Principal Health and Safety Advisor - CDM

Principal Health and Safety Advisor - CDM

Job : #40063

Market:
Water

At Jacobs, we are part of a programme to transform the UK Water sector, delivering complex turnkey solutions from concept to operation and creating opportunities to make a lasting impact on nationally significant infrastructure.

In this newly created role across Health & Safety and CDM, you will:

• Be seen as the subject matter expert for Principal Designer duties, CDM compliance, governance and Safety in Design.
• Build and foster a positive, partnership‑led H&S culture, recognised by all stakeholders as a trusted advisor.
• Manage and continually improve H&S and CDM systems, processes, policies, procedures.
• Undertake H&S performance reviews and audits, driving improvement and lessons learned actions.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with CDM Regulations and relevant legislation.
• Support incident investigations, expediting effective close‑out (including Intelex) and sharing lessons learned.
• Promote HSE best practice internally, externally and across the supply chain.

To be successful you should have the following qualifications and experience:

• Chartered membership of IOSH.
• Membership of the APS.
• In‑depth knowledge and experience within the Construction Industry, specifically around the CDM Regulations.
• Demonstrable experience delivering H&S solutions to complex high‑value Infrastructure projects.
• Track record in advising project teams on Safety in Design compliance.
• Recognised ability to form and manage relationships with clients and contractors across multiple disciplines and sectors.

We are a disability confident employer and welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

Hybrid working is supported, allowing you to split your work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations.

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