CDM Advisor Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Posted 19 hours ago

Location: Within the East Anglia area to include: Lincoln, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk and Colchester

Contract: Permanent/Full time

Salary: dependent on skills and experience + Car Allowance

At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring.

Here within Anglian Water, we collaborate with a number of alliance partners to provide the best water and water recycling services across the region by maintaining our existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard future water supplies. Playing a key part in our drive to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop are our Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) Alliance. Comprising of Anglian Water, Morrison Water Services, Barhale and Kier, the IOS Alliance work together to concentrate on solutions across the water recycling and clean water asset base.

As a CDM Advisor, you will be aligned to a designated area and your primary responsibility will be to ensure that all projects within your portfolio comply with the CDM Regulations. You will provide expert advice and guidance on relevant legislation, conduct competency assessments, and perform site audits to ensure compliance.

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensure that all work activities are assessed using the CDM Assessment tool to determine if they are maintenance, or the CDM complexity.
• Ensure that CDM strategies are in place and defined duty holders.
• Review the suitability of PCI/Design and Design Risk Management within Maintenance and Engineering Services team.
• Oversee and advise on the preparation of Pre-Construction Information (PCI), and highlight the need for any necessary further information that may be required.
• Ensure that designs comply to Anglian Water’s Management of CDM (MoCDM) and that Design Checklists are suitably complete to meet Safe To Operate (STO) requirements.
• Review the suitability of Construction Phase Plans including adequate management arrangements and welfare provisions where necessary.
• Provide assistance with review of Risk Assessment and Method Statement on high level risk activities.
• Conduct CDM audits on projects to ensure that CDM is compliant at design phase and construction phase.
• Provide CDM compliance data for the CDM Team data reports.

Qualifications:

• A qualification in engineering or health and safety.
• NEBOSH Certificate (if not Construction Cert., must demonstrate other construction training).
• Experience of working in a multi-discipline design team and of the application of H&S principles in design.
• A good understanding of the operational and maintenance requirements of water industry assets.
• An understanding of construction processes and procedures.
• Membership of an appropriate engineering or health and safety institution.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders.
• Problem solving capabilities, flexibility and commitment.
• Good IT skills, familiarity with Microsoft Office 365.

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%.
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity/partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.
• Personal private health care.
• Annual bonus scheme.
• Up to 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion.
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme.
• Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks.
• Life Cover at 8x your salary.
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary.
• Car Allowance (must do >9000 business miles pa to qualify).

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Here at Anglian Water we are one of the leading providers of water and water recycling services in the UK and our organisation is an industry benchmark for quality and customer service. What makes us unique is our commitment to providing the development people need to make a real difference. If you care about excellent customer service, your career and the environment, then we want to hear from you. We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.

If you think this is the next step in your career then please apply today.

Closing Date: 6th April 2026

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please reach out to our team at resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk.

To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.

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Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.