CDM Principal Designer

Description

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

You will work alongside the GGP CDM Lead, supporting colleagues and clients, sharing CDM knowledge across projects and promoting good practice.

The work is Principal Designer services on some of the largest energy infrastructure projects in the UK.

The company is a global infrastructure consultancy offering planning, design, engineering, programme and construction management across transport, buildings, water, new energy and the environment.

The company has over 50,000 staff worldwide, and reports Professional Services revenue of $16.1 billion for fiscal year 2025.

The company offers hybrid working, so you can work from an office, remotely or at a client site.

Responsibilities

• Act as a visible champion for health, wellbeing, safety and the environment, encouraging improvement and innovation to build a mature safety culture under company policies, procedures and SH&E strategy.
• Lead the pre-construction phase and manage the handover from design to construction, including preparing health and safety files.
• Identify and reduce risk, and improve communication and cooperation between parties.
• Give CDM advice and guidance to energy staff, project teams and clients, so that statutory duties are met and any legal gaps are raised promptly and professionally.
• Ensure high quality and added value in every task and deliverable, and keep looking for better methods, processes and results.
• Work with colleagues and managers as one cohesive team, showing respect and support.
• Encourage adherence to procedures and process requirements within your area to improve compliance and 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 projects.
• Membership of the Association of Project Safety.
• A NEBOSH National or General Certificate, or a similar health and safety qualification.
• Experience performing the Principal Designer role, delivering CDM duties effectively and efficiently on energy projects.
• If you meet only some of these requirements, or have transferable skills that would help the team, you are encouraged to apply.

Conditions

The role is based at one of the main offices in Manchester, Basingstoke, Glasgow, Cambridge or Bristol, with hybrid working available.

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

Applications for the disability confident interview scheme should be made by contacting the company's reasonable accommodations team by email; the company is a Disability Confident Employer and will interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

The company treats all applicant information confidentially in line with equal opportunity guidelines.

Benefits

• Core and personalised benefits supporting your future, wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Career development opportunities, technical practice networks and access to the company's university programme.
• Volunteering days.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking as part of a publicly traded global firm.