Principal Designer and Construction Health and Safety Consultant

ZipRecruiter; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established Construction Consultancy in Cambridge is seeking a Principal Designer and Construction Health and Safety Consultant to join their growing team. Your responsibilities will include delivering CDM advice, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and advising clients on various construction projects. The role offers a competitive salary of £55k-£65k, alongside benefits such as car allowance, pension, and healthcare.

Benefits

Car allowance

Pension

Healthcare

Qualifications

• Experience in health and safety roles, particularly in construction environments.
• Strong understanding of CDM regulations and practices.
• Ability to provide health and safety training to teams and clients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Principal Designer role and provide CDM advice to clients.
• Conduct site inspections and audits to ensure compliance.
• Engage with stakeholders early to identify safety concerns.

Skills

Health and safety management

CDM knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Safety management procedures

Education

CMaPS or CMIOSH

Job description

Job Description

Principal Designer and Construction Health and Safety Consultant required to join a well-established, dedicated Construction Health, Safety and CDM Consultancy.

You will join an established, growing team, delivering the Principal Designer role, providing CDM advice for clients and providing construction safety advice for contractors on a variety of challenging and interesting construction projects.

Duties include health and safety assurance services to clients and projects, such as:

• Early Engagement with Stakeholders
• Briefings in Best Practice
• Safety Management Procedures - ensure works adhere to Client health and safety management procedures (asbestos etc), best practice and safety regulations
• RAMS review and approval
• Advise on health and safety competence of supply chain
• Site walk around/inspections/audits - to monitor various construction work projects
• Review and providing inductions
• Dealing with day-to-day contractor health and safety matters, interfaces, permit issues, etc.
• Representing clients on health and safety matters at meetings
• Providing ongoing health and safety advice support guidance mentoring to clients
• Provide where required CDM/health and safety briefings, training to clients, and key members of the projects chain
• Report on CDM/health and safety performance monitoring and reports

Experience: The position is open at Consultant or Senior Consultant grade; subject to experience. Each grade comes with a progression plan in place to achieve promotion, pay rises and levels of responsibilities and duties within the business. Previous construction related experience and qualifications is always beneficial.

Qualifications: You will hold or be working towards CMaPS and or CMIOSH. Strong knowledge of CDM is required.

The company are offering £55k-£65k plus car allowance, pension and healthcare