Risk Manager - Defence; Construction

Risk Manager – Defence (Construction)

Turner & Townsend is excited to offer a role for a QRA capable Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding Portsmouth-based Real Estate team, undertaking duties on a range of high construction profile projects.

Owing to the complex nature of the works involved, this role is suited for a Risk Manager from a construction or defence background with proven experience and understanding of the processes.

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the sub-programme.
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
• Use risk data to inform investment planning.
• Assist with the identification and recording of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post mitigated positions.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining Risk budget.
• Proactively manage the completion of management responses to help deliver target positions.
• 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.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
• Candidates will be expected to demonstrate experienced levels of competence with tools such as PRA, @risk, Safran or similar.
• Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau.

In order to carry out the duties of this role, candidates must demonstrate qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk; a working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk, cost and schedule) on a large programme; risk workshop facilitation; threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation; probabilistic modelling (@risk, PRA and P6 proficiency – or equivalent). We seek candidates with proven experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes.

APM/IRM risk certifications are preferred.

• Candidates will ideally be degree qualified in a construction related subject.
• We are looking for candidates with proven experience in a risk delivery role on major construction projects/programmes. APM/IRM risk certified.

Owing to the specialist and sensitive nature of the work that we carry out for a number of our clients, candidates will ideally hold security clearance or be able to obtain & maintain security clearance.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.