Senior Health & Safety/CDM Consultant

Mott MacDonald; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Senior Health & Safety/CDM Consultant to support clients across various sectors, including water and energy. The role involves delivering H&S services, advising on legislation, and ensuring compliance with CDM regulations. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in health & safety management and a relevant qualification. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Pension matched up to 7%

Life insurance

Annual professional institution subscription

Continuous development opportunities

Agile/flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Annual bonus scheme

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale projects within defence, water, energy sectors.
• Proactive with good organisational capability and effective time management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver CDM/H&S services for diverse clients.
• Advise on H&S legislation and best practices.
• Conduct health & safety inspections and audits.

Skills

Health & Safety Management

Risk Management

Communication

Education

HNC or equivalent in engineering, construction, or project management

NEBOSH National General and/or Construction Certificate

Tools

CDM Regulations

Health & Safety Legislation

Job description

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Location/s:Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Cambridge, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Altrincham, Cumbria, Birmingham, Glasgow

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

At Mott MacDonald, we work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. It's our people who are powering that performance - we succeed when they do. As a proudly employee-owned business, we're here to benefit our clients, our communities, and each other. Our success enables us to invest in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. We believe taking care of our people takes care of business, and we understand the balance between the person and the professional. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

We are looking for an experienced and driven Senior Health & Safety/CDM Consultant to provide support to clients within multiple sectors including water, energy, defence, and the built environment.

What You Will Contribute To The Team

• Nationally deliver a variety of CDM / H&S services for a diverse client base.
• Provide advice to clients on the practical application of H&S Legislation/Best Practice and CDM within their organisations and on their projects or programmes, including writing Health & Safety/CDM Strategy documents.
• Assist and advise the Client on the competency of those they appoint into the roles of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor.
• Provide advice to third parties on how to comply with the CDM roles of Client, Principal Designer, Designer, and Principal Contractor.
• Review and comment on the suitability of key CDM documentation e.g., PCI, design risk assessment, Construction Phase Plan, F10, and H&S File.
• Facilitate and undertake Health & Safety by Design reviews including but not limited to HAZID, HAZCON & HAZOP.
• Attend and input into a variety of meetings including design team meetings and client meetings to offer advice on hazards/risk at pre-construction and construction stages.
• Advise and support Designers and Principal Designers with the application of the CDM Principles of Prevention.
• Carry out health & safety/CDM site safety inspections, audits, and accident investigations when required.
• Support the maintenance of own workload and assist with bidding and proposal writing for new opportunities.
• Liaise with stakeholders on projects e.g., regulatory bodies, Client, Principal Designer, Designers, Principal Contractor, Contractors, and the supply chain.
• Draft Health & Safety arrangements, Pre-Construction Information, and Health and Safety Files.
• Assist Clients in identifying relevant health & safety and pre-construction information and advising them of possible gaps.
• Carry out the internal roles of Project Safety Advisor and Principal Designer Advisor.
• Work across all sectors as opportunities arise, including those within Mott MacDonald to support our own internal design teams as well as wider external-facing projects.
• Be responsible for the management and delivery of your project deliverables.
  
  

The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Skills and Attributes:

• Flexible with regards to travel and able to travel to sites/projects UK-wide.
• Experience of working on large-scale projects within the defence/water/energy and built environment sectors.
• Clear passion and understanding for effective health & safety management together with design and construction risk management.
• Excellent practical knowledge and experience of applying Health & Safety Legislation and Best Practice, as well as specifically the CDM Regulations.
• HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering, construction, or project management discipline; or significant relevant experience.
• NEBOSH National General and/or Construction Certificate.
• Extensive experience in the field of CDM / health and safety consultancy.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary consultancy environment.
• Ideally CertIOSH but minimum of TechIOSH working towards CertIOSH.
• Proactive with good organisational capability and effective time management.
• Excellent client-facing and communication skills.
• Experience of undertaking site H&S inspections and audits.
• Good technical/report writing skills.
• Experience of and skills in delivery of training and presentations.
  
  

Preferred, But Not Required

• NEBOSH diploma/Degree/NVQ in health and safety.
• Membership of the Institute for Occupational Health & Safety.
• Membership of the Association for Project Safety.
• Membership of an engineering-related institution.
• Experience of undertaking roles in Client, Principal Contractor, and Principal Designer organisations and working knowledge of their roles and responsibilities under CDM.
• Teaching or adult learning qualification.
  
  

Please note:Due to the nature of some of the projects we are commissioned on, British nationality may be required andthat offers for this role may be conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.



About The Business Unit

Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery(APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors.

We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.

APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.

Specialist advisory

Our industry-leading specialist advisory teams offer a range of transformational services that support our core project, programme, and commercial offering, as well as supporting our clients in addressing their business needs. These includes climate change, estimating and cost intelligence, health, safety and wellbeing, land advisory, planning PMO, quality management and risk management.

The specialist advisory team brings together multiple critical services in a connected offering, drawing on cross-sector best practice and expertise. We add huge value to our clients through our integrated approach, whilst relentlessly focus on excellence and our passion for improving society.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

• Pension matched up to 7%
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers
• Annual bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about oursocial outcomes
  
  

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Location(s):

Birmingham, GB Leeds, GB Cambridge, GB Glasgow, GB Bristol, GB Carlisle, GB Croydon, GB Sheffield, GB London, GB Manchester, GB Liverpool, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Water

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 7815

Recruiter Contact: Alice Roostan

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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