Senior CDM Principal Designer

  • The Health and Safety Partnership Limited
  • City, Birmingham
  • Jul 02, 2025
Full time Executive

Job Description

Senior CDM Principal Designer required to join a multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy. You will be responsible for overseeing and delivering CDM duties across a diverse portfolio of construction projects, ranging from domestic to complex and high-profile.

Sectors include commercial, education, healthcare, infrastructure and residential.

You will plan, manage, monitor and co-ordinate Health and Safety in pre-construction phases of projects; including identifying, eliminating or controlling foreseeable risks and ensuring designers carry out their duties.

Duties include:

Act as the Principal Designer as defined under CDM 2015.

Carry out thorough reviews of site project information and construction drawings and identification of design, construction and maintenance risks through Design Risk Reviews.

Provide CDM advice and support to Client Teams, advising clearly of their Duties, developing bespoke policies, procedures and documentation.

Attend and co-ordinate Design and Project Meetings as required throughout projects.

Visit project sites.

Prepare, co-ordinate and distribute relevant Health and Safety information to other design and project team members.

Review Construction Phase Plans.

Oversee preparation and production of Pre-Construction Information.

Qualifications

NEBOSH Certificate (or higher) or equivalent health and safety qualification.

Degree or equivalent in a construction-related discipline.

Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IOSH, APS, RIBA, ICE, CIOB, CABE).

Experience

Strong background in design or construction-related health and safety.

Extensive experience acting as CDM Principal Designer on medium to large projects.

Strong working knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and wider construction health and safety legislation.

The company are offering 50k- 60k plus an excellent benefits package including pension, life assurance and a healthy holiday allowance.