An excellent opportunity for a Principal Construction Health & Safety Consultant to join Capita Infrastructure’s Health & Safety based in South West/North working across a varied range of regional and UK projects.

The postholder will work as a member of the team providing construction health and safety services to both internal and external clients.  You will be required to independently deliver construction H&S advice and to fulfil the role of CDM advisor / Principal Designer on multiple projects to help ensure compliance with the duties of the CDM regulations 2015.

Our services include strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of our clients’ businesses. Our service delivery includes the writing of policies and procedures, carrying out site inspections and audits, writing up project progress reports and engaging directly with clients on a project basis, as well as developing and implementing training programmes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working independently on large projects, or as part of a team on very large projects, to deliver the Principal Designer duty and CDM advisor role.
• Responsible for medium to large sized projects, or key contributor to very large ones
• Independently undertake site inspections and monitoring visits to determine health & safety compliance.
• Independently attend project, design, and other meetings, escalating issues as required by the project plan.
• Ensure output from projects is of a high standard.
• Ability to ensure projects are completed efficiently and within the resource profile which was completed prior to the start of the project.
• Independently develop bids, proposals, and tenders to a high quality
• Plans full projects/activities and resources required e.g., time, people, and skills.
• Leads complex functions or teams.
• Responsible for commercial metrics, quality, and client relations in own work
• Quality assurance checking of others written work.

What we’re looking for:

• Educated to degree level in a construction related field with a preference for a design related degree.
• Extensive Post Qualification experience in a Construction H&S related required.
• Ability to work on multiple projects.
• Has developed specialist knowledge and expertise or has a demonstrable technical interest (could be sector specific or technically specific).
• An understanding of the design process and the principles of risk reduction.
• A thorough knowledge of the CDM regulations and associated legislation
• Appropriate experience of the design and construction processes.
• NEBOSH Diploma or similar technical or professional qualification.
• Registered Member of the Association for Project Safety (IMaPS / CMaPS), with CDM 2015.
• Graduate membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
• A current record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and CAD software.

About Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure

At Capita Real estate and infrastructure, we are creating tomorrow’s prosperous and connected places.

Across the UK, our clients rely on our trusted team of experts delivering ingenious and effective solutions for their projects. From engineering and architectural innovation to environmental sustainability and technologically enabled project delivery, we are renowned for our breadth of expertise and collaborative approach.

We’re a unique team specializing in infrastructure and buildings; the physical networks which keep the country moving and the places where people and communities can prosper.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice.
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative, and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

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We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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