CDM Principal Designer

Overview

As CDM Principal Designer within AECOM’s Environment & Energy SH&E Team, you will lead safety and health leadership across energy infrastructure projects in the UK. You’ll guide design-to-construction transition, champion risk mitigation, and reinforce a mature safety culture. You collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to deliver compliant, valuable outcomes. This role offers impact through shaping safe, sustainable projects and uplifting communities.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• flexible benefits and wellbeing programs
• global opportunities

Responsibilities

• Champion health, safety and environment, promoting wellbeing and a strong safety culture
• Lead proactive pre-construction engagement and risk mitigation within CDM scope
• Drive effective design-to-construction transition and deliver health and safety files
• Provide CDM guidance to project staff and clients to ensure statutory duties are met
• Collaborate with colleagues to form a cohesive, supportive team
• Advocate for adherence to management systems to strengthen safety culture
• Support SH&E initiatives and promote Life Safe/Caring practices across projects
• Deliver excellence and continuously improve methods and processes

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 mindset and initiative
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• CDM regulations knowledge
• Health and safety file production
• Experience on energy infrastructure projects

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