Job Description
MS609 Senior Health & Safety Consultant\n\nSalary: £50,000 - £60,000\n\nLocation: Reading\n\nOverview:\n\nFirst Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Health & Safety Consultant on behalf of one of our clients.\n\nThe successful candidate will have a strong background in design or construction-related health and safety, experience delivering CDM Principal Designer duties, and the ability to influence clients, designers, and contractors.\n\nOur client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.\n\nDuties and Responsibilities:\n\nAct as the Principal Designer as defined under CDM 2015 on a range of projects across sectors such as healthcare, education, commercial, residential and infrastructure.\nLead the coordination of design risk management across multidisciplinary teams to eliminate, reduce, or control foreseeable risks.\nEngage early with clients and design teams to influence project planning and promote best practice health and safety from concept through to completion.\nProvide competent advice to clients on their duties under CDM Regulations and other relevant health and safety legislation.\nReview and collate pre-construction information and identify gaps or areas requiring action.\nPrepare and manage the health and safety file, ensuring completeness and usability.\nChair and participate in design risk review meetings and workshops.\nMentor and support CDM and H&S professionals across the team.\nContribute to business development, bid writing and client relationship management.\nUndertake site inspections and monitoring visits to determine CDM compliance.\nSkills and Qualifications:\n\nNEBOSH Construction Certificate (or higher) or equivalent health and safety qualification.\nExperience acting as CDM Principal Designer on medium to large projects.\nStrong working knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and wider construction health and safety legislation.\nExcellent communication and coordination skills, with the ability to lead meetings and engage confidently with clients, designers, and contractors.\nProficient in preparing pre-construction information, design risk registers, and health and safety files (CDM documentation).\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nEffective time management and organisation.\nWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office, Teams and associated software.\nConfidence to challenge unsafe design choices and promote safer alternatives.\nCommitment to upholding safety standards and continuing professional development.\nDesirable:\n\nExperience in healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, science or other complex building environments.\nExperience using common data environments (CDEs).\nMembership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IOSH, APS, RIBA, ICE, CIOB, CABE).\nSalary: £50,000 - £60,000\n\nLocation: Reading