CDM Advisor

Team Safety, Health, Environment and Resilience Business Unit Electricity Transmission

Requisition No.
7046 City London, GB, WC2N 5EH

Variable Base, GB, A1A 1AA
A
Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA

Leeds, GB, LS15 8ET

Bristol, GB, BS2 0TB
Date posted 27 August 2026

At National Grid, our commitment to a cleaner, greener energy future is powered by the dedication and ingenuity of our people.

Join our team as a CDM Advisor and be a part of something bigger where your unique skills and passions can make a real difference. Together, we are superpowered.

National Grid Electricity Transmission [NGET] is hiring two CDM Advisors within our Portfolio Strategy and Development (PS&D) team looking to primarily cover the South West Region and the North West Region of our operational network.

The job role is primarily to provide a coordination function across a geographically defined region which you will be fully accountable for; providing advice - as required - to the Project Development Engineers on all CDM related issues. You will assist the regional H&S Advisors with H&S management and ensure that design and CDM coordination, cooperation and communication is fully and successfully carried out during the development phases of all PS&D led projects which is a diverse and exciting portfolio of project types (which could include: new electricity substations, major upgrades to existing substation infrastructure, new connections to existing operational sites and new substations, OHL refurbishments and upgrades, cable tunnel schemes)

You will be acting as a subject matter expert; you’ll provide guidance, consultation, and solutions across a range of topics including, but not limited to: project development, documentation content, strategic planning, and training content.

You’ll be a source of CDM expertise providing specialist advice on project development activities, safety by design and actively involved for activities such as on-site intrusive surveys required for the pre-construction phases of projects.

• Monitor CDM compliance across projects using a mixture of formal audits (I auditor CDM, PC and PD Rep audits), collaborative monitoring with the contractors and informal, and formal, assessment.
• Maintaining and updating CDM Strategy across the region you are accountable for.
• Attendance at Design Review and Hazard Review meetings including reviewing the hazard register and monitoring compliance.
• Promoting safety in design, including highlighting lessons learnt from previous projects.
• Providing advice to the region on relevant internal Business Procedures (BP) and Supplier Requirements (SR).
• Ensuring client duties defined in the CDM Regulations are carried out including managing the process for notifying projects to the HSE.
• Developing, distributing, and managing H&S Files for each project including arranging H&S File review meetings.
• Reviewing or supporting the review of other project documentation i.e. Temporary Works (TW) registers, project risk registers and site risk registers
• Responsible for the monitoring of site-based surveys, ensuring regional visibility and compliance is enacted and provided to key stakeholders in NGET. You will attend locations and sites for survey readiness review meetings and on site once the surveys are mobilised to carry out auditing and review with the survey contractor(s).

• Thorough knowledge of CDM in pre- construction and construction phases & ISO compliance including knowledge of different duty holders’ responsibilities under CDM regulations.
• You’ll have worked in a comparable industry, or been involved in large scale utility construction projects, site management activities and site delivery.
• A good understanding of CDM Regulations, specifically in relation to Client, Principal Designer & Principal Contractor role.
• Experienced in the management and review of Contract documentation and awareness of Professional Services Framework Contracts (such as NEC4).
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all organisational levels (including Senior Managers) & support the project teams in CDM.
• Ability to recommend preventative action, develop new initiatives and…