Risk Manager​/Senior Risk Manager

Location/s: Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Warrington, Derby, London UK

Recruiter contact: Aoife Cullen

Mott Mac Donald's Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme, and commercial management services and advisory solutions across a range of sectors.

APD delivers services to projects up to £20bn, covering programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, consulting, digital consulting, education, health and care management.

Mott Mac Donald offers climate change, estimating and cost intelligence, health & safety, land advisory, planning PMO, quality management, risk management.

We are looking for risk management professionals to shape and safeguard complex Construction and Infrastructure projects.

• Undertake assurance reviews of risk deliverables and methodologies to confirm conformance to best practice
• Experience informing the development of Business Cases, Investment Decisions and Appraisals, including assuring quality of risk evidence
• Comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment, embedding expertise into their teams
• Coach, develop and supervise project staff and share knowledge and expertise
• Build strong relationships with clients, teams and stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder management experience

Essential:

• Demonstrate competency with implementing Risk Management processes aligned with ISO
  31000, Institute of Risk Management, Association of Project Management methodologies on complex Construction and Infrastructure projects including but not limited to:
  • Initiating, developing, and implementing risk management processes
  • Facilitating risk workshops as part of overall delivery of risk process
  • Conducting regular risk reviews to maintain a project risk register and ensure accurate current risk profile
  • Undertaking Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis techniques
  • Producing appropriate risk management reports to inform decision making
  • Awareness of industry risk management tools such as ARM, Xactium, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, @Risk, Risk Predict!
  • Understanding how risk management integrates with other disciplines including cost estimating, project planning, contract administration
  • Implement effective risk management activities to reduce risk exposure and uncertainty on projects & programmes
  • Support development and implementation of risk management approaches/systems for clients using best practice and procedures
  • Facilitate workshops with project teams to ensure effective implementation of risk management
  • Work closely with planners to understand delivery expectations, identify potential risks and link risks to schedule activities
• Desirable Skills
  • Good research and analytical skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication and organisational skills
  • Soft skills:
    
    effective listening, persuasion, collaborative style, leadership, flexibility, self‑motivation, creativity and insightfulness
  • Computer literacy in Microsoft applications

If you meet 80% or more of what we're looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn't know we need.

We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces well‑being, flexibility, and trust.

We promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all, and create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reaso for assistance.

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support day‑to‑day health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• Well‑being support through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including you and your family
• Ability to flex salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too

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