Design Assurance & CDM Lead

Design Assurance & CDM Lead

We are now recruiting for a Rail Systems Lead Designer Coordinator to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project at the initial design phase which will run concurrently with the completion of main works contracts, which are now at their peak. The team operate under a collaborative Rail Systems Alliance structure, designed to manage interfaces and resolve any program conflicts. The members will work together on design, access, resources, and logistics to achieve shared goals for cost and schedule.

Department:
Engineering/Design

Reports to:

Rail Systems Lead Design Manager

Job Purpose

The Design Assurance & CDM Lead will support FBRS in the management of design risk, CDM compliance and design integration and assurance activities across the HS2 Track programme. The role will work closely with the Lead Designer, Engineering Management team, Design Managers and Design Partners to ensure health, safety, and occupational hygiene considerations are embedded throughout the design process whilst supporting effective coordination, governance and technical assurance across the Alliance.

The position will act as a focal point for design risk management, Safe by Design activities, CDM coordination and wider design management support functions. The role ensures compliance with the Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM), facilitates collaboration between design partners, Rail System Alliance members and promotes the elimination and reduction of risks through the application of Safe by Design principles, as well as effective communication, recording of residual design-related health and safety risks.

Key Responsibilities

Design Assurance & Alliance Coordination

Support design assurance and engineering governance activities across the Rail Systems Alliance.

Coordinate design reviews, design assurance workshops and multidisciplinary technical forums.

Support Engineering Managers and Design Managers in the management of design risks and design interfaces.

Support the implementation and continuous improvement of Alliance design management procedures.

Support reporting and communication of key design risks, assurance actions and design management activities.

Facilitate collaboration between Design Partners, Principal Designer representatives and project stakeholders.

Health & Safety by Design Coordination:

Plan, facilitate, and coordinate Safe by Design workshops with all design partners and project stakeholders.

Support multidisciplinary design reviews to ensure health and safety considerations are incorporated into engineering decisions.

Promote the application of risk elimination and risk reduction principles throughout the design lifecycle.

Ensure health, safety, and occupational hygiene considerations are integrated into design decisions from concept through to detailed design.

Coordinate and monitor the implementation of Health & Safety by Design requirements across all design disciplines.

Occupational Hygiene Integration:

Coordinate specialist Occupational Hygienist input into the design process.

Facilitate engagement between occupational hygiene specialists and design teams to ensure health risks are identified and appropriately managed.

Ensure occupational health considerations are reflected in design reviews, risk assessments, and design outputs.

CDM Compliance and Principal Designer Support:

Support coordination between the Client representative (including Principal Designer), Design Partners and Alliance teams on CDM-related matters, in order to fulfil the contractual duties in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and works information requirements.

Assist in establishing and maintaining effective processes for managing health and safety during the pre-construction phase.

Assist Design Managers in ensuring design outputs adequately address foreseeable construction, maintenance and operational risks

Coordinate the identification, assessment, and management of foreseeable design risks.

Promote compliance with relevant legislation, industry standards, and project requirements.

Design Risk Management:

Support the Design Managers in the management and close-out of design risks and design review actions, ensuring capture of residual design risks that cannot be eliminated through design.

Maintain and coordinate the Design Risk Register, ensuring risks are accurately recorded, reviewed, and communicated.

Facilitate design risk discussions across disciplines and design organisations.

Facilitate design risk reviews and ensure actions are tracked to closure.

Ensure significant risks are clearly communicated to project stakeholders and future duty holders including construction team members.

Support coordination of technical interfaces between Track Systems, Main Works Contractors and Design Partners

Design Management Support

Support Design Managers and Engineering Managers in the coordination of multidisciplinary design activities

Assist in the management of design interfaces between…