Senior Project Controls Engineer - Risk Management

The opportunity

We are looking for a person to join our expanding Transport and Utilities business as a Senior Project Controls Engineer specializing in Risk Management. Day-to-day responsibilities may include:

• Tailoring risk management approaches to meet the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
• Promoting the benefits and requirements of risk management within the project and programme team.
• Acting as the risk specialist in a project or major area.
• Creation and maintenance of Project and Programme Risk Registers and other risk information.
• Leading risk management activities to actively manage risk, seeking efficiencies across client’s programmes.
• Working with the supply chain to understand and incorporate the risks they present to our clients.
• Training and coaching clients on risk management processes and practices.
• Challenging risk information to ensure it is realistic, robust and stands up to scrutiny.
• Assisting with the identification and development of appropriate management responses.
• Facilitation of risk workshops to identify and manage specific risks and issues.
• Producing risk reports, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of the risk position.
• Supporting the development of robust contingency budgets using techniques such as Expected Monetary Value (EMV) or providing inputs into Quantitative Risk Assessment models.
• Implementing efficient contingency drawdown processes.
• Working with other Project Controls disciplines to ensure alignment of project information.

The candidate

Skills and behaviours

• Works to make positive change happen by embracing challenges and opportunities for our clients.
• Effectively connects and communicates with people to collaborate to deliver our best work.
• Brings out the best in everyone by helping each other making the most of their potential through proactive collaboration and effective teamworking.
• Takes responsibility for the development of personal performance and core skill set, building confidence in your contribution to the team or project.

Requirements

• Experience in managing risk in multiple projects/programmes is essential.
• Familiarity with at least one risk tool (ARM, Predict! Risk Controller, Risk Hive, Xactium) is essential.
• Familiarly with at least one risk standard or approach (ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA) is essential.
• Awareness of Quantitative Risk Assessment (Monte-Carlo) techniques is essential.
• Experience of working in the transportation and utilities sectors is desirable.
• An understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with Risk Management is desirable.
• A qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2 or Management of Risk (MoR) Practitioner is desirable.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.
• The ability to travel to client sites across the Southwest as required is essential.