Associate – Health & Safety / CDM Advisor (Liveable Places)

WSP
Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role

• Lead and manage projects within Liveable Places (part of our Planning, Communities & Mobility business) to ensure coordination of multi-disciplinary inputs
• Act as the CDM-Advisor on a large range of projects
• Provide Health & Safety in design support advice whilst ensuring compliance to the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015)
• Provide and support our clients, designers and contractors on matters relating to CDM 2015
• Work with Clients and design teams to deliver compliant designs on time and within budget meeting CDM, QA and technical review requirements
• Advise, manage and provide CDM / Health & Safety training for our clients and designers
• Authorise Pre-Construction Information (PCI) and Health and Safety files issued to Contractors and Clients
• Lead the design process and encourage the rest of the team to deliver appropriate and cost-effective solutions to the agreed programme
• Participate in tender bids and business development opportunities

Your Team

Liveable Places work with a wide range of local authority & private clients from across the UK to help them achieve their place making ambitions. We deliver a wide range of schemes from concept to delivery that include public realm, traffic engineering, road safety, traffic signals, pedestrian / traffic modelling, active travel, and parking. We have had recent key successes with Westminster City Council, West Sussex County Council, East Sussex County Council, Leeds City Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Richmond Council, Croydon Council, Redbridge Council, West of England Combined Authorities and many, many more.

The Liveable Places team is based in offices across the country with over 200 staff, currently making up the team with further growth planned. We enjoy our work and are exceptionally enthusiastic people who are great at what we do. This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop in your career through exposure to a wide variety of experiences.

We have a strong track record working closely with our clients and this role provides a great opportunity to have a pivotal role within Liveable Places and help support and steer its growth going forward.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

• A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
• You will have achieved or be actively working towards Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status
• Member of the Association of Project Safety (MaPS) or similar
• NEBOSH in Construction
• Highways design experience within a local authority / consultant environment
• Experience of undertaking the Project Manager role to NEC contracts would be desirable but not essential
• The ability to write concise reports and present to our clients

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

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