Principal Designer

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it’s employees? Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that.

As Principal Designer you will contribute to our team of health and safety specialists providing the Principal Designer Advisor and CDM Advisor on design projects as well as supporting the implementation of CDM Regulations.

This is an opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge, and experience with the potential to advance your career as a Principal Designer working on prestigious projects. You will be an integral part of world class design teams and have a high impact on the projects would are involved with.

Key elements of the role include:

- Prepare and maintain project level CDM Compliance Strategies
- Assist the Client in identifying and obtaining existing pre-construction information and manage its collation
- Review existing information and identify areas where information is missing / required.
- Review and comment on designers’ hazard & risk information / support the project with management of the hazard register
- Maintain close links with designers and assist them in identifying and eliminating or controlling foreseeable risks to the health and safety of others
- Work closely with Project Managers to guide them with producing designs that are safe to build and maintain
- Undertake the Project Safety Advisor training and perform the role on projects
- Assist in the review of Construction Phase Plans
- Assist in the preparation of the Health and Safety File
- Support the Bid Manager on preparing response to bids
- Report writing

We are looking for a designer with health and safety skills, knowledge and experience to join the CDM team.
- A recognised professional design qualification such as Chartered Engineer, Chartered Architect or Incorporated Engineer or sufficient equivalent experience
- A recognised professional qualification in Health and Safety (e.g. NEBOSH Construction Certificate)
- Certified Membership of APS, IOSH or ICE H&S Register
- Experience in flood management, highways, buildings, sub stations or rail
- Flexible and adaptable, enthusiastic and ambitious
- Proactive with good organisational capability
- Excellent client-facing and communication skills
- Keen to work in a collaborative environment
- Ability to be assertive, contribute to and influence meetings
- Experience of successfully working in a team
- Self-starter with leadership qualities
- Must be proficient with MS software packages including SharePoint along with PDF writer
- Ability to work to budgets and time constraints
- Good technical writing skills

If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.

Job Profile
- About the business unit
The Buildings and Cities Unit (BNC) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.
- How to apply

Mott MacDonald is Work180 accredited - which means we actively support and encourage women to join our work force

Benefits we offer:

- Pension matched up to 7%
- Life insurance
- An annual professional institution subscription
- Continuous development opportunities - because we want you to thrive
- Agile/flexible working - because life isn’t 9-5
- Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies - for parents and care givers
- Annual company performance bonus scheme - Subject to company performance
- Flexible benefits that suit you, including cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans.
- The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Other Information
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
More about Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communit