Senior Risk Consultant

AECOM; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consulting firm is seeking a Senior Risk Consultant to join its team in Leeds, UK. This role requires proven experience in risk management, particularly on high-value projects, and involves engaging with project teams, developing risk management plans, and conducting quantitative risk analysis. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant degree and have strong familiarity with risk management tools. The firm promotes a dynamic environment with hybrid work options and emphasizes professional development through coaching and mentoring.

Benefits

Hybrid work options

Comprehensive benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in risk management, with at least 2 years on high value projects.
• Proficient in conducting Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA & QSRA).
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management.

Responsibilities

• Engage with project teams to ensure effective risk management.
• Produce comprehensive risk reports for informed decision-making.
• Develop robust Risk Management Plans and Risk Registers.

Skills

Risk management experience

People management skills

Flexibility to travel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university

Risk management qualification (MOR, APM Risk, IRM)

Tools

Industry Risk Management tools (ARM, Xactium)

Quantitative Risk Analysis tools (Safran, Primavera)

Job description

Company Description

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Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

Job Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

Start here. Grow here.

We are recruiting for a Senior Risk Consultant to join our growing team across our UK offices.

Here’s what you’ll do

• Engage with project teams to ensure the effective implementation of risk management
• Provide direct risk management input to bids and proposals to secure new business
• Perform risk assurance checks to ensure the quality of project and programme risk management
• Communicate key project and programme risk management data to senior leaders
• Produce comprehensive risk reports for informed decision
• Coaching and mentoring staff in risk management best practice
• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of risks
• Develop robust Risk Registers, Risk Management Plans, and Risk Mitigation Plans
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA and QSRA), utilising techniques such as Monte‑Carlo to establish project contingency levels.
• Ability to design and implement risk management frameworks for projects and programmes
• Support cost, scheduling, project controls and change management teams where appropriate.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• You will be required to have 3+ years experience in risk management, with at least 2 years experience of risk management activities on high value projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university or hold a risk management qualification (MOR, APM Risk, IRM)
• Proven experience and excellent working knowledge gained in a multi-discipline project environment.
• Proficient in the use of Industry Risk Management tools (ARM, Xactium, RiskHive, Predict etc.)
• Demonstrable experience in conducting Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA & QSRA) using tools such as Safran, Primavera Risk Analyser, @risk..
• Competency in implementing Risk Management processes aligned with ISO31000, Institute of Risk Management, or Association of Project Management methodologies.
• Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors.
• Good people management and task facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management.
• Working knowledge of current methodologies and tools related to managing projects.

Additional Information

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to programme and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑ and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programmes to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.