CDM Principal Designer

Description

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

You will work alongside the GGP CDM Lead, sharing CDM knowledge across projects, giving support and advice, and encouraging positive engagement.

You will provide Principal Designer services on large energy infrastructure projects across the UK, working with internal teams and clients.

The company is a global infrastructure consulting firm covering transport, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, with over 50,000 staff worldwide and Professional Services revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

The company operates a hybrid working model and offers career development, technical practice networks, the company University and volunteering days.

Interested applicants can follow the company on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube, and the recruiter can be contacted on LinkedIn for more about the role.

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

Responsibilities

• Act as a visible champion for health, wellbeing, safety and the environment, driving improvement and a mature safety culture under company policies and SH&E strategies.
• Lead the pre-construction phase, manage risk, improve communication and cooperation, and oversee the handover from design to construction, including preparing health and safety files.
• Hold yourself to high standards in every task and deliverable, and keep looking for ways to improve methods, processes and results.
• Advise energy project staff and clients on CDM, helping them meet their statutory duties and raising any legal gaps clearly and professionally.
• Work with colleagues and managers as one cohesive team, showing respect and support to reach shared goals.
• Encourage your area of work to follow procedures and process requirements, supporting 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 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 bring transferable skills that would benefit the team, get in touch.

Conditions

Based at one of the national team's main offices in Manchester, Basingstoke, Glasgow, Cambridge or Bristol.

Hybrid working, with flexibility to work from an office, remotely or at a client site.

The company is committed to a secure, fair recruitment process and does not tolerate fraudulent hiring.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Disability Confident Employer, offering interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; accommodation requests go to the email address listed in the original posting.

Applications are handled confidentially under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits supporting your future, wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities, technical practice networks, the company University access and volunteering days.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking, and work with large-scale impact.