Lead Design Safety & Risk Advisor (PD Rep)

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Thrive wellbeing program

Gymflex fitness benefit

Job summary

WSP in the UK & Ireland is seeking a Design Safety Compliance Lead / PD Rep to support the safe delivery of major power and energy infrastructure projects across the UK. This role blends technical health and safety expertise with client-facing advisory responsibilities to embed risk management and Safety in Design from the earliest project stages.

As a Principal Designer Representative, you will coordinate design risk activities, lead Safety in Design reviews, and influence project teams to

Qualifications

• Experience acting as a Principal Designer Representative or equivalent within infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of Safety in Design principles and design risk management processes.
• Experience facilitating workshops, leading design reviews, and engaging with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience in power, utilities, transmission, distribution, energy, transportation, or major infrastructure sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate design risk management activities during project development.
• Facilitate Safety in Design reviews, hazard identification workshops, and multidisciplinary risk assessments.
• Promote hazard elimination and risk reduction through design and practical implementation.
• Coordinate communication between designers, clients, contractors, and stakeholders on significant risks.
• Challenge design assumptions and drive improvements in safety, constructability, operability and sustainability.
• Support the development and maintenance of project risk registers and design decision records.

Skills

Design safety leadership

Stakeholder management

Safety in Design

Risk management

Client advisory

Job description

WSP in the UK & Ireland is seeking a Design Safety Compliance Lead / PD Rep to support the safe delivery of major power and energy infrastructure projects across the UK. This role blends technical health and safety expertise with client-facing advisory responsibilities to embed risk management and Safety in Design from the earliest project stages.

As a Principal Designer Representative, you will coordinate design risk activities, lead Safety in Design reviews, and influence project teams to