Principal Designer

Are you a Principal Designer with a strong background in health & safety and CDM regulations? If yes, we have several opportunities that might be of interest to you.

Key skills required for this role

The Role

As Principal Designer, you will be providing expert advice, planning, managing, monitoring, and coordinating health and safety in the pre-construction phase of several simultaneously running complex substation projects, that typically include transformer / switchgear replacements, new GIS arrangements, cable route connections, etc. This will include : identifying, eliminating, or controlling foreseeable risks; ensuring designers carry out their duties.

Here are some of the activities that you will get involved with...

• Ensure the company maintains compliance with their statutory duties as Principal Designer and Principal Contractor under the Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015).
• Chair and coordinate Design Risk Review meetings throughout all stages of Design and Construction and maintain the associated Design Risk Register.
• Apply the principles of prevention to identify and eliminate unusual and significant hazards as well as control foreseeable risks.
• Ensure all designers (internally and externally) are competent to undertake their role under CDM.
• Actively embed in the Design team and challenge all aspects of buildability, maintainability, and operability.
• Calculate the hours required to undertake the Principal Designer role on a project-by-project basis and ensure the Client provides sufficient time and resources to comply with their statutory duty.
• Submit F10's and continuously monitor throughout the construction period to ensure validity is maintained.
• Compile Pre-Construction Information ensuring all safety-critical information is highlighted and communicated to the relevant parties.
• Review, monitor, and advise on the suitability of Construction Phase Plans to ensure statutory compliance.
• Develop Health and Safety Files to ensure all safety-critical information for the future operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of the assets is captured.
• Develop compliance reports, build and maintain excellent relationships with the Client.
• Visit sites to monitor progress and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Assist with procedural development and training rollout.

We would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate….

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener, and use our imaginations. Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone's growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family-owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients, and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don't receive feedback within that timescale, please don't be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare, and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Currys PC World, and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme, as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.

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