Principal Designer

We’re on it!
Arvato offers you one of the most dynamic work environments you can imagine. We are growing, innovating and we solve the challenges of our clients around the world every day. How do we do it? With our global team of 17,000 colleagues at 87 locations in over 17 countries and our special spirit: We're on it! As a strategic growth partner for our clients, we use cloud-based e-commerce and IT platforms as well as state-of-the-art automation technology to realize complex, global supply chain solutions.

• Principal Designer:  Warehousing, Automation & Construction
• Location: Corby / Hams Hall / East Midlands
• Salary: £58,000

Arvato UK partners with some of the world’s biggest brands to deliver innovative, scalable supply chain solutions. We are now seeking an experienced Principal Designer to lead the design and development of warehousing, automation, and logistics infrastructure projects across the UK.

In this pivotal role, you’ll act as the legally appointed Principal Designer under CDM 2015 and ensure compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022, shaping safe, future-ready facilities from concept through pre-construction. You will be part of the project execution team, working closely with our logistics engineering experts, contractors, and clients, you’ll drive innovation while safeguarding compliance and operational excellence.

Your Task

• Act as Principal Designer in line with CDM 2015, coordinating health and safety within the design phase.
• Lead design and safety compliance for major warehousing and automation projects
• Ensure designs consider construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning in line with client and regulatory standards.
• Coordinate design risk management, PCI, and Health & Safety documentation
• Oversee CAD layouts, feasibility studies, and space planning
• Partner with contractors, regulators, and clients to deliver robust solutions
• Mentor junior designers and champion best practice in design safety

Your Profile

•  Proven experience as a Principal Designer in warehousing, logistics, or large-scale construction
• Strong knowledge of CDM 2015 and the Building Safety Act 2022
•  Expertise in automation, warehouse design, or infrastructure development
•  Skilled in AutoCAD, MS Project, and stakeholder engagement
•  Relevant degree + CDM Principal Designer training (Chartered status desirable)

We Offer

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days
• Pension contribution
• A life assurance policy that pays out 4 x Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme that provides you with confidential support, information, and advice to help you
• Employee Discount Scheme through Benefit Hub
• Free car parking

This is a unique opportunity to take a leading role in shaping the future of automated logistics facilities in the UK.

Ready to design the future of supply chains? Apply now.

Arvato is a trusted business outsourcing partner to the private and public sectors.

We have long-term partnerships with some of the most respected companies in the UK and globally, as well as innovative public sector clients.

We combine our expertise in business process outsourcing (BPO), financial solutions, customer relationship management, supply chain management, and public sector and citizen services to deliver innovative, individual solutions that help our clients to achieve their objectives. In the UK and Ireland, we employ over 4,000 people across more than ten locations. Internationally, arvato employs more than 66,400 people in over 270 subsidiaries across almost 40 countries worldwide. Our parent group Bertelsmann is the world’s most international media company with revenues of €16.4bn.

 Company: Arvato SCM UK Limited | Job ID: 282467