Posted By GavinR I have recently been offered a very good oppurtunity to move from a HSE Advisor with engineering/manufacturing industry into CDM-C role with a large project management firm. This position is very exciting prospect and interesting development for my career, however before continuing i am wondering if any experience CDM-C would offer their advice to me regarding this change in career? I do not have an extensive background knowledge of construction design issues although i have dealt with CDM Regs previously and some involvement in PS role. Any advice would be appreciated.

Posted By Arran Linton - Smith Moving into CDM-C can either be an opportunity to thrive or it can be somewhat of a poisoned chalice. If you look in the back of SHP there are still a lot of vacancies for CDM-Cs and when I have discussed this with recruitment friends, they advise me that there are currently lots of practitioners who are seeking to leave this role. On the positive side, this is a role that I enjoy and I have managed to build a talented team of practitioners around me, however I would strongly advise you to carefully choose the team who you work with. With the right mentor you should thrive, but without this you will certainly fail!