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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
Location: Reading
