Reference
REQ7412
Description
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent We are seeking an experienced and motivated Water Hygiene Compliance Officer to join our Property Compliance team, responsible for maintaining safe water systems across the Council’s commercial & operational property portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring compliance with all current water hygiene and Legionella control regulations across a diverse range of buildings including, but not limited to, offices, schools, leisure centres, depots, libraries, and community facilities. Reporting to the Compliance Manager, you’ll support and oversee the Council’s water hygiene compliance programme, ensuring all properties operate in line with current legislation and best practice including ACOP L8, HSG274, COSHH, and associated health and safety requirements. The successful candidate will work closely with the wider teams within Estates and Building Services, contractors, facilities teams, and operational managers to maintain robust compliance systems, monitor performance, and reduce risk across the estate.
Location & Contractual Details
- Region: Central
- Location: Hybrid working – Home and Leicester City Offices
- Salary: GBP 42,839 – GBP 46,142 Per Year
- Package: Total benefit value includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement: GBP 62,918
- Contractual hours: 37
- Basis: Full time
Responsibilities
You’ll manage and monitor water hygiene compliance across the Council’s broad property portfolio. Ensuring compliance with ACOP L8, HSG274, COSHH, and the relevant legislation. In addition, you’ll review Legionella risk assessments and ensure remedial actions are completed, accurately and in a timely manner. No one day will be the same in this varied role. Not only will you be providing expert technical advice and support to colleagues, stakeholders and site managers, you’ll also be responsible for monitoring contractor performance and KPIs to ensure that services are compliant with the contract thus monitoring overall service delivery. Within this role, you’ll be accountable for coordinating water sampling, temperature monitoring, flushing regimes, and inspections. With results then feeding in to compliance records, logbooks, and reporting systems which you’ll be liable for the maintenance and accuracy. Utilising said documents to provide audits and compliance inspections. You’ll also investigate compliance failures and implement corrective actions, and assist in developing water safety procedures and improvement plans.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have proven experience working within water hygiene, Legionella compliance and building compliance environments, as well as experience of managing contractors and compliance records. You’ll have substantial knowledge of ACOP L8, HSG274, and water hygiene regulations. As an individual you’ll have strong organisational skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines and manage competing priorities. You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, being a confident communicator who can build well-established working relationships with a variety of different stakeholders. This role will offer autonomy, as well as team working so you must be able to work independently and as part of a team. Due to the subject of this role, you’ll need a full UK driving license and the ability to travel when needed.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Option of flexible working
- Chance to develop skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities
- Flexible benefits including discounts on city buses and trains
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