Senior Risk Manager

The role

The Senior Risk Manager will interface with multiple levels and dimensions of the project team across the Engineering Delivery etc. providing advice direction and assurance relative to the risk processes within the project maintaining a close working relationship with other Function Managers Project Controls Managers Finance team personnel and the Project Management Procurement and Commercial functions. Additionally the Risk Manager may represent the project with key stakeholders including contract partners regulators auditors and investors.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate identification assessment and prioritization of threats opportunities and issues.
• Maintain visibility of threat / opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat / opportunity.
• Use risk data to inform investment planning.
• Assist with the identification and recording of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific along with assessing the post mitigated positions.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining Risk budget.
• Proactively manage the completion of management responses.
• Work with contractors to assess contractor held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them.
• Produce risk reports as required in a timely manner to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.

Skills and Behaviors required

• Engineering or Construction based degree or equivalent experience.
• Substantial experience (10 years) in managing and motivating risk teams on major infrastructure/real estate/buildings projects and programs.
• Educated to at least degree level or equivalent training and experience.
• Proven record of success in building and leading a team within Project Controls and Planning.
• Expert and role model in the field of Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) and Cost Analysis (QRA) techniques.
• Experience in the use of general computer software products (including Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint).
• Proven people manager and team leader with excellent communications skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Good commercial and financial awareness including good experience of commercial contracting.

Qualifications :

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline with a minimum of 8-20 years relevant work experience or previous proven experience in a risk management environment.
• A working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk cost and schedule) on large programmes or projects.
• Candidates are expected to have excellent communication skills (oral and written) and be genuinely committed to finding new and more effective ways of working.
• APM/IRM risk certified candidates preferred.

Additional Information :

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Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Fulltime