Principal Designer or CDM Advisor

Currie & Brown Group Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Career progression opportunities

Dynamic work environment

Job summary

A renowned project management firm in Glasgow seeks a Building Regulations Principal Designer to ensure compliance and oversee projects. The ideal candidate will manage design risk and documentation while providing guidance to clients. Strong communication and project management skills are essential. This role offers career progression and the chance to work on prestigious projects within a supportive and diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage individual workloads while providing clear, competent advice to clients and internal teams.
• Experience supporting or developing a Building Regulations Principal Designer service.
• Confident, proactive communicator comfortable engaging with clients and project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Comply with responsibilities of the Principal Designer under Building Regulations.
• Lead Building Regulations Principal Designer commissions, including coordination and reporting.
• Review and comment on design risk and compliance documentation.
• Produce and update compliance risk registers.
• Oversee reviews of design packages and ensure Building Regulations compliance.
• Conduct periodic site inspections as required.

Skills

Project management

Building Regulations compliance

Client communication

Job description

Currie & Brown is currently looking for an individual with either design or building control-based background to deliver the Building Regulations Principal Designer and CDM Principal Designer role within our Glasgow project team. The successful candidate will ensure project compliance with the current building regulations, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation, and reinforcing our recognised reputation as preferred service provider.

The current team is known for its people-focused culture, long-standing client relationships, and integrated technical expertise. With continued plans for expansion, the organisation offers a dynamic and collaborative environment with a strong commitment to the individual’s career progression.

Your core duties will involve:

• Complying with the responsibilities of the Principal Designer under the Building Regulations and CDM Regulations 2015
• Lead all Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD) commissions, including resource coordination, fee management, and reporting to the Director of Health & Safety
• Review and comment on design risk and compliance documentation
• Produce, review, and update compliance risk registers and project coordination records
• Support clients with competence declarations
• Oversee reviews of full design packages, coordinating technical input from internal specialists and identifying Building Regulations compliance issues
• Assist in producing Building Regulations conformance statements and fulfilling BRPD statutory duties
• Determine involvement during construction, including inspections, information requirements, and Principal Contractor liaison
• Conduct periodic site inspections as required
• Coordinate review of design changes that may impact Building Regulations or CDM compliance
• Ensure required documentation is uploaded to agreed client information platforms

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:

• Ability to manage individual workloads while providing clear, competent advice to clients and internal teams
• Experience supporting or developing a Building Regulations Principal Designer service
• Confident, proactive communicator comfortable engaging with clients and project stakeholders

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.