Associate Director Health and Safety Consultant – CDM

Overview

As Associate Director, you will lead Pick Everard’s London Construction Safety service, shaping regional strategy, delivery and growth. You will drive commercial performance, client relationships and team development within a prestigious, multidisciplinary practice backed by a global consultancy. You’ll manage risk, governance and technical assurance across projects while mentoring senior staff and expanding major frameworks. This role offers scope to influence the region’s commercial and strategic direction and build a lasting legacy. Join a culture focused on sustainable, high-quality outcomes in a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Agile working
• Career and Professional Development
• Annual leave with options to buy extra
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• Stakeholder pension
• Employee subscriptions and wellbeing support

Responsibilities

• Strategic, commercial and operational leadership of the regional CDM service, translating national objectives into regional delivery.
• Ownership of regional order book and pipeline to drive commercial performance, monitoring utilisation and project performance.
• Resource planning and workload management to ensure efficient delivery and team utilisation.
• Developing and strengthening key client relationships, securing repeat business and growing major frameworks.
• Senior escalation point for technical, commercial and project delivery matters.
• Maintain high standards of quality, governance and technical assurance across outputs.
• Mentor and develop Associates and Senior Consultants, driving succession planning and capability growth.
• Deliver regional strategy aligned with national objectives, with accurate reporting.
• Support business development, bids and opportunity identification for new work.
• Champion continuous improvement and foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing team culture.

Key requirements

• Proven track record leading CDM or Construction Safety teams
• Strong commercial acumen with experience meeting profitability, recovery and utilisation targets
• In-depth knowledge of CDM 2015 and UK health and safety legislation
• Excellent strategic thinking, stakeholder management and communication skills
• CMIOSH status or actively working towards CFIOSH (preferred)
• APS Certified Member or Fellow status (desirable)
• Experience across national frameworks or multi-disciplinary delivery environments (desirable)
• Industry profile with published articles, thought leadership or speaking engagements (desirable)

• leadership and people development
• stakeholder management
• strategic thinking
• CDM 2015 knowledge
• governance and quality assurance
• commercial and financial acumen

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