Senior CDM Principal Designer – London or Bicester

Overview

In this role you will lead pre-construction planning and safety coordination as Principal Designer under CDM 2015, supporting clients across complex projects. You will guide design teams, manage information flow, and drive safe-by-design outcomes through workshops and risk assessments. You’ll liaise with clients, contractors, and designers to ensure compliance and effective risk management. This role offers the chance to influence large-scale Data Centre and infrastructure projects within an international consultancy with a strong sustainability focus.

Pay / Benefits

• 23 days annual leave rising to 28
• holiday purchase and buy back
• hybrid working
• contributory pension
• healthcare scheme
• non-contractual bonus awards

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and monitor the Pre-Construction phase and coordinate Health & Safety
• Fulfil Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015 and support the client as CDM-Advisor when needed
• Coordinate and ensure cooperation among client, designers, contractors and internal teams
• Assist client in obtaining pre-construction information and provide it to relevant parties
• Lead safety by design reviews and produce Design Risk Assessments
• Attend client meetings and advise on Health & Safety guidelines across RIBA stages
• Liaise with client representatives, Principal Contractor and contractors on health and safety
• Review Construction Phase Health & Safety plan and prepare the Health & Safety file
• Submit F10 on behalf of client and conduct CDM site audits
• Undertake lessons learned workshops, audits, and identify required surveys
• Produce labour and fee schedules; provide internal project reporting and support invoicing

Key requirements

• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar CDM role with a focus on construction design management
• Data Centre and/or large-scale infrastructure project experience
• Experience of construction site safety
• UK CDM Regulations 2015 knowledge and applicability to design consultants
• Risk assessment and mitigation knowledge
• Excellent interpersonal and written/oral communication skills
• Experience with international consultancy (desirable)
• MS Word, Excel etc. knowledge
• Good knowledge of British Standards
• Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, manage multiple projects
• Fluent English (essential); other languages desirable
• Chairing/facilitation of meetings; ability to train/deliver CDM and designer duties

• strong communication
• stakeholder coordination
• ability to work autonomously
• CDM Regulations 2015
• Health & Safety risk assessment
• Design risk workshops

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