Senior CDM Advisor

**Job Description:**

We are looking for a talented and experienced CDM Advisor to join our team in our London studio. We seek a results-driven, tenacious go-getter to manage a mixture of bespoke architectural projects while also delivering support and advice to the London practice and wider teams on CDM duties and deliverables.

We are a progressive practice, so you’ll need to understand our culture and strategy, identify opportunities, and be responsible for supporting team leaders, project leaders, and managers on project CDM compliance. You will be expected to support the Head of CDM Principal Designer services in implementing the overall CDM and compliance strategy.

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 280 talented architects, designers, heritage consultants, and surveyors across 14 offices in the UK, Hong Kong, and Australia. We were 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. Our distinctive employee-owned working culture has contributed to our status as a World Architecture Top 100 Practice, renowned for our excellence in architecture and heritage consultancy.

**Our benefits package includes:**
- Agile, flexible, and hybrid working (a minimum of 3 days in the 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
- Enhanced learning & development opportunities

**Responsibilities:**
- Advise designated and specific Project Design Team members, including client organizations, on Health and Safety risk management matters and CDM duties to support teams in carrying out Purcell duties as Principal Designer in accordance with current UK (or where relevant) internationally comparable CDM regulations.
- Assist and support the Head of CDM.
- Help develop the role of CDM PD within Purcell as defined by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
- Assist and provide support and advice to in-house design teams to facilitate office-wide best practice standards irrespective of global location.
- Review projects and designs—planned and ad-hoc—prioritizing CDM PD appointed projects and advising on any other projects to allow office-wide consistency on Pre-construction Health and Safety matters and standards.
- Collate, organize, and assist the client in providing Pre-Construction Information.
- Manage and coordinate the Health and Safety aspects during the Pre-Construction phase.
- Prepare, coordinate production and information gathering, and issue the Health and Safety File on completion.
- Assist with compiling and developing guidance material and management tools.
- Support the Head of CDM in developing and delivering in-house CDM training.
- Where necessary, liaise with Enforcing Authorities.
- Critically appraise Design Risk Assessments submitted by the Project Design Team.
- Contribute or otherwise assist as required.

**Essential Skills:**
- Demonstrate an ability to undertake the above responsibilities.
- Demonstrate experience and understanding of design and construction management and methodologies.
- Proven skills in the delivery of CDM/H&S consultancy services.
- Computer literate—CAD preferable.
- Pragmatic, resourceful, and persuasive.
- Able to manage and prioritize tasks and time efficiently.
- Resilience to cope with conflicting demands.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills—articulate and diplomatic manner.
- Fluency in both written and spoken English.
- Able to demonstrate initiative and a proactive approach to daily tasks.
- Methodical, accurate, and consistent attention to detail.
- Design experience, preferably architectural or engineering.
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Able to manage sensitive and sometimes confidential information.
- Self-motivated and able to take responsibility.
- Good interpersonal skills and able to work independently and as part of an effective team.
- Flexible attitude.
- 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.

**Desired Qualifications:**
- Hold a degree level in an architectural, architectural technology, or construction/engineering subject.
- NEBOSH Construction Certificate or equivalent, Chartered IOSH membership, and/or 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 organizational requirements of Purcell.

Please submit a copy of your CV 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 in 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.

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