Principal Designer

Kier Group; England; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Benefits package

Job summary

Kier Design are recruiting a Principal Designer to join our team on a nationwide basis. You will plan, coordinate and deliver Principal Designer duties across allocated projects, ensuring CDM 2015 compliance and safe design processes.

You'll collaborate with clients, design teams and contractors, travel UK-wide, and drive safety by design while contributing to capability improvement within the team. A degree in design/engineering, Nebosh preferred, and a full driving licence are required.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in design/engineering/construction or related discipline.
• Nebosh qualification preferred for health and safety deliverables.
• Experience delivering Principal Designer or similar design-safety duties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Principal Designer role on allocated projects per appointment and scope.
• Coordinate in-house and partner design teams to manage risks.
• Apply safety by design and maintain evidence of duties.
• Plan and facilitate HAZID/HAZOP and design-risk reviews as required.
• Support lead designer with project information, governance and reporting.

Skills

Self-motivated

Willing to travel

CDM 2015 knowledge

Principal Designer experience

Health and safety deliverables

Sectors experience: construction

Sectors experience: highways

Sectors experience: rail

Sectors experience: water

Full driving licence

Education

Degree in design/engineering/construction

Job description

We're looking for a Principal Designer to join our Kier Design team. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.

Location:

Nationwide

Hours:

Permanent Fulltime 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Salary:

starting from £60,000 per year + private healthcare + £5,900 annual car allowance + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

This is an excellent opportunity to take on a pivotal role where you'll be responsible for the effective delivery of Principal Designer services on allocated projects. You'll plan, manage, monitor and coordinate the pre-construction phase in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, working collaboratively with clients, project teams, designers and contractors to apply safety by design and deliver agreed quality outcomes. This role offers the chance to make a real impact by maintaining proportionate project controls and contributing to capability improvement across the team.

Are you…

• Qualified with a degree, higher education qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience in design, engineering, construction or a related discipline
• Experienced in Health and Safety deliverables associated with design delivery ( Nebosh preferred)
• Experienced in delivering Principal Designer or comparable design-safety responsibilities on multidisciplinary projects.
• Self-motivated and manage your own workload
• Experienced in various sectors to include Construction, Highways, Rail and or Water.
• Knowledgeable in CDM 2015, design-risk management and the general principles of prevention with practical application experience
• Able to travel regularly within the UK to meet clients and project teams and to visit design offices and sites
• In possession of a full driving licence

What will you be responsible for?

As a Principal Designer, You'll Be Working Within The Kier Design Team, Supporting Them In Delivering Principal Designer Services Across Allocated Projects. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Delivering the Principal Designer role on allocated projects in accordance with the agreed appointment, scope, programme and Kier requirements
• Coordinating in-house and partner design teams so that foreseeable risks are identified, eliminated or reduced and clearly communicated throughout the project lifecycle
• Applying Kier's safety by design approach and maintaining the project evidence required to demonstrate effective discharge of Principal Designer duties
• Planning and facilitating proportionate HAZID, HAZOP and design-risk reviews where required by the project, sector or risk profile
• Supporting the Lead Principal Designer with work winning, fee proposals, resource planning and governance by providing accurate project information

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.