Senior Principal Designer or CDM Advisor

About The Role Currie & Brown is one of the leading international physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network. Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way. The role what is it we would like you to do? Currie & Brown is currently looking for a construction health and safety professional to undertake the role of principal designer/CDM2015 independent client advisor within our project team. The successful candidate will ensure project compliance with health and safety legislation, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our recognised reputation as preferred service provider. We will consider applications from practitioners who are working towards the requirements listed for the role, our Glasgow office health and safety team offers training and development opportunities for high-calibre candidates who may not meet all the requirements outlined above. Your core duties will involve: Complying with the responsibilities of the principal designer under the CDM Regulations 2015 Informing and assisting clients in discharging their duties at each stage of the process under the CDM Regulations 2015 Establishing a record of principles and decisions taken in relation to health and safety in feasibility studies Receiving strategic briefs and advising on the development of the project brief Visiting sites and carrying out an initial appraisal to establish existing hazards and site restrictions Advising and assisting clients in the appointment of designers and contractors Reviewing implications of procurement methods in respect of CDM regulations Carrying out design reviews with team members and co-ordinating health and safety matters Ensuring that designers have established safe methods for construction of unusual or complex designs and making this available as part of the pre-construction information Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationship Generating new principal designer work What skills and attributes are we looking for from you: Certified or Incorporated Member of the Association for Project Safety (CMaPS/IMaPS) Previous experience as a CDM co-ordinator/principal designer (as defined under the Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015) A recognised professional qualification in construction health and safety, such as a NEBOSH diploma or NEBOSH Construction Certificate would be an advantage although not essential. Experience in delivering CDM/principal designer services to private and public sector clients on a mixture of projects Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute A team player with a can do attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible Ability to self-organise and self-motivate Full driving licence About The Company Why choose Currie & Brown? Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our peoples futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long. We dont offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis. We are an international industry leader Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the worlds most prestigious projects and for some of the worlds top clients. We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the worlds brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group. We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives. TPBN1_UKTJ