CDM Principal Designer

Overview

In this role you will act as a safety-driven Principal Designer for major UK energy infrastructure projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed CDM best practices. You will lead pre-construction activities, champion risk mitigation, and ensure smooth design-to-construction transitions while producing health and safety files. You will advise clients and project staff on CDM compliance and contribute to a culture of health, safety, and wellbeing. The opportunity combines technical leadership with shaping safe, sustainable outcomes for communities.

Pay / Benefits

• core and personalised benefits
• flexible hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• dynamic, inclusive environment

Responsibilities

• Advocate for health, safety and environment and drive continuous safety culture improvements
• Lead pre-construction design activities, promote risk mitigation and project collaboration
• Manage design-to-construction transition and production of health and safety files
• Provide CDM counsel to energy projects, staff and clients to ensure statutory duties are met
• Collaborate within a supportive team to achieve department goals
• Promote adherence to procedures and processes to strengthen safety culture
• Support SH&E initiatives and Life Preserving Principles across projects

Key requirements

• Design/engineering degree
• Experience in Overhead lines and HV projects
• Member of the Association of Project Safety
• NEBOSH National or General Certificate or equivalent health and safety qualification
• Experience delivering the Principal Designer role on energy projects
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Proactive communication
• Strong safety culture advocacy
• CDM (Construction Design and Management) knowledge
• Principal Designer delivery on energy projects
• Health and safety compliance in large-scale projects

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