Anglian Water Services
CDM Advisor
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Location
Within the East Anglia area to include: Lincoln, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, and Colchester
Contract
Permanent/Full time
Salary
Dependent on skills and experience + Car Allowance*
About Us
At Anglian Water, our values are that together, we will:
- Build trust
- Do the right thing
- Always explore
Here at Anglian Water, we collaborate with a number of alliance partners to provide the best water and water recycling services across the region by maintaining our existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard future water supplies. Playing a key part in our drive to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop are our Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) Alliance. Comprising of Anglian Water, Morrison Water Services, Barhale, and Kier, the IOS Alliance work together to concentrate on solutions across the water recycling and clean water asset base.
Role Overview
What will you be doing as our new CDM Advisor?
As a CDM Advisor, you will be aligned to a designated area and your primary responsibility will be to ensure that all projects within your portfolio comply with the CDM Regulations. You will provide expert advice and guidance on relevant legislation, conduct competency assessments, and perform site audits to ensure compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that all work activities are assessed using the CDM Assessment tool to determine if they are maintenance, or the CDM complexity.
- Ensure that CDM strategies are in place and defined duty holders.
- Review the suitability of PCI/Design and Design Risk Management within Maintenance and Engineering Services team.
- Oversee and advise on the preparation of Pre-Construction Information (PCI), and highlight the need for any necessary further information that may be required.
- Ensure that designs comply to Anglian Water's Management of CDM (MoCDM) and that Design Checklists are suitability complete to meet Safe To Operate (STO) requirements.
- Review the suitability of Construction Phase Plans including adequate management arrangements and welfare provisions where necessary.
- Provide assistance with the review of Risk Assessment and Method Statement on high-level risk activities.
- Conduct CDM audits on projects to ensure that CDM is compliant at design phase and construction phase.
- Provide CDM compliance data for the CDM Team data reports.
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Requirements
What does it take to be successful?
- A qualification in engineering or health and safety
- NEBOSH Certificate (if not Construction Cert., must demonstrate other construction training)
- Experience of working in a multi-discipline design team and of the application of H&S principals in design
- A good understanding of the operational and maintenance requirements of water industry assets
- An understanding of construction processes and procedures
- Membership of an appropriate engineering or health and safety institution
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders
- Problem-solving capabilities, flexibility, and commitment.
- Good IT skills, familiarity with Microsoft Office 365.
Benefits
As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:
- Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
- Excellent family-friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity/partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.
- Personal private health care
- Annual bonus scheme
- Up to 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
- Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
- Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets, and a Cycle2Work scheme
- Free parking at all offices, site, and leisure parks
- Life Cover at 8x your salary
- Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary
- Car Allowance* (must do >9000 business miles pa to qualify)
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Inclusion and Diversity
Inclusion is for everyone, and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Why Anglian Water?
Here at Anglian Water, we are one of the leading providers of water and water recycling services in the UK, and our organisation is an industry benchmark for quality and customer service. What makes us unique is our commitment to providing the development people need to make a real difference. If you care about excellent customer service, your career, and the environment, then we want to hear from you. We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity, and fair treatment for all.
Application
If you think this is the next step in your career, then please apply today.
Closing Date: 23rd October 2026
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