Principal / Associate, CDM and Safety Assurance Services - Glasgow

WSP in the UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated health and safety professionals to join their dynamic Glasgow team. This role offers the chance to work on prestigious national infrastructure projects, ensuring high-quality service delivery while managing key accounts and leading technical initiatives. With a commitment to professional development and a culture of inclusivity, this company provides an engaging environment where no two days are the same. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and are passionate about construction safety, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact in the industry.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in consultancy delivering construction and business assurance services.
• Experience managing and developing junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality services for large national infrastructure projects.
• Manage and deliver key accounts and provide project technical leadership.

Skills

Construction Assurance Services

Project Management

Communication Skills

Technical Leadership

Bid Proposal Development

Education

Relevant Academic Qualifications

Job description

In today’s world, it’s important to work for a company that has a clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move, it’s vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong. See what WSP stands for in 2024 and beyond…

To find out more about our Health and Safety Assurance and Support business, click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/hubs/environment

Responsibilities

• Delivering high-quality services for large national infrastructure projects and frameworks, working for blue-chip clients and the public sector.
• Responsible for growing workload with regard to bidding and proposal writing, local resource deployment, and managing infrastructure projects with existing and new clients.
• Working across all sectors as opportunities arise, including those within WSP supporting our own internal design teams, as well as wider external-facing UK and international projects as appropriate.
• Being responsible for the management and delivery of key accounts.
• Providing project technical leadership and quality assurance for CDM roles and safety assurance services.

YOUR TEAM

We are a national team of health and safety professionals that manage and deliver construction safety and business safety assurance services to both internal and external clients across the UK and internationally.

Working in the Glasgow team, you will be working for internal WSP teams, both local and central government bodies, and large blue-chip organisations across the country. Our client base includes blue-chip, national infrastructure, leading developers, and government organisations. Our client base continues to grow based on the services and quality we deliver.

The culture of our team is inclusive, ensuring that opportunities to develop are afforded to all team members based on ambition, performance, and delivery.

It's a cliché that often gets bandied around, but working for WSP and within the construction safety and safety assurance team means that no two days are quite the same. We work in a fast-paced competitive environment that provides challenges to our consultants but also both personal and career rewards working on some of the biggest and most prestigious projects and properties in the country.

Minimum Requirements

• Extensive experience of working in a consultancy environment delivering construction and business assurance services.
• Experience of managing and developing junior team members.
• Delivery of both CDM duties and support services as both the Principal Designer and the Client.
• Delivery of audits and inspections with regards to premises and management system compliance, with excellent technical capability and a successful record of delivery.
• Experience of undertaking management system reviews, audits, and development.
• Assisted with the development of commercial/bid proposals and project setup.
• Relevant academic qualifications and appropriate institution membership/s to demonstrate appropriate skills and knowledge to deliver the role.
• A good communicator able to manage projects and people within both a team and project environment.