CDM Principal Designer

Description

The company is a national team in its Environment & Energy SH&E group, so this role can be based at any of its main offices: Manchester, Basingstoke, Glasgow, Cambridge or Bristol.

You will work alongside the GGP CDM Lead to build positive engagement and share CDM knowledge across projects, with support, advice and guidance.

The work is Principal Designer services on some of the largest energy infrastructure projects in the UK, alongside internal teams and clients.

The company is one of the world's largest infrastructure consulting firms, and works across transport, buildings, water, new energy and the environment.

The team sits within the company's wider infrastructure consulting business, which employs more than 50,000 people globally.

The company is a Fortune 500 firm, and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

Responsibilities

• Act as a visible champion for health, wellbeing, safety and the environment, pushing for continuous improvement and a mature safety culture in line with company policies, procedures and SH&E strategy.
• Lead the pre-construction phase with a proactive approach, manage risk, improve communication and cooperation, and oversee the handover from design to construction, including preparing health and safety files.
• Deliver high quality work and added value in every task and deliverable, and keep looking for better methods, processes and results.
• Advise energy project staff and clients on CDM, helping them meet their statutory duties and raising any legal gaps professionally.
• Work with colleagues and managers as one cohesive team, showing respect, support and cooperation.
• Encourage adherence to procedures and process requirements within your area to improve compliance and the safety culture.
• Help promote the company's Safety for Life, Culture of Caring and Life Preserving principles to keep the workplace safe, healthy and secure.

Requirements

• A design or engineering degree.
• Experience on overhead line and high voltage (HV) projects.
• Membership of the Association of Project Safety.
• A NEBOSH National or General Certificate, or a similar health and safety qualification.
• Experience acting as Principal Designer under CDM, delivering effective and efficient duties on energy projects.
• If you meet some of these requirements or have transferable skills that would benefit the team, get in touch.

Conditions

Hybrid working is offered, with the base location chosen from the main offices listed above.

Please use the recruiter contact on LinkedIn for questions about the role.

All new hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and treats applicant information as confidential under EEO guidelines.

The company is a Disability Confident Employer and will interview applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the essential criteria. Request this through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme by emailing the reasonable accommodations team.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits that support your future, wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities, technical practice networks, access to the company's internal learning platform, and volunteering days.
• Flexible hybrid working to help you balance work and life.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking within a global, publicly traded firm.