Risk Manager - Defence (Construction)

Turner & Townsend Limited; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in construction is seeking a Risk Manager to join their Real Estate team in Portsmouth. The role involves implementing risk management frameworks and facilitating assessments for high-profile projects. Ideal candidates will possess strong risk management skills, a relevant degree, and experience in major construction programs.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Commitment to work-life balance

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• Proven experience in risk delivery on major projects/programmes.
• APM/IRM risk certification preferred.
• Ability to maintain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Implement an integrated risk management framework across construction programmes.
• Produce risk reports to facilitate communication of status.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against risk budget.

Skills

Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment

Risk workshop facilitation

Probabilistic modelling

Excellent communication skills

Education

Degree in construction related subject

Tools

PRA

@risk

Safran

ARM

Predict

Tableau

Job description

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

We have exciting opportunity for a QRA capable Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding, Portsmouth-based Real Estate team, who are undertaking duties on a range of high construction profile projects.

Owing to the complex nature of the works involved, this role will suitRisk Managerfrom aconstruction or defencebackground with proven experience and understanding of the processes.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

Implement or support the implementation of an integrated risk management framework across a major construction programme. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the sub-programme.
• 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 to help deliver target positions.
• 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.
• Candidates will be expected to demonstrate experienced levels of competence with tools such as PRA, @risk, Safran or similar.
• Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau

REQUIREMENTS:

In order to be able to carry out the duties of the role as required, candidates will be expected to demonstrate the following capabilities: Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk, a working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk, cost and schedule) on a large programme, risk workshop facilitation, threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation, probabilistic modelling (@risk, PRA and P6 proficiency – or equivalent). We are looking for candidates with proven experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes.APM/IRM risk certified candidates preferred.

Further, candidates are expected to have excellent communication skills (oral and written) and be genuinely committed to finding new and more effective ways of working.

Qualifications

• Candidates will ideally be degree qualified in a construction related subject.
• We are looking for candidates withproven experience in a risk delivery role on major construction projects/programmes.APM/IRM risk certified.

Owing to the specialist and sensitive nature of the work that we carry out for a number of our clients, candidates will ideally hold security clearance or be able to obtain & maintain security clearance.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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