Senior / Principal CDM Designer

Page Green; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Page Green, a London-based consultancy, seeks a permanent Principal Designer to join the team. The role is hybrid, with around three days in central London offices, and involves planning, managing and monitoring the Pre-Construction phase and coordinating Health & Safety.

You will fulfil CDM 2015 duties, act as CDM-Advisor to the client, lead design risk assessments, review information, and guide the design team through H&S requirements and RIBA stages on data centre or large-scale infra

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a similar Principal Designer role.
• Data Centre or large-scale infrastructure project experience is preferred but not essential.
• Knowledge of MEP building services is useful.
• Understanding of UK Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• NEBOSH Diploma is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and monitor the Pre-Construction phase and coordinate Health & Safety.
• Fulfill the duties of the Principal Designer under CDM 2015 and act as CDM-Advisor as needed.
• Ensure client, designers, contractors and internal teams collaborate effectively.
• Assist in identifying and collating pre-construction information.
• Lead design risk reviews and risk mitigation with the design team.
• Guide the design team and client through H&S requirements and RIBA stages.
• Review Principal Contractors information including Health & Safety plans and files; submit F10 where required.
• Conduct audits and lessons learned workshops.

Skills

CDM experience

Health & Safety

Design risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Job description

Our client is a Consultancy operating across a range of sectors, including data centres.

They would like to recruit a permanent Principal Designer to join their thriving London team.

The role is hybrid with c3 days in their central London offices.

Role

• To plan, manage and monitor the Pre-Construction phase, to co-ordinate Health & Safety.
• Fulfil the duties of the Principal Designer as defined under CDM 2015 including where necessary carrying out the role of CDM-Advisor to support the client.
• Ensure that multiple team members and duty holders such as the client, designers, contractors and other internal multidisciplinary team members.
• Assist the client in identifying, obtaining and collating the pre-construction information.
• Ensure that designers comply with their duties and co-operate with each other.
• Undertake and co-ordinate safety by design review workshops producing a meaningful Design Risk Assessment in collaboration with the design team. A strong design risk mitigation is essential.
• Attend client meetings during all phases of the project and advise the client and design team on Health & Safety guidelines.
• Guide the Design team and client through Health & Safety requirements and RIBA Stages.
• Review of Principal Contractors information, including:
  • Construction Phase Health & Safety plan
  • Prepare the Health & Safety file
  • Submit F10 on behalf of client
  • Undertake CDM site audits on behalf of client Undertake lessons learned workshops
• Undertake audits

Experience

• At least 5 years' experience in a similar role with a focus on Construction Design Management.
• Data Centre and/or large scale infrastructure project experience would be preferred but not essential.
• Knowledge of MEP building services would be useful.
• NEBOSH Diploma beneficial.
• Ideally to have experience of appropriate H&S procedures in an engineering consultancy environment in the construction.
• Ideally to have working knowledge and experience of the UK Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and their applicability to design consultants in the built environment.
• Good understanding of British Standards
• Working knowledge of CDM, PUWER, COSHH, LOLER, MHSWR, BSA Regulations