Senior Principal Designer/CDM Advisor
We are seeking an experienced Principal Designer/CDM Adviser to join our Construction team in providing expert technical guidance, ensuring best-practice health and safety consultancy.
What you’ll be doing:
Act as Principal Designer/CDM adviser, ensuring compliance across all RIBA stages through to handover.
Lead H&S: design reviews, principles of prevention, H&S files, audits, risk assessments, and method statements.
Deliver end-to-end project management: site inspections, reporting, finance tracking, and document control.
Enable outcomes: advise stakeholders (clients/designers/contractors/legal), support PQQs/fee bids/marketing, improve services, and train/mentor juniors.
What we’re looking for:
Qualified Technician or working towards Chartered (or equivalent) with H&S credentials (NEBOSH Construction/General minimum).
Extensive construction and PD/CDM experience with demonstrable sector expertise under CDM regulations.
Strong organisation and administration; proficient in MS Office; reliable delivery against fee targets.
Client-focused relationship builder and confident communicator (written and verbal), representing the business professionally.
Positive team player who can work independently; committed to high-quality, dependable CDM services.
What You’ll Get:
A competitive salary and benefit scheme.
A collaborative, supportive working environment where your contribution is valued.
Hybrid working opportunities.
Why PIB Group?
PIB Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing insurance businesses, offering real career progression, professional development, and a collaborative culture where your work truly matters.
We encourage our people to be collaborative, with entrepreneurship at our core. We are a fast-paced, growing organisation and an exciting place to be.
We also value ambition and creative thinking. You don’t have to tick every box to apply, if you bring fresh ideas and a drive to grow, we’d love to hear from you!
Inclusion & Accessibility
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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What We Do
Since our formation in 2015, PIB Group has been on a mission to create a leading position in the provision of specialist insurance solutions across the UK market and beyond.
It’s been an exciting journey as we’ve remained focused and committed to delivering everything that we set out to achieve. We’ve been growing rapidly through acquisition, and by employing outstanding individuals with a wealth of knowledge and experience across the insurance market.
By bringing together companies and individuals recognised as leaders across a range of specialist markets, PIB can draw on their vast expertise and insights which in turn enables customers to enjoy the highest levels of service.
That journey has led to PIB Group today being a highly diversified insurance distribution consolidator focusing on specialist commercial lines and non-standard personal lines products with deep expertise across both direct and B2B distribution through its broking, underwriting and network divisions.
In 2021, PIB Group secured further investment from Apax partners (the ‘Apax Funds’) and re-investment from PIB’s existing investor since 2015 The Carlyle Group. The investments enable PIB to continue our ambitious growth plans.
