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Risk Specialist - Operations
Apply locations Reading area time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: July 9, 2025 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition id R27698
If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.
Risk Specialist - Operations
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke. This role requires attendance on site most days.
Salary Range starts at: £35,620 ( negotiable depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Ready to play your part?
At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you?
In support of our five production Business Units, we have several supporting functions that enable our production effort to be successful – including Logistics, Nuclear Materials Operations, Management & Planning. Each area may have risks to their success, and we need to understand and respond to these risks.
Who are we looking for?
And to do this we now need a Risk Specialist who can work with a Principal Risk Manager and others in a team to help us identify, quantify and respond to risks to maximise our chances of consistent delivery to agreed time, cost and quality measures.
What a typical day could look like:
* Leading with Confidence: Guiding and facilitating risk identification sessions to uncover threats and opportunities in Operations Systems.
* Staying Organized: Documenting risks and action plans clearly in the risk management system for accurate tracking and reporting.
* Collaborating & Reviewing: Partnering with risk owners to conduct regular reviews—updating scores, plans, and controls with clear justifications.
* Supporting Governance: Organising and managing risk governance meetings, preparing info packs, taking minutes, and tracking follow-up actions.
* Shaping the Future: Contributing to the evolution of risk policies, processes, and tools—raising change requests when needed.
* Connecting the Dots: Helping Portfolio and Programme teams understand operational risks by linking related risks for better clarity.
* Planning with Purpose: Creating and maintaining Risk Management Plans using templates, tailoring them to fit specific needs.
We do need you to have the following skills and experience:
* Risk Experience: At least 1 year in professional risk management within a complex or regulated setting.
* Change & Analysis Skills: Delivering portfolio, programme, or project change initiatives—or exposure to quantitative risk analysis.
* Educational Foundation: Minimum of 2 years education in science, business, or engineering.
* Degree Preferred: A BSc or BEng in a relevant field is a plus.
* Certifications: Professional risk qualifications like IRM Certificate/Diploma or Axelos MoR are highly valued.
* Adaptable & Growth-Oriented: Comfortable navigating evolving business needs while championing best practices in risk management.
Work hard, be rewarded:
We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:
* 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
* Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
* Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
* Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
* Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
Important things you should know:
Interviews will be on TEAMs
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Next steps:
Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.
Important things you need to know:
* We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
* You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
* We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
* Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.
Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.
About AWE
If you’re looking for a role with excitement, intrigue and something that really makes a difference then now is the time to join AWE. We are at the start of a once in a generation – possibly two generations – programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent. We will do this while continuing to deliver the Trident programme as well as managing ambitious state-of-the-art capital and construction projects – some of which have never been done before. Find out more on ourwebsite .
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