Health and Safety Consultant

Job Description Health & Safety in Design/CDM Consultant

Are you ready to be part of a world-leading, inspiring and ambitious team? Atkins Realis is a leading global consultancy with over 80 years of design, engineering and project management expertise. With us, you’ll join a team that asks questions and dares to see things differently while engineering a better future for our planet and its people.

We are seeking to recruit a Health & Safety in Design/CDM Consultant to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to work for a dynamic and sociable company and make an impact.

You would be based in our Birmingham office but also have the opportunity to work from home and from our other offices in the Midlands, Southwest and Wales. Our clients are varied so a typical working week would include managing your diary to be on client sites, in the office, or working from home.

We are looking for a collaborative and motivated CDM Consultant to deliver a quality service for our Clients. Under CDM 2015 our CDM services focus on assisting designers with the Principal Designer role (both in-house and with our clients) and assisting clients to comply with their duties. You may be a chartered civil engineer or construction professional looking to specialise in H&S, or a H&S specialist with a good working knowledge of the construction industry.

Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and being respected for the different opinions, strengths and experience you bring. We’re not all the same, and that’s our greatest strength.

• Advising and assisting clients in carrying out their duties under CDM 2015.
• Working with designers to carry out Health and Safety design reviews and advising them accordingly in line with legislation and best practice.
• Undertaking a wide range of CDM Consultant duties in line with agreed service deliveries.
• Undertaking H&S audits and inspections.
• Reviewing RA/MS, carrying out accident investigation, H&S Policy and procedure writing and other H&S services.
• Learning and applying quality assurance principles.
• Keeping up to date and abreast of relevant legislative and best practice changes.
• Developing strong relationships with our existing clients.
• Developing relationships and opportunities with new clients.
• To be able to work autonomously and Professional chartership with IOSH or related profession (or working towards this). Good knowledge of CDM Regulations essential.
• Have construction industry experience and sound knowledge of construction design; experience in the following would be an advantage building control requirements, construction techniques and materials, fire safety in construction, temporary works, asbestos, demolition, scaffolding, working at height and lifting.

• Experience in undertaking workplace audits and inspections of construction sites (desirable).
• Good communication skills and ability to contribute effectively to team meetings.
• A proactive attitude and a willingness to seek guidance on occasions from senior colleagues.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate (or willing to undertake this).
• Ability to write professional reports to a good standard of English with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other software packages.
• Driving licence holder willing to travel across the UK.
• Advising on best practice CDM design risk management.
• Carrying out CDM design reviews and advising designers in line with legislation and best practice.
• Advising and assisting clients in carrying out their duties under CDM 2015.
• Supporting colleagues with health and safety expertise and providing general health and safety consultancy services to clients.
• Delivering H&S and CDM training. Learning and applying quality assurance principles.
• Keeping up to date and abreast of relevant legislative and best practice changes.
• A background in construction and/or design and experience of H&S training.
• Experience of ISO 45001 and other integrated management systems.
• This role has excellent prospects for an individual who has an ambition to progress and enjoys working collaboratively within a vibrant team. As well as technical competence, we are looking…