CDM Advisor

PWE Recruitment Group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible work options

Competitive benefits

Job summary

CDM Advisor role in the UK energy infrastructure sector. You will monitor CDM compliance, maintain risk registers, and coordinate health and safety information across designers, contractors and project teams to ensure safe design and compliant delivery.

Responsibilities include preparing Pre-Construction Information, reviewing Health and Safety Files, and guiding design reviews to manage safety risks while supporting project objectives. Hybrid/flexible work options may apply.

Qualifications

• Professional membership of a recognised construction or engineering institution.
• Validated health and safety qualifications such as NEBOSH Construction Certificate or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of CDM Regulations and construction health and safety legislation.
• Understanding of Nuclear Site Licence requirements and regulated environments.
• Proven experience within CDM, construction safety or design risk management.
• Ability to review and challenge design risk assessments and documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong decision-making and issue resolution capability.
• Ability to influence project teams and drive positive safety outcomes.
• Knowledge of power station, EPR or nuclear plant design would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and review compliance with CDM and health and safety requirements.
• Maintain and manage Master Design Risk Registers across multiple work packages.
• Prepare, update and distribute Pre-Construction Information documentation.
• Coordinate the flow of health and safety information between project stakeholders.
• Review and manage Health and Safety Files throughout project delivery.
• Assess designer compliance with CDM regulations and risk management obligations.
• Facilitate design reviews and monitor design-related safety risks.
• Ensure residual risks are identified, communicated and appropriately managed.
• Support the management of design changes impacting health and safety.
• Engage with designers, contractors and project teams to promote best practice and compliance.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

CDM knowledge

Decision-making

Excellent communication

Education

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

Membership of a professional body (construction/engineering)

Job description

CDM Advisor

Help shape the safety and compliance standards of one of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced CDM Advisor to play a key role in ensuring health, safety and design risk management are embedded throughout major construction and engineering projects. Working within a highly regulated environment, you will collaborate with designers, contractors and project teams to influence safe design, drive compliance and support the successful delivery of critical infrastructure. This role offers excellent career development within a growing and future-focused sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and review compliance with CDM and health and safety requirements.
• Maintain and manage Master Design Risk Registers across multiple work packages.
• Prepare, update and distribute Pre-Construction Information documentation.
• Coordinate the flow of health and safety information between project stakeholders.
• Review and manage Health and Safety Files throughout project delivery.
• Assess designer compliance with CDM regulations and risk management obligations.
• Facilitate design reviews and monitor design-related safety risks.
• Ensure residual risks are identified, communicated and appropriately managed.
• Support the management of design changes impacting health and safety.
• Engage with designers, contractors and project teams to promote best practice and compliance.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Professional membership of a recognised construction or engineering institution.
• Validated health and safety qualifications such as NEBOSH Construction Certificate or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of CDM Regulations and construction health and safety legislation.
• Understanding of Nuclear Site Licence requirements and regulated environments.
• Proven experience within CDM, construction safety or design risk management.
• Ability to review and challenge design risk assessments and documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong decision-making and issue resolution capability.
• Ability to influence project teams and drive positive safety outcomes.
• Knowledge of power station, EPR or nuclear plant design would be advantageous.

What's in it for you?

The energy sector continues to attract significant investment, creating outstanding long-term opportunities for professionals who want to work on projects that have a lasting national impact. With strong demand for safety and compliance expertise, this industry offers career stability, exposure to complex engineering challenges and the chance to contribute to the UK's sustainable energy future.

• Competitive salary and excellent benefits package.
• Strong opportunities for career progression.
• Involvement in nationally significant infrastructure projects.
• Long-term job security within a growing sector.
• Exposure to innovative engineering and construction programmes.
• Ongoing professional development and training support.
• Collaborative and multidisciplinary working environment.
• Opportunity to influence safety culture and project outcomes.
• Access to industry-leading expertise and best practice.
• Hybrid and flexible working opportunities where applicable.

Company Overview

Our Client is a globally recognised engineering and technical services organisation delivering complex projects across the energy, environmental, nuclear and infrastructure sectors. With a reputation for technical excellence and innovation, they support some of the world's most challenging programmes while maintaining the highest standards of safety and operational performance. Their collaborative culture, commitment to professional development and focus on continuous improvement make them an employer of choice for ambitious professionals.