Risk Specialist

Babcock International Group; Rosyth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading defense and engineering company as a Risk Specialist, where you will play a crucial role in managing risks for complex bids and proposals. You will collaborate with a dynamic team, implement risk management policies, and contribute to significant projects across various locations. With opportunities for hybrid working, generous benefits, and a focus on professional development, this role is ideal for ambitious candidates looking to make an impact in defense and space manufacturing.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Outstanding development opportunities

Holiday Trading options

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management methodologies and tools in relevant sectors.
• Understanding quantitative analysis and risk modeling.
• Full project lifecycle experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage bid risk activities, including risk identification and assessment.
• Develop and implement project risk management plans.
• Facilitate risk workshops and ensure effective governance.

Skills

Risk Management

Quantitative Risk Analysis

Risk Identification

Risk Register Management

Data Analysis

Education

APM PMQ

APMG PPC

Management of Risk Practitioner

Job description

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Title: Risk Specialist

Compensation: Competitive+ Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64263

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Risk Specialist- Bids and Proposals at one of our sites in Rosyth, Bristol, or Plymouth.

Job Title: Risk Specialist

Location: Rosyth, Plymouth, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive+ Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64263

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Risk Specialist- Bids and Proposals at one of our sites in Rosyth, Bristol, or Plymouth.

The role

As a Risk Specialist- Bids and Proposals you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll join the existing bid team in Marine Programmes. This role will be responsible and accountable for any Bid Risk Management activities, including risk identification & assessment. The role role will report to the Risk Discipline Lead.

Day to day, you’ll support the Risk Discipline lead in generating risk strategies and frameworks, developing and implementing the Project Risk Management plan. You’ll also develop and implement Risk Management policies, procedures and process.

• Establish and implement Risk Management governance within the project
• Act as the Risk Management Subject Matter Expert for bids
• Manage the risk outputs assurance process, including data, analysis and reporting
• Establish and maintain the Project Risk register(s) and guide PMs on best practice through risk workshop facilitation and other engagement means
• QRA analysis within the company's toolsets – SRA’s and CRA’s for the project
• Develop and assure the following: Project Risk Register; Risk data, metrics & reporting; Risk assurance reporting; Risk outputs to support commercial bid submission and variation orders
  
  
  

This role is full time 37 hours and will be based at one of our locations: Rosyth, Bristol, or Plymouth. The role offers hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Risk Specialist- Bids and Proposals:

• Relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector
• Experience of designing and implementing Risk Management methodologies, processes, systems and tools
• Awareness of quantitative risk analysis methodologies and/or practical experience of risk modelling
• Full project lifecycle experience working on complex and major projects
• Experienced in various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC/NEC/JCT)
  
  
  

Qualifications for the Risk Specialist- Bids and Proposals:

• APM PMQ
• APMG PPC
• Management of Risk Practitioner or AMP Risk L1
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
  
  
  

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 27/06/2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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