Risk Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Aberdeen City; Presencial; GBP 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Smart working

Remote options

Annual leave 25 days

Pension and share plan

Descripción de la vacante

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced Risk Manager to join our Scotland Energy Delivery Unit and lead risk management for a major offshore programme. The role involves implementing the project risk management strategy, coordinating with project teams, risk owners and stakeholders, and supporting commercial decisions.

You will deliver risk analyses, facilitate workshops, train teams and develop risk management plans across work packages while aligning with NEC contracts and ERM processes.

Formación

• Experience in project-based risk management across large-scale programmes.
• Proficient in quantitative risk analysis and modelling (QCRA/QSRA).
• Familiar with risk management systems such as ARM or similar.
• Strong understanding of enterprise risk management (ERM) processes and controls.
• Experience across major infrastructure projects and NEC contracts advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Support the Scotland Energy Delivery Unit in developing the risk management strategy and reporting cadence across the offshore programme.
• Lead the identification, assessment, response and monitoring of project risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops across multiple project packages.
• Conduct QCRA and QSRA and related risk modelling.
• Integrate assumptions, dependencies and constraints into risk analysis and reporting.
• Support commercial teams with risk information for pricing and forecasting.
• Provide guidance to Risk Owners on mitigation strategies.
• Develop and deliver risk management training for project teams.
• Produce risk reports for management and customers.

Conocimientos

Risk management

QCRA

QSRA

ARM system

ERM knowledge

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk workshops

Training delivery

MS Office 365

Educación

Degree-level qualification

Herramientas

Active Risk Manager (ARM)

Descripción del empleo

About The Role

Job Title: Risk Manager

Location: North East Scotland / Aberdeen / Peterhead

Company: Balfour Beatty

Project: Energy | Major Infrastructure

About The Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Risk Manager to join our Scotland Energy Delivery Unit, supporting the delivery of our major offshore energy programme.

Working closely with the and Project Management Teams, you will play a key role in implementing and delivering the Project Risk Management Strategy, helping our teams identify, assess, respond to and monitor programme and project risk.

You’ll work collaboratively with Project Teams, Risk Owners, commercial leadership, our customer and other key stakeholders, ensuring robust risk management is embedded throughout programme delivery. The role will also support key financial reporting, forecasting and commercial decision-making.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a major infrastructure programme where effective risk management will be fundamental to successful project delivery.

What you'll be doing

• Support the Scotland Energy Delivery Unit leadership team in developing and implementing the risk management strategy, approach and reporting cadence across the offshore programme.
• Lead the identification, assessment, response and ongoing monitoring of project and programme risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops across multiple project packages.
• Undertake Quantitative Cost Risk Analysis (QCRA) and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and associated risk modelling.
• Incorporate project assumptions, dependencies and constraints into risk analysis and regular reporting.
• Support commercial teams with risk information for pricing, forecasting and contractual risk-sharing arrangements, including projects operating under NEC contracts.
• Provide guidance and support to Risk Owners in the consistent assessment of risks and development of appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Develop and deliver risk management training to Project Teams, Risk Owners and Action Owners.
• Develop Project Risk Management Plans where required for individual work packages.
• Produce and deliver risk reports for internal management teams and the Customer.
• Work closely with the Customer's risk management team to ensure alignment of approach and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate across Balfour Beatty and with key subcontractors and third parties to ensure risk is understood, documented and effectively managed.
• Help embed risk management as a fundamental part of project culture, processes and controls.

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for someone with strong project and programme risk management experience, ideally gained within major infrastructure, energy or another complex project environment.

You Will Ideally Have

• Experience working in a project-based risk management role across a complex, large-scale programme of works.
• Experience of QCRA and QSRA and the ability to undertake quantitative risk analysis and modelling.
• Experience using recognised risk management systems, such as Active Risk Manager (ARM) or similar.
• A strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes, controls and methodologies.
• Experience working across large-scale, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge or experience of NEC contracts would be advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior management.
• Experience facilitating risk workshops and delivering training.
• The ability to build strong relationships across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong written and verbal reporting skills.
• A proactive, self-starting approach with the ability to manage your own workload.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• A degree-level qualification would be preferable.

Why join us?

This is a key role within our growing Scotland Energy business, giving you the opportunity to influence the successful delivery of a major offshore infrastructure programme while working alongside experienced project, commercial and risk professionals.

You’ll have the opportunity to shape how risk management is embedded across the programme, influence key commercial and project decisions and work with stakeholders across Balfour Beatty and our Customer.

If you’re an experienced Risk Manager looking to make an impact on some of Scotland’s most significant energy infrastructure projects, we’d love to hear from you.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We’re proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland, please visit the Balfour Beatty careers website.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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