CDM Advisor
Location: Main office at Thorpe Wood House, Peterborough, with flexible working across the Anglian Water region
We’re the @one Alliance – a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
As we prepare for AMP8, our most ambitious period yet, we’ll be delivering an even broader range of innovative and environmentally-driven infrastructure projects – from urban drainage to nature-based solutions like constructed wetlands.
What will you be doing as our new CDM Advisor?
What you’ll do
- Oversee and drive CDM compliance across all duty holders
- Promote ‘Safe by Design’ principles in all engineering activities
- Review and refine CDM processes with subject matter experts
- Undertake CDM compliance audits on projects during pre-construction, and deliver compliance reports
- Ensure pre-construction information is suitable and sufficient, through robust review and working closely with the project Principal Design Teams.
- Carry out on-site Principal Contractor CDM compliance audits.
- Ensure designs meet Anglian Water’s ‘Safe to Operate’ standards
- Support and train design teams and suppliers in CDM best practices
- Partner with Anglian Water CDM leads to pushing innovation while maintaining full compliance
We’re now looking for an experienced CDM Advisor to join our Health & Safety team and champion safety by design across our multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
What you’ll bring:
- A qualification in Engineering or Health & Safety
- Experience in multi-disciplinary design teams (ideally within infrastructure or water)
Solid understanding of CDM regulations and how they apply in design
- Passion for creating safer, more sustainable outcomes
- Clear communicator with a proactive and problem-solving mindset
Why Join the Alliance
This is your opportunity to help shape the future of water in one of the UK’s most water-stressed regions. We’re not just delivering projects — we’re changing the way they’re delivered, with collaboration, safety, and sustainability at the heart of everything we do.
Caring and investing in you
Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years, and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.
As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.
From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by.
- Competitive salary
- Company Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical
- Profit share scheme
- 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
- 8 hours leave of absence for volunteering
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
- Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
- Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
- Leadership & management training and coaching
- Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
- Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
- Flexible working arrangements
- Annual salary review
- Continuous service awards
How to apply:
careers@barhale.co.uk