Elvis Eckardt Recruitment
CDM Consultant (Principal Designer)
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Position: CDM Consultant (Principal Designer)
Reporting Line: Associate Director – Head of Safety and Risk
Location: Remote with project work onsite in the Midlands
Responsibilities:
- Manage projects as instructed by your line manager
- Develop project documentation, including Pre-Construction Information, Design Risk Registers, Construction Phase Plans, and Health and Safety Files
- Review project documentation, including Pre-Construction Information, Design Risk Registers, Construction Phase Plans, and Health and Safety Files
- Chair Design Team Meetings (DTM) at a senior project level, ensuring that project design risks are captured
- Review of project RAMS
- Develop Risk Assessments for clients
- Attend site meetings
- Perform Site Safety Visits and develop reports based on findings, including the development of Corrective Action Trackers
- Write project reports for clients, based on the scope of services
- A willingness to develop new consulting skills in support of clients
- In addition to your normal duties, you may occasionally be required to undertake additional work necessary to meet the needs of the business, without additional remuneration.
Requirements:
- Proven people management skills
- Excellent project management skills
- Demonstrable experience in developing client-focused, differentiated, and achievable solutions
- Excellent listening, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including correct use of industry language and reference to UK health and safety legislation
- Full UK driving licence
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Personal Qualities:
- Ability to work on their own and be self-motivated, whereby time is managed effectively, establish key priorities, and maintain focus to meet deadlines.
- Manage workload as the project, line manager, and client requires.
- Flexibility to adjust to different team dynamics, whereby one may be working alone or as part of a team.
- Ability to take ownership of tasks and responsibilities for the given workload.
- Engage in self-reflection of work quality and accuracy when working on independent tasks and projects.
Qualifications/Experience:
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the CDM Regulations
- Senior-level experience acting as Principal Designer
- Senior-level experience acting as CDM Advisor
- Senior-level experience in developing CDM documentation
- Senior-level experience in reviewing CDM documentation to determine if it is suitably developed
- Senior-level experience in reviewing project RAMS, with a focus on high-risk work activities on-site
- Excellent project management skills, with particular emphasis on effectively identifying client needs and articulating them successfully within project plans
- Experience of working within a multi-stakeholder environment where competing needs must be managed effectively in order to deliver results
- Experience of working in an environment where commercial performance targets are part of the workload
- Ability to effectively and concisely communicate regulatory and best practice requirements to personnel at all levels within client companies
- Ability to communicate through reports and project documentation using correct language, grammar, and syntax
- CMaPS or working towards this professional qualification, ideally having membership of APS
- Possible membership of IOSH
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Application Process:
Please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and qualifications.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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