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Senior Health & Safety Consultant
Job Posted: 4 days ago
Salary: £ 50,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Reading
Expire in: 24 days
Job Description
MS609 Senior Health & Safety Consultant
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
Location: Reading
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Health & Safety Consultant on behalf of one of our clients.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in design or construction-related health and safety, experience delivering CDM Principal Designer duties, and the ability to influence clients, designers, and contractors.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Act as the Principal Designer as defined under CDM 2015 on a range of projects across sectors such as healthcare, education, commercial, residential and infrastructure.
Lead the coordination of design risk management across multidisciplinary teams to eliminate, reduce, or control foreseeable risks.
Engage early with clients and design teams to influence project planning and promote best practice health and safety from concept through to completion.
Provide competent advice to clients on their duties under CDM Regulations and other relevant health and safety legislation.
Review and collate pre-construction information and identify gaps or areas requiring action.
Prepare and manage the health and safety file, ensuring completeness and usability.
Chair and participate in design risk review meetings and workshops.
Mentor and support CDM and H&S professionals across the team.
Contribute to business development, bid writing and client relationship management.
Undertake site inspections and monitoring visits to determine CDM compliance.
Skills and Qualifications:
NEBOSH Construction Certificate (or higher) or equivalent health and safety qualification.
Experience acting as CDM Principal Designer on medium to large projects.
Strong working knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and wider construction health and safety legislation.
Excellent communication and coordination skills, with the ability to lead meetings and engage confidently with clients, designers, and contractors.
Proficient in preparing pre-construction information, design risk registers, and health and safety files (CDM documentation).
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Effective time management and organisation.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Teams and associated software.
Confidence to challenge unsafe design choices and promote safer alternatives.
Commitment to upholding safety standards and continuing professional development.
Desirable:
Experience in healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, science or other complex building environments.
Experience using common data environments (CDEs).
Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IOSH, APS, RIBA, ICE, CIOB, CABE).
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
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