Senior Project Controls Engineer - Risk - Defence

J.P. MORGAN; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks experienced individuals for a risk management role in Defence projects. The position involves facilitating risk assessments, managing opportunities, and producing risk reports to support effective project delivery. Ideal candidates possess a relevant degree and experience in risk delivery, particularly within Defence settings.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Professional development opportunities

Team collaboration events

Qualifications

• Member of a relevant professional body (e.g., APM, IRM).
• Understanding of integrated risk management processes.
• Experience in risk delivery role, preferably within Defence.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate risk identification, assessment and prioritisation.
• Produce risk reports and assist in risk quantification.
• Monitor overall risk exposure against the remaining budget.

Skills

Risk Management

Quantitative Assessment

Qualitative Assessment

Threat Mitigation

Opportunity Exploitation

Education

Degree in a relevant technical or management field

Tools

PRA

@risk

Safran

Power-BI

Job description

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 245 offices worldwide.

The Defence Infrastructure Cost Centre provides support to projects that range in complexity and size with our service offerings spanning across Programme and Project Management, Project Planning, Cost Engineering, Risk Management, and Commercial Disciplines.
We provide support to the full project lifecycle both pre-contract and post contract, delivering infrastructure projects on behalf of our clients, that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £200M.

Due to growing client requirements, we are actively looking to expand the team and have talented individuals join us who will support our Defence client portfolio, whilst further developing their career, working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.

Job Description

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.

We are seeking people to join our organisation who have a positive outlook, are seeking development opportunities and have a strong foundation of risk management in their core area of activity.

Within our southwest region our infrastructure team has strong positions in multiple sectors including Defence. Our people have the opportunity to move between sectors, building their experience across a broad range of major projects and programmes.

We are looking for candidates with proven experience in a risk delivery role on projects/programmes. To support the implementation of an integrated risk management process across a Project Delivery environment. Applicants preferably should have experience within a Defence setting, but not limited to.

Key deliverables:

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the Project through workshops and directly supporting project teams.
  
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling and retirement of threat/opportunity.
  
• Use risk data to inform planning.
  
• Assist with the identification and recording of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post mitigated positions.
  

• Monitor or support overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining Risk budget.
  
• 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.
  
• Support quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
  

• A reasonable level of competence with tools such as PRA, @risk, Safran or Familiaritywith web-based database tools – ARM, Predict or Power-BI
  

Qualifications

• Have a degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and relevant experiencein a risk delivery role.
• Are a member of a relevant professional body e.g. Association for Project Management, Institute of Risk Managers or Project Management Institute.
• Understanding of Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk
• Threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation
• A working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk, cost and schedule) on a large programme
• Awareness of governance and policy guidance including IR<
• MoR/APM/IRM risk certified

Security Clearance

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC).
Many of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD 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).

Working in Teams/Office & Site attendance:

Turner & Townsend recognises the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, that enable them to balance their working life with other priorities. At the same time T&T recognises that employee office and site attendance must always remain in line with the demands of the business and clients. Currently, we anticipate you being on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices 60% of your time which may include travel, but this may flex depending on client and business requirements. The office is not the onlyplace work gets done, but it is increasingly important for teams to be stronger togetherby learning, collaborating, and creating amazing work together.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/


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