CDM Lead

Job Title: CDM Lead
Location: Newport / Swansea
Contact: Permanent
Hours: 37hrs (hybrid working)
Salary: £46,502

Summary
Provides advice, support and guidance relating to health and safety throughout the asset and compliance teams. Develops health & safety plans and undertakes scheduled and unscheduled site inspection to ensure compliance against construction health & safety plans. To regularly report against agreed performance targets, identifying and sharing good practice, whilst working with the Head of Compliance and Managers to develop action plans for improvement where necessary.
To communicate and provide reasoned, specialist and professional advice to staff and stakeholders at different levels/grades, both internally and externally.

Job Specification

• Support the development of HSE policies and procedures and the ongoing development of the HSE management systems.
• Undertake accident and incident investigations, liaising with relevant authorities, produce investigation and preventative action reports. Coach and support Managers and Site base colleagues to undertake local near miss / incident and accident investigations as required
• To undertake any other related functions appropriate for the level of responsibility for the post, as may be assigned.
• Advise and assist the CDM Client to ensure that the client duty holder function is undertaken as defined by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015).
• Undertake CDM Principal Designer duty holder function as defined by the CDM 2015.
• Provide the lead in the provision of CDM services within Building Maintenance.
• To ensure written appointments of individual duty holders and ensure clear roles and responsibilities within the project team with regard to discharging CDM requirements.
• Management of the flow of information within project teams including Clients, Designers and Contractors.
• Ensuring the required documentation is prepared, reviewed and issued for each project including the F10 notification to the HSE; pre-construction information package; the health and safety review/agreement of the initial construction phase plan and the provision of welfare facilities; and the preparation and issuing of the health and safety file.
• The ability to interpret design briefs and identify, collate and present information which defines project risk.
• Take all reasonable steps to ensure Principal Designers, Designers and Principal Contractors and Contractors comply with their duties under CDM 2015.
• Take all reasonable steps to ensure arrangements for coordination cooperation are in place between respective duty holders.
• Provide guidance on Client management requirements.
• Assess the adequacy of the construction phase plans including liaison with the Principal Contractor.
• Undertake inspections/audits and prepare reports advising of project compliance.
• Consultation with the relevant duty holder to facilitate the coordination for design works, planning and preparation for construction throughout the project with respect to health and safety.
• Keep up to date with any changes to the CDM Regulations and health and safety legislation.

• Experience of working within a busy office environment
• Experience of dealing with internal and external customers / stakeholders
• Experience of IT to include Word, Excel and Microsoft Outlook in an office environment
• Experience of working in health, safety and environmental compliance teams
• Experience in undertaking CDM and/or Health & Safety roles
• Candidates should hold a relevant professional degree in a construction/design related discipline or equivalent
• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Construction Health and safety. (D)
• Chartered Membership of a recognised construction related institution e.g. RICS, RIBA, CIOB. (D)

• Pension
• Learning & Development
• Flexible working
• Additional annual leave
• Electric lease scheme
• Health savings