Job Description
At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.
One of our core values is 'people first', and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You'll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people's lives. You're encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.
Role description:
Due to on-going growth within our Design and Construction Safety business, we are seeking to locate motivated Health and Safety experts with experience in CDM Advisor and Principal Designer duties in Energy Sector to support in the successful delivery of projects for our key client programmes across the UK.
Our teams are involved in some of the UK's most complex and stimulating projects that are diverse and technically demanding across a wide range of client sectors. As a member of our SESC team, you will primarily be involved within our Design & Construction SHE Team carrying out tasks to include; CDM Advisor & Principal Designer, in accordance with the CDM 2015 Regulations, Design Principals, Design Reviews, assessment of Designers Risk Assessments, RAMS Assessments, PCI Reviews, CPP assessments, Contractor assessments etc.
Working as part of a UK wide team, having a significant contribution on client satisfaction by providing a motivated and committed approach to the provision of H&S/CDM/Principal Designer services.
Role accountabilities:
Provision of competent advice (either self or team resource advice), guidance and support across a range of occupational health and safety matters.
Work to deliver the required benchmark of exemplar standard of Principal Designer role and CDM services to time and quality on experience capability sites. This will include co-ordinating design team meetings, work closely with engineering team to ensure health and safety is considered at the design stage ( all RIBA stages); assisting client in the development of H&S arrangements/Project Briefs, providing workshops/seminars to clients on client duties, producing F10's, assisting with Design Principals or developing Design Guides, reviewing design risk assessments, attendance and chairing design team meetings, reviewing relevant health and safety files, ensuring suitable arrangements for the coordination of health and safety measures during planning and preparation of the Construction Phase, providing guidance and support for other Duty Holders (Client specifically).
Provide advice on how to meet CDM Regulatory and relevant EHS requirements.
Conduct audits of client supply chain to establish mechanism in place to discharge Principal Contractor and/or Principal Designer duties.
Gradual audits of client management systems to establish robust processes to manage design and construction management and adherence to CDM 2015.
Site based Construction Safety inspections and audits, undertaking Construction Phase Plan reviews, Risk Assessment and Method Statement reviews and site safety inspections in accordance with HSG150.
Conduct accident and incident investigation processes; including root cause analysis and identification of remedial actions to prevent reoccurrences.
Develop and deliver a range of health and safety training, including CDM 2015.
Qualifications & Experience:
Relevant skills and competence in delivery of Principal Designer/H&S /CDM services to a varied Client base.
Engineering professional qualification (min HND, BSc in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering)
Minimum of NEBOSH Certificate in Construction Safety and Health, NEBOSH Diploma desirable.
Membership of the Association of Project Safety ideally Certified Member of APS or working towards CMaPS.
Membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, GradIOSH preferred, CMIOSH desirable, will consider Tech IOSH
Membership of a recognised design & construction institution (MIET/MICE/IStructE/IMechE/IEEE) preferably at Member level.
Working knowledge and an understanding of engineering and construction managements and methodologies associated with construction works on Commercial and Retail developments.
Working knowledge of the Principals of Prevention and CDM 2015.
Demonstrable report writing and data analysis skills.
Clean driving licence
Why Become an Arcadian?
Our work with clients has a direct impact on people's lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.
We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients' most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.
As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it's not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.
To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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