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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

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First Military Recruitment (Head Office)
1 Wilkinson Road
Love Lane Industrial Estate
Cirencester
GL7 1YT

01285 654566
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Office 1, Izabella House
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Birmingham
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