Job Description
Our vision is to be a leading risk consultancy in everything that we do. To shape and create an unrivalled environment that attracts, develops, excites and retains exceptional people and an environment where clients get maximum benefit while working with us.
We support clients in managing risk to their projects, programmes, and business operations. We develop solutions based on best risk management practice, tailored to the specific needs of the client's organisation and business objectives.
As a
Senior Risk Consultant within our Advisory & Digital Solutions Capability, you will lead complex assignments, developing and implementing innovative solutions to help our clients improve operational performance and assure project / programme delivery.
Your role will require management consultancy experience, demonstrable expertise in risk management and a high degree of technical capability across enterprise risk, project controls, project and programme management.
Responsibilities
- Lead challenging, multi-disciplinary assignments with our clients to improve performance and deliver complex project and programmes that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets.
- Mentor, coach and develop staff, building morale and personal esteem and encouraging others to give their best performance
- Support the Discipline Lead for Risk Consulting in developing and promoting new areas of capability, services and products to meet market needs
- Support the Discipline Lead for Risk Consulting in marketing and business development activities
- Assist in the development of a consistent approach to risk management across the Company
- Ensure Risk Consultants are providing comprehensive and accurate information to clients by creating and adhering to quality management procedures
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and delivering value to our clients.
- Deputise at key functional meetings where required.
Essential
QUALIFICATIONS
- Significant risk management and consultative assignment experience within the Water Sector
- Excellent knowledge of risk management procedures and practices, and potentially published.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with senior stakeholders
- May hold sales target and able to scope and cost tasks
- Experience of producing risk management plans/procedures, leading risk improvement programmes, conducting risk maturity assessments, and developing risk models in accordance with APM Guidelines or equivalent
- Demonstrated experience in leading and managing complex risk management assignments
- Sound understanding of planning, budgeting, change control, earned value and other project controls techniques
- Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation and presentation skills
- Experience of developing new service offerings and tailored solutions to address market needs
- Consulting skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Experience and knowledge ARM, @Risk, Primavera PRA or similar risk software solutions
- Detailed understanding of risk model development to conduct SRA and CRA assignments
- Good written and oral communication including delivery of high quality reports, analysis results and risk management training
- Degree level education in Engineering, Science, Business Management, Mathematical discipline or equivalent
- Primavera PRA, ARM, Predict, @RISK
- MoR, Prince2, MSP, APMP Level 2 preferred
- Eligibility to obtain Security Clearance, UK Citizen or UK Resident for 5 years
Desirable
- IRM – Full Member, or member of APM preferred
About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
We do share individual feedback following an interview .
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
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About The Team
Advisory is a core part of Costain’s strategy to broaden our mix of services and grow margin performance. We work with clients on multiple strategic fronts to understand, articulate and provide solutions for their most complex challenges and to facilitate further growth in multiple areas.
Our vision is to be recognised as a leading infrastructure consultancy who transform client capabilities and help them achieve enhanced value for money.
This is a key part of Costain achieving its mission to shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem.
