Senior Principal Designer or CDM Advisor

Currie & Brown; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown seeks a Senior Principal Designer or CDM Advisor in Haywards Heath. This role involves leading health and safety compliance on various construction projects, working closely with clients, and contributing to an innovative culture. Ideal candidates will have a robust background in CDM practices and excellent interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits packages

Opportunities for international mobility

Career progression support

Qualifications

• Experience as a CDM co-ordinator/principal designer under CDM Regulations 2015.
• Experience in delivering CDM/principal designer services to varied projects.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Complying with CDM Regulations as principal designer.
• Advising clients on health and safety duties.
• Conducting site visits for hazard appraisals.

Skills

Technical writing

Communication

Client-facing skills

Self-motivation

Team player

Education

NEBOSH diploma

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

Certified or Incorporated Member of the Association for Project Safety (CMaPS/IMaPS)

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29.06.2025

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13.08.2025

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About The Role

Currie & Brown is currently looking for a construction health and safety professional to undertake the role of principal designer/CDM2015 independent client advisor within our Southampton project team. The successful candidate will ensure project compliance with health and safety legislation, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our recognised reputation as preferred service provider.

This role is for someone who has good knowledge and experience and can manage their own workload and have the experience and is good with various software systems. You will be working with a good mixture of clients from Retail, Healthcare, Housing, commercial, local architects, education etc. If you are ambitious, you will also have the opportunity to grow within the business.

Your core duties will involve:

• Complying with the responsibilities of the principal designer under the CDM Regulations 2015
• Informing and assisting clients in discharging their duties at each stage of the process under the CDM Regulations 2015
• Establishing a record of principles and decisions taken in relation to health and safety in feasibility studies
• Receiving strategic briefs and advising on the development of the project brief
• Visiting sites and carrying out an initial appraisal to establish existing hazards and site restrictions
• Advising and assisting clients in the appointment of designers and contractors
• Reviewing implications of procurement methods in respect of CDM regulations
• Carrying out design reviews with team members and co-ordinating health and safety matters
• Ensuring that designers have established safe methods for construction of unusual or complex designs and making this available as part of the pre-construction information
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationship
• Generating new principal designer work

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:

• Certified or Incorporated Member of the Association for Project Safety (CMaPS/IMaPS)
• Previous experience as a CDM co-ordinator/principal designer (as defined under the Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015)
• A recognised professional qualification in construction health and safety, such as a NEBOSH diploma or NEBOSH Construction Certificate would be an advantage although not essential.
• Experience in delivering CDM/principal designer services to private and public sector clients on a mixture of projects
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible
• Ability to self-organise and self-motivate
• Full driving licence

About You

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.

We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact. As part of Sidara, we collaborate directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.

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.