Senior CDM Advisor

Senior CDM Advisor

We are looking for a talented experienced Senior CDM Advisor to join our team in our London studio. In this role, you will be expected to manage a mixture of bespoke architectural projects, with the aim of taking on new business in the future. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are compliant with the CDM regulations, and you must have the ability to plan, manage, and monitor pre-construction phases.

You will be working with various internal delivery project team members and client contacts. You will also collaborate with the design teams to identify, eliminate, and control risks in the design phase.

We are a progressive practice, so you will need to understand our culture and strategy and identify opportunities. Purcell is an award-winning employee-owned architectural and heritage consultancy practice with a commitment to quality, innovation, and diversity. We have a staff of approximately 320 talented architects, designers, heritage consultants, and surveyors across 14 offices in the UK, Hong Kong, and Australia. We are winners of Architect Employer of the Year 2022.

Collaboration is central to our employee-ownership culture, providing opportunities to work on some of the finest buildings; from meticulous heritage and conservation schemes to bold contemporary design. We offer a rewarding and supportive environment for personal and professional development, and our employee-owned ethos empowers everyone to use their voice.

We believe in creating an equitable and inclusive culture, founded on our values, which celebrates knowledge sharing and our successes, to build an inspiring work environment. It is our distinctive employee-owned working culture that has contributed to our status as a World Architecture Top 100 Practice, renowned for our excellence in architecture and heritage consultancy.

Benefits Package

Our benefits package includes agile, flexible, and hybrid working (a minimum of 3 days in office, up to 2 days WFH), annual leave increasing with long service, life assurance, study sponsorship with paid study leave, sabbaticals, employee assistance programme, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, virtual GP service, subscription fees, company day out, a volunteering scheme, and enhanced learning & development opportunities.

Role and Responsibilities

• To carry out Purcell's duties as Principal Designer in accordance with current UK (or where relevant) internationally comparable CDM regulations.
• Review projects and designs.
• Collate, organise and assist the client in providing Pre-Construction Information.
• Manage and co-ordinate the Health and Safety aspects during the Pre-Construction phase.
• Appraise Design Risk Assessments submitted by the Project Design Team.
• Assist with the completion of Design Risk Assessments/Registers.
• Prepare and issue the Health and Safety File on completion.
• Through knowledge of and compliance with the Purcell procedure and Standards.
• Assist in preparing fee proposals relating to providing Principal Designer services.

Skills and Qualifications

• 5 -10 years’ experience working in CDM.
• Demonstrate an ability to undertake the above responsibilities.
• Proven skills in the delivery of CDM/H&S consultancy services.
• Computer Literate Microsoft Office suite.
• Pragmatic, resourceful, and persuasive.
• Able to manage and prioritise tasks and time efficiently.
• Ideally already security cleared but essential that there are no restrictions to achieving security clearance.
• Resilience to cope with conflicting demands.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - articulate and diplomatic manner.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English.
• Methodical, accurate, and consistent attention to detail.
• Design experience, preferably architectural or engineering.
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Able to manage sensitive and sometimes confidential information.
• Self-motivated and able to take responsibility.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of an effective team.
• Able to build good relationships at all levels, internally and externally.
• Able and willing to travel to other studios or sites in other Purcell UK regions as required.
• Hold a degree level in an architectural, architectural technology, or construction/engineering subject.
• CMIOSH Chartered Member of IOSH.
• Member of APS.

This job description is a guide to the duties the post holder will be expected to undertake. It is not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive and will be subject to change as working requirements dictate and to meet the organisational requirements of Purcell.

Please submit a copy of your CV and portfolio by following the application workflow at the bottom of the page. Please include details of your Right to Work in the United Kingdom, as well as an available start date.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unfortunately unable to provide individual feedback. If you have not heard from us within 6 weeks of your original application, then you have been unsuccessful. Please continue to look at our vacancies and apply where relevant. We wish you all the best in your job search.

As world leaders of Heritage and Conservation, Purcell is committed to embracing diversity and equal opportunity within our international teams, reflective of the society in which we work and live. We welcome people from all backgrounds and celebrate differences through our culture of employee ownership