CDM Principal Designer
Central London, Oxfordshire
TH16092024CDM
Construction, Mechanical & Electrical, Senior Appointments
Permanent

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Discipline: Pre-construction

Speciality: CDM, NEBOSH

UK Residency Required: Yes

Salary: £50000 - £65000 (negotiable)

Benefits: Pension, Health, Life, Bonus

Apply by: 31/10/2024

Min Experience: 5 years

OVERVIEW & ROLE DESCRIPTION

The Opportunity

An exciting and challenging new opportunity to join this leading international Building Services Consultancy with a proven track record in low energy design, focused on providing excellent design solutions to clients. Continued growth has created a new opportunity for an experienced Principal Designer to join their team in the London or Oxford offices.

 

The Position

The Principal Designers role is to plan, manage and monitor the Pre-Construction phase, to co-ordinate Health & Safety. This will involve,

  • Ensuring that multiple team members and duty holders such as the client, designers, contractors and other internal multidisciplinary team members coordinate and cooperate with each other and check that relevant duties are complied with.
  • Assist the client in identifying, obtaining and collating the pre-construction information
  • Provide pre-construction information to designers, the principal contractor and contractors
  • Ensure that designers comply with their duties and co-operate with each other
  • Assist client in validating health & safety credentials of contractors
  • Undertake safety by design review workshops
  • Attend client meetings during all phase of the project and advise the client and design team on Health & Safety guidelines.
  • Guide the Design team and client through Health & Safety requirement through all the relevant project phases including RIBA Stage
  • Organise design risk workshops and review designers risk assessments
  • Liaise with client representatives, Principal Contractor and contractors with respect to health and safety

Review of Principal Contractors information, including:

  • Construction Phase Health & Safety plan
  • Prepare the Health & Safety file
  • Undertake CDM site audits on behalf of client
  • Undertake audits
  • Review and identify surveys etc required.
  • Produce and issue fee schedule and responsible for project reporting internally
  • Responsible for internal project reporting on progress, close out and supporting invoicing.

 

The Person

  • At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role with a focus on Construction Design Management
  • Experience working on projects largely led by MEP services
  • ISO standard knowledge and experience beneficial
  • Knowledge of MEP building services would be useful
  • NEBOSH Diploma essential
  • Experience of construction site safety
  • Ideally to have experience of appropriate H&S procedures in an engineering consultancy environment in the construction sector and specifically relating to site visitors and professionals compared to contractors and site operatives.
  • Sound knowledge & working application of key H&S issues and legislation
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and work to deadlines
  • Knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical building systems preferred
  • Working knowledge of CDM, PUWER, COSHH, LOLER, MHSWR etc Regulations

 

Apex Resourcing Solutions is a recruitment agency acting on behalf of this organisation

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role with a focus on Construction Design Management
  • Experience working on projects largely led by MEP services
  • ISO standard knowledge and experience beneficial
  • Knowledge of MEP building services would be useful
  • NEBOSH Diploma essential
  • Experience of construction site safety
  • Ideally to have experience of appropriate H&S procedures in an engineering consultancy environment in the construction sector and specifically relating to site visitors and professionals compared to contractors and site operatives.
  • Sound knowledge & working application of key H&S issues and legislation
  • Ability to prioritise own workload and work to deadlines
  • Knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical building systems preferred
  • Working knowledge of CDM, PUWER, COSHH, LOLER, MHSWR etc Regulations

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Ensuring that multiple team members and duty holders such as the client, designers, contractors and other internal multidisciplinary team members coordinate and cooperate with each other and check that relevant duties are complied with.
  • Assist the client in identifying, obtaining and collating the pre-construction information
  • Provide pre-construction information to designers, the principal contractor and contractors
  • Ensure that designers comply with their duties and co-operate with each other
  • Assist client in validating health & safety credentials of contractors
  • Undertake safety by design review workshops
  • Attend client meetings during all phase of the project and advise the client and design team on Health & Safety guidelines.
  • Guide the Design team and client through Health & Safety requirement through all the relevant project phases including RIBA Stage
  • Organise design risk workshops and review designers risk assessments
  • Liaise with client representatives, Principal Contractor and contractors with respect to health and safety

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