Senior Principal Designer

Who are John Rowan and Partners?

We are an award winning, multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, solving property and construction challenges worldwide.

We have a proven track record of nurturing and developing talent and over the past 40 years we have worked hard to create an environment that is innovative and fun as well as empowering and progressive. We demonstrate our values in the achievement of our goals and we have a vibrant, energetic and caring way in which we do this.

The Opportunity

John Rowan and partners are looking to grow our existing team of Senior Principal Designers and CDM Advisors. This exciting role will involve working on a number of projects across public and private sectors on a mixture of new build, refurbishment, tall building remediation, and maintenance schemes.

The role involves working on multiple projects across London, Home Counties, and the Southeast, visiting sites and reporting, as well as representing John Rowan and Partners to clients and contractors. The Safety Compliance team is thriving, with an ever-growing client base with great opportunities for training and development potential.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who can demonstrate strong leadership qualities with a 'can do' attitude.

The role will include working closely with our clients and internal teams to deliver projects in a safe and compliant manner. Here at John Rowan and Partners we set high standards for Health and Safety and are looking for individuals who can undertake the CDMA/PD role with a professional, constructive, and collaborative approach.

Client relationships are key to our continued success and as such John Rowan and Partners strongly promote active client engagement. We place an important focus on providing our clients and internal teams with market leading Health and Safety advice and services.

Our Values

Having fun working hard, working hard at having fun
Our success comes from the hard working, fun, sociable and energetic environment we have created Smile

We care about people
People are our business and we trust and empower them. We promote flexibility and form strong and positive long-term relationships We listen

We innovate
We encourage creativity, embrace new ideas and investigate opportunities in all that we do New things are good

Be all you can
We develop and support people to achieve their goals and exceed their aspirations Growing together

We are family
We nurture, are approachable and work with a positive team spirit, ensuring every voice counts Relationships matter

We take pride
Everything we do demonstrates we act with integrity and are professional to our core We deliver

You'll want this job if...

• You're a confident, clear, and articulate communicator with effective interpersonal skills with both clients, contractors, and colleagues in verbal and written format.
• You're comfortable with working autonomously and managing your own workload effectively.
• You have a natural curiosity for problem solving.
• You relish the challenge of working with external stakeholders.
• You have a passion for developing yourself and others.
• You're an effective decision maker and an excellent team player.
• You have a natural ability to achieve 'buy-in' or 'win over' project teams to drive forward Health and Safety in a positive light.
• You want ownership, accountability, and responsibility
• You want to 'make a difference'

What the job involves?

• You will be fulfilling the duties of the Principal Designer as defined under CDM 2015 including where necessary carrying out the role of CDM-Advisor to support the client.
• You'll have relevant experience making sure that multiple team members and duty holders such as the client, designers, contractors and other internal multidisciplinary team members at John Rowan and Partners coordinate and cooperate with each other and check that relevant duties are complied with.
• You'll be planning, managing, monitoring and coordinating pre-construction phases of projects to identify, eliminate, or control significant and foreseeable risks relating to construction, maintenance, cleaning and using the building as a workplace.
• You'll work with the client to gather preconstruction information, assess the adequacy, identify gaps and provide advice on how they might be filled and distribute to those that need it.
• You'll be managing multiple projects for key clients to the business particularly focused on the high-rise residential refurbishment, development and commercial sector.
• You'll be attending client meetings and carrying out H&S site inspections and delivering high quality reports to the client within agreed deadlines.
• You will be providing clear, concise, and practical Health and Safety advice, guidance and coaching to project teams throughout all stages of the project.
• You'll be responsible for collating, preparing and issuing Health & Safety Files to the client.
• You'll be responsible for fees, invoicing, closing out appointments and supporting debtor control.
• You'll be responsible for exploring potential cross-sell opportunities across the wider Bellrock teams.

What do I need in order to do this job?

To be successful in this role, you will need the following:

• You have a minimum of 10 years' experience in the construction industry with experience of CDM/Health and Safety issues in construction.
• You have excellent working knowledge and understanding of CDM 2015 and appropriate legislation.
• You have demonstrable previous experience in successfully delivering the Principal Designer and CDM Advisor roles in the residential refurbishment, development, and commercial sector.
• You ideally hold a NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
• You ideally are an incorporated member of the Association for Project Safety (IMaPs).
• You have a full and clean driver's license.
• You will need a willingness to travel to varied sites across London, Home Counties, and the Southeast.
• You will need to be well motivated
• You will need to be a good communicator with interpersonal and organisational skills

What can I expect from John Rowan and Partners?

In return for your commitment and hard work, John Rowan and Partners offers the following:

• Competitive salary.
• Car allowance.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Private medical healthcare.
• Annual performance related bonus up to 15% of base salary.
• 25 days holiday entitlement + 1 non-contractual day to be taken in birthday month.
• Long service awards at 5-year increments.
• Life assurance.
• Flexible working.
• Commitment to professional development.
• Online retail discounts.
• Cycle scheme
• Tech scheme.
• Charity day.

To apply, please click on "Apply for this job" to submit your most up to date CV.

John Rowan and Partners is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Recruitment Agencies / Recruitment Consultants – We have a preferred Supplier List (PSL) in place. Therefore, we will not be accepting any unsolicited CV's or candidates by way of introduction resulting in liability for an introduction fee from any supplier outside our PSL in relation to this vacancy.