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Risk manager - defence (construction)

Barrow-in-Furness
Turner Townsend
Risk manager
Posted: 9 September
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Company DescriptionThe world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. It\'s how we\'ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a, and world.

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Role Summary

We have exciting opportunity for a QRA capable Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding Barrow-based Real Estate team, who are undertaking duties on a range of high construction profile projects. Owing to the complex nature of the works involved, this role will suit Risk Manager from a construction or defence background with proven experience and understanding of the processes. MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE: Implement or support the implementation of an integrated risk management framework across a major construction programme. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

* 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


Requirements / Qualifications

* 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).
* Proven experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes. APM/IRM risk certification is preferred.
* Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and a commitment to finding new and more effective ways of working.
* Ideally degree qualified in a construction related subject.
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