We are looking for an experienced and competent CDM Principal Designer with a design background to join our fast-growing CDM/Principal Designer team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious person with drive, enthusiasm, and a good knowledge of design and construction to join a global award-winning multi-disciplinary practice.
You will provide CDM/PD support and advice to BDP multi-disciplinary design teams and Clients during the design and pre-construction stages of a wide range of projects to ensure their compliance with their statutory duties under CDM Regulations 2015.
You will collaborate with other design disciplines to plan, manage, and co-ordinate health and safety during the pre-construction stage. Share CDM knowledge across all professions, develop and deliver CDM training programmes, workshops, and CPD events for designers within the London studio and across other BDP UK studios.
About you:
You will be able to work concurrently on a portfolio of projects using excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrate a collaborative team-working style and ability to meet tight deadlines.
Ideally, you will hold a NEBOSH General Certificate/Construction qualification and Design/construction qualification and experience. You must be a member of IOSH and APS.
The ideal candidate will have:
1. Extensive experience gained within a similar position, demonstrating a strong construction background, design knowledge, and familiarity with construction health and safety.
2. A thorough working knowledge and experience of the CDM 2015 Regulations; other health & safety regulations and a good knowledge of design and construction-related activities and designers’ duties gained from broad experience across a range of industry sectors.
3. The experience and expertise to compile and review significant hazard and risk registers, design risk management, and PCI Info pack and able to work effectively with people at all levels and from all backgrounds.
4. Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills and an interpersonal style that enables you to excel in a direct client-facing role.
5. The drive and ambition needed to develop the business, alongside loyalty and a willingness to actively contribute to the growth of the team.
6. Ability to compile and write reports.
7. Proficiency in MS Office.
Please note that the successful candidate will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check (BPSS) and will be required to undergo various checks including Identity, Right to Work; 3 years UK Employment/Education History and Criminal Record. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected.
About us:
BDP is a continuous collective of architects, engineers, designers, and urbanists. We design at every scale from city masterplans, neighbourhoods, parks, streets, and buildings to specialist, bespoke light, and acoustic installations.
We are placemakers who work at every stage of the design process from visioning to briefing to design, delivery, and operation. We respond to the demands of our dynamic and ever-changing planet with cross-discipline design thinking that spans all of life’s activities, protects the environment, and enhances social value.
Harnessing our collective ethos, the spirit of BDP is about making places for people. Our structure and governance as a global network of federated city studios creates design hubs that are connected to the cities, regions, and communities they serve.
As part of the Nippon Koei Group, we fuse our passion for architecture and engineering with user-centred design and large-scale infrastructure projects to deliver world-class solutions for better, more prosperous places.
BDP offers:
In return, BDP can offer you a wide range of learning opportunities to encourage personal and professional career development. From sponsorship to profession-led events, we also offer annual appraisals and a mentoring program which is supported by our online internal learning platform.
We are committed to being an employer of choice and offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package as well as interesting work, a rewarding and friendly environment, excellent office space, and a respect for the work-life balance of our people through hybrid working. All employees can participate in BDP’s stakeholder pension arrangement to which the company contributes, the BDP Profit Share Scheme and tax-efficient Smart Benefits, Life Insurance, Long Term Sickness Insurance, Private Medical insurance and health screening, interest-free season ticket loans and enhanced maternity and paternity provision, plus many more.
We offer regular international and studio-based social, sporting, and charitable activities. Some recent events include themed month-end socials, a hiking club, weekly complimentary pilates, wellbeing webinars, and toolbox talks. Our variety of employee forums drives the development of new ideas, giving everyone the platform to have a voice and be heard.
To find out in more detail about what BDP can offer you, please follow: https://www.bdp.com/en/careers-at-bdp/why-join-bdp/
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