Principal Designer and CDM Advisor
| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Bristol or Birmingham |
| Area | Avon, EnglandWest Midlands, England |
| Sector | Health and SafetyCDM and Principal Designer |
| Salary | £55k-£70k plus healthcare, car allowance |
| Currency | GBP |
| Start Date | asap |
| Job Ref | 2657 |
- Description
Principal Designer and CDM Advisor required to join a multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy to plan, manage, monitor and co-ordinate Health and Safety in pre-construction phases of projects; including identifying, eliminating or controlling foreseeable risks and ensuring designers carry out their duties.
You will work across many sectors, including commercial, civil, education, logistics and leisure.
This is a regional role supplying service to clients primarily across the South West. The business has an office in Bristol.
You will have responsibility for managing your own projects - being the key interface between and liaising with the Client Teams, Design Teams, Principal Contractors, and others.
Duties include:
Carrying out thorough reviews of site project information and construction drawings and identification of design, construction and maintenance risks through Design Risk Reviews.
Provide CDM advice and support to Client Teams, advising clearly of their Duties, developing bespoke policies, procedures and documentation.
Attending and co-ordinating Design and Project Meetings as required throughout projects.
Visiting project sites.
Preparing, co-ordinating and distributing relevant Health and Safety Information to other design and project team members.
Reviewing Construction Phase Plans.
Overseeing preparation and production of Pre-Construction Information.- Experience
Extensive background in delivering both Principal Designer and Client CDM Advisor roles.
In-depth knowledge of health and safety regulations in the construction sector, reinforced by hands-on site experience.
You will have sufficient experience to enable you to manage, with support, your own workload and project deliverables.
- Qualifications
You will ideally hold or be working towards CMaPS and possibly CMIOSH Accreditation.
A degree or equivalent in a Built Environment subject and/or membership of other relevant professional bodies (MCABE, MCIOB, RIBA, MRICS, MAPM, MIStructE, MICE, CEng, etc would be beneficial but not essential.
NEBOSH and other vocational related qualifications are beneficial.
The company are offering £55k-£70k depending on experience. Benefits include car allowance, healthcare and life assurance.
