CDM Consultant

Mott MacDonald; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced CDM Advisor to support clients across multiple sectors, including water and energy. This role involves delivering a variety of CDM and health & safety services, advising on compliance, and conducting site inspections. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in CDM regulations and excellent communication skills, ensuring effective collaboration with clients and stakeholders. Join a forward-thinking consultancy that values diversity and inclusion, offering fantastic benefits and flexible working arrangements to support your professional growth and work-life balance.

Benefits

Pension matched up to 7%

Life insurance

Annual professional institution subscription

Continuous development opportunities

Agile/flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Flexible benefits including buying/selling leave

Wellbeing support

Access to Advanced Employee Networks

Qualifications

• Experience in CDM and health & safety consultancy is essential.
• Strong understanding of design and construction risk management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver CDM/H&S services across various sectors including water and energy.
• Provide advice on CDM application and compliance for clients.
• Conduct site safety inspections and audits as required.

Skills

CDM Regulations

Health and Safety Consultancy

Project Management

Risk Management

Technical/Report Writing

Client Communication

Site Inspections

Organizational Skills

Education

HNC or equivalent in relevant discipline

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

NEBOSH diploma/Degree/NVQ in health and safety

Tools

CDM Documentation

Construction Phase Plan

Health and Safety Files

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Job Ref: 5953

Position location: London, UK / Reading, UK / Birmingham, UK / Manchester, UK / Liverpool, UK / Leeds, UK / Bristol, UK

Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Overview of role

We are looking for an experienced and driven CDM Advisor to provide support to clients within multiple sectors including water, energy, defence, and the built environment.

What you will contribute to the team:

• Nationally deliver a variety of CDM / H&S services for a diverse client base.
• Provide advice to clients on the practical application of CDM within their organisations and on their projects or programmes, incl. writing CDM Strategy documents.
• Assist and advise the Client on the competency of those they appoint into the roles of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor.
• Provide advice to third parties on how to comply with the CDM roles of Client, Principal Designer, Designer and Principal Contractor.
• Review and comment on the suitability of key CDM documentation e.g. PCI, design risk assessment, Construction Phase Plan, F10 and H&S File.
• Facilitate and undertake Health & Safety by Design reviews incl. but not limited to HAZID, HAZCON & HAZOP.
• Attend and input into a variety of meetings incl. design team meetings and client meetings to offer advice on hazards / risk at pre-construction and construction stages.
• Advise and support Designers and Principal Designers with the application of the CDM Principles of Prevention.
• Carry our site safety inspections, audits, and accident investigations when required.
• Support the maintenance of own workload and assisting with bidding and proposal writing for new opportunities.
• Liaise with stakeholders on projects e.g. regulatory bodies, Client, Principal Designer, Designers, Principal Contractor, Contractors.
• Be able to draft Pre-Construction Information and Health and Safety Files.
• Assist Clients in identifying relevant pre-construction information and advising them of possible gaps.
• Carry out the internal roles of Project Safety Advisor and Principal Designer Advisor.
• Work across all sectors as opportunities arise, including those within Mott MacDonald to support our own internal design teams as well as wider external facing projects.
• Being responsible for the management and delivery of your project deliverables.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Flexible with regards to travel and able to travel to sites/projects UK wide.
• Experience of working on large scale projects within the water and/or energy sectors.
• Clear passion and understanding for both design and construction risk management.
• Excellent practical knowledge and experience of applying the CDM regulations.
• HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering, construction, or project management discipline; or significant relevant experience.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
• Extensive experience in the field of CDM / health and safety consultancy.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary consultancy environment.
• Ideally CertIOSH but minimum of TechIOSH working towards CertIOSH.
• Proactive with good organisational capability and effective time management.
• Excellent client-facing and communication skills.
• Experience of undertaking site H&S inspections and audits.
• Good technical/report writing skills.
• Experience of and skills in delivery of training and presentations.

Preferred, but not required:

• NEBOSH diploma/Degree/NVQ in health and safety.
• Membership of the Association for Project Safety.
• Membership of an engineering related institution.
• Experience of undertaking roles in Client, Principal Contractor and Principal Designer organisations and working knowledge of their roles and responsibilities under CDM.
• Teaching or adult learning qualification.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and caregivers
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest-free season ticket loans
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.