities as one of the UK’s largest housing groups and a leading developer of affordable housing.
We believe everyone is entitled to a good home they can afford, in a place they are proud to live. More than 100,000 people live in our homes.
If you want to experience work that’s truly rewarding, join us. Because when we achieve together, customers and communities thrive.
Work for Orbit. Believe in people.
The role
To work in Property Safety, to plan and deliver programmes of work related to the functions held (e.g. Fire, asbestos, electrical, lifts, water safety etc.) and to ensure Orbit has robust and auditable evidence of compliance with relevant legislation and company KPIs. Most important to this role is to apply the Plan, Do, Check, Act way of working to everything our team does to drive our customer safety culture of continual improvement.
In this role you will have the opportunity to lead on both asbestos and water safety across Orbit’s property portfolio. You will manage a comprehensive work programme or Water risk assessments, Asbestos Surveys, and removals. You will support the wider operations team to ensure safe practices are adhered to when carrying out repairs or refurbishment works. You will have experience building effective relationships as you will need to be able to communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
This role is part of Customer & Communities where you'll help us to lead the way keeping our promise to more than 100,000 customers.
We are happy to accept applications from either the Midlands or South East locations
What you'll achieve
Effective management of workstreams on Asbestos, Legionella & Water Safety across our portfolio of stock
Work to ensure all assessments are completed and actions recorded, managed and completed ahead of timescales
Work in an agile manner with a mix of home, office and site visits
Work to improve KPI performances in a regulated environment
Follow all internal policies & procedures to ensure the safety of customers, contractors and properties
What you'll bring
Essential skills
Substantial experience of managing large contracts based upon high volume, low unit value
Experience of improving KPI performance in a compliance related field
Experience of implementing policy and procedure towards preventing health and safety incidents
Experience of Property Safety/Compliance related functions in relation to a housing landlord
Experience of driving health and safety cultural change on a business wide scale
Desirable skills
P405 qualification in Asbestos Management
L8 Legionella experience
Why Orbit?
Choosing us means being rewarded in every sense.
Here’s what you can expect to enjoy with us.
A rewarding experience that works for you
We strive to create an inclusive experience with benefits and wellbeing programmes designed to help you, and your loved ones, to thrive. For a better work life balance, we offer flexible working opportunities for many roles.
A place to progress
From training programmes to professional qualifications, we provide opportunities to learn and develop at every stage of your career. Whether you’re a student, graduate or experienced professional we’ll support you to grow.
For leaders, our tailored development journeys are designed to stretch and strengthen your leadership skills. As well as practical training, we give you access to renowned business schools and experiential programmes for greater breadth and depth of learning.
A purpose to feel proud of
We’re proud to make a difference to people together. We’re values-driven with a commercial focus on performance - because the more profit we make, the more we can achieve for people.
What brings us together is a passionate belief in progress and people.
Read more about the values and purpose that drive us on our careers website.
How we hire
We aim to make our hiring process simple and fair:
Online application
Interview(s)
Decision and offer
We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check
Job tags
Salary
£39.08k - £43.42k per annum
