CDM Principal Designer

Description

The role sits in the Environment & Energy health, safety and environment team, which works nationally across the UK.

You will work alongside the GGP CDM Lead to spread CDM knowledge across projects, offer support and advice, and build positive engagement and good practice.

You will deliver Principal Designer services on major UK energy infrastructure schemes.

The company is a global infrastructure consulting firm active in transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment. It covers advisory, planning, design, engineering, programme and construction management. It is a Fortune 500 firm with over 50,000 staff worldwide, and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

Responsibilities

• Act as a visible advocate for health, wellbeing, safety and the environment, driving continuous improvement and a mature safety culture in line with company policies, procedures and SH&E strategies.
• Lead the pre-construction phase proactively, manage risk reduction, and improve communication and cooperation.
• Manage the move from design to construction, including preparing health and safety files.
• Hold every task and deliverable to a high standard, and keep looking for better methods, processes and results.
• Give CDM advice and guidance to energy staff and clients so they can meet their statutory duties, and raise any legal gaps professionally.
• Work with colleagues and managers to build a cohesive team based on respect, support and cooperation.
• Encourage adherence to procedures and process requirements within your scope to improve compliance.
• Promote the company's Safety for Life, Culture of Caring and Life Preserving Principles to support a safe, healthy and secure workplace.

Requirements

• A design or engineering degree.
• Prior work on overhead line and HV schemes.
• 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 on energy projects, delivering those duties effectively and efficiently.
• If you meet some of these requirements or bring transferable skills that would help the team, the team would be glad to hear from you.

Conditions

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

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

All newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

The company takes fraudulent hiring seriously and runs a secure, trustworthy recruitment process.

The company is a Disability Confident Employer and will interview applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Applications are kept confidential under equal opportunity guidelines.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits designed around your future, wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities.
• Access to technical practice networks and the company's internal university.
• Volunteering days.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking, and the benefits of a global, publicly traded firm.
• Wide compensation, benefits and wellbeing programmes that also cover your family.