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Full-time
10+

Principal Designer - Health & Safety

2/6/2026

The Principal Designer will be responsible for understanding client needs, proactively identifying solutions, and ensuring excellent service delivery while making clients aware of their duties under CDM 2015. Key duties include overseeing the Design Risk Register, compiling pre-construction information, advising on supplier competency, and liaising with the Principal Contractor throughout construction.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes. Together with our clients, we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources.
About the Role

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.


Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.


Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.


We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
 

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

 

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Designer to join our dynamic team in Stevenage. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for understanding the Clients’ needs and proactively identify solutions to their challenges and ensure consistent delivery of service excellence in meeting their needs and expectations.

  • To make sure the Client is aware of their duties under CDM 2015
  • Review existing H&S information and provide advice if additional surveys are required
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Oversee the creation of the Design Risk Register
  • Assisting the client in identifying suitable project preconstruction information
  • Compilation of the Pre-construction information pack
  • Assurance of supplier appointment, advise on the competency for the role
  • Supply the Principal Contractor with the H&S information to inform their construction works
  • To liaise with the Principal Contractor throughout the construction phase
  • To compile the Health and Safety File

Qualifications

  • NEBOSH Diploma / NVQ L6 in Health & Safety
  • NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational H&S
  • NEBOSH Fire Certificate
  • Technical Member of IOSH
  • Certified Member of IOSH
  • Chartered Member of IOSH
  • APS Principal Designer
  • Extensive years + experience working on similar projects / programmes
  • Proficient in Design Risk Management
  • Proficient in the implementation of the Hierarchy of Controls to proposed designs.
  • Proficient in managing the H&S risk of the preconstruction stage

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. 

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.  

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ 

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

  • Department: Real estate
  • Key Skills
    Principal DesignerCDM 2015 ComplianceHealth and Safety File CompilationDesign Risk Register ManagementStakeholder EngagementPreconstruction Information ManagementSupplier Competency AdviceHierarchy of Controls ImplementationDesign Risk ManagementNEBOSH DiplomaNVQ L6 Health & SafetyIOSH Membership
    Categories
    ConstructionSecurity & SafetyConsultingEngineeringManagement & Leadership
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