Senior Risk Manager - Hybrid

Jacobs; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Nuclear Power sector is seeking a Senior Risk Manager to oversee PMO risk processes and support various nuclear projects. The role involves leadership, collaboration, and technical skills to ensure effective risk management and delivery of high-quality solutions. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, focusing on work-life balance and professional development.

Benefits

Free single medical cover

Enhanced parental leave pay

Reimbursement for professional development

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management within project controls.
• Ability to engage teams independently.
• Strong project and programme management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support functional ownership for PMO risk processes.
• Lead risk management within capital delivery programmes.
• Establish and maintain Project Controls arrangements.

Skills

Leadership capabilities

Motivational skills

Team management

Collaboration skills

Technical skills

Facilitation skills

Project management

Job description

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Nuclear Power Programmes is one of the newest Business Units and has been formed with the vision to support positive change and help shape the future of Nuclear Power.

Operational throughout the UK and across continental Europe, we are seeking to expand our team on a variety of nuclear projects, which range in technologies and that find themselves at different stages of their development. To do this, we are seeking to continuously employ talented individuals to join our diverse team that are excited about nuclear projects and are committed to Net Zero, and Energy Security.

In both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Amentum are currently recruiting for a Senior Risk Manager, in this role you'll support the functional ownership for all PMO risk processes, alongside the Head of Risk. This entails supporting the ownership, deployment, and continuous improvement of all the PMO risk process elements of the project while ensuring we operate and deliver controls within the governance structure, organisation and delivery model. You will ensure functions utilise appropriate software applications and supporting infrastructure to ensure Risk Management is ‘Digital by Default’. Key responsibilities will be:

• Supporting the functional Project Controls Risk Leads within the Project Management Office (PMO), whilst also leading risk management within one of the capital delivery programmes.
• Support the Risk Functional Lead in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
• Deputise at key project meetings, such as, but not limited to: Executive Risk Review meetings and the weekly Functional Leads/ Programme Controls Managers meeting.
• Establishment, implementation and maintenance of Project Controls arrangements, systems, tools, and work instructions for use on the project and the flow down of risk requirements as appropriate.
• Planning & co-ordination of risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated-QRA development.
• Progress reporting including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.
• Implement of an effective lines of defence assurance process for their delivery programme.

Here's What You'll Need

• Leadership capabilities, motivational skills, delegation, team management and team membership, as well as effective collaboration and peer-to-peer relationship-building skills.
• Good engagement skills; able to independently engage teams.
• Ability to extract valuable and relevant insights from risk/ project controls/ delivery processes, and ability to explain them at all levels, for all audiences.
• Well-developed facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate complex/ important workshops for all levels within programme.
• Technical skills; able to independently deliver large/ complex QRAs, spanning Cost QRAs, Schedule QRAs, and Integrated QRAs, as well as good enterprise risk management skills
• Mitigation-related skills underpinned by strong project and programme management and broader project controls experience.
• Ability to understand breadth of project and construction processes, how they drive risk exposure, and understanding of range of mitigation solutions to support.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.