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Risk Manager
Risk Consultant – Advisory & Programme Delivery (APD)
Locations
Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Warrington, Derby, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, UK
Recruiter Contact: Aoife Cullen
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across 50+ countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that shapes the future and delivers societal impact in the communities we serve. Our success is driven by our people – when they excel, so do we. Our culture fosters collaboration, learning, and growth, empowering every individual to reach their full potential.
As a proudly employee-owned business, we prioritise employee satisfaction, inclusion, and empowerment, investing in an environment where everyone thrives.
About the Business Unit
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across sectors including built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health, and care.
APD provides tailored solutions to address client challenges, combining:
- World-leading project expertise
- Unrivalled programme delivery capabilities
- Strategic advisory services
Deliverables range from £20bn+ projects, incorporating:
- Programme & project management
- Project controls (scheduling, cost management, estimating)
- Infrastructure finance & management consulting
- Digital consulting & education/healthcare management
- Specialist advisory services (risk, climate, safety, land, planning, quality, risk management)
Join our award-winning Risk team as we grow. We seek dedicated risk management professionals to shape and safeguard complex Construction and Infrastructure projects across sectors like Transport, Defence, Water, Buildings, and Energy.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct assurance reviews of risk deliverables and methodologies against best practice.
- Assist in Business Case & Investment Decision development/approval, ensuring risk evidence quality.
- Act as a consultant in client environments, embedding expertise within their teams.
- Coach, mentor, and supervise project staff to develop risk expertise.
- Build strong relationships with clients, teams, and stakeholders.
- Demonstrate proven stakeholder management.
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Candidate Specification
Essential
Do you have competency in implementing Risk Management processes aligned to ISO 31000/ Institute of Risk Management / APM methodologies for complex Construction & Infrastructure projects, including:
- Developing, implementing, and functioning risk management processes?
- Facilitating risk workshops as part of the risk process?
- Conducting regular project risk reviews to maintain a current and accurate project risk register?
- Providing Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis?
- Producing risk management reports to inform decision-making?
- Familiarity with industry risk management tools, including:
- ARM
- Xactium
- Primavera Risk Analysis
- SafranRisk
- @Risk
- Risk Predict!
- Understanding how risk management intersects with Project Management & Controls (cost estimating, planning, contract administration)?
- Implementing risk reduction strategies to alleviate project exposure?
- Supporting clients in developing risk management approaches, embedding best practice?
- Leading interdepartmental risk workshops to ensure effective implementation?
- Collaborating with planners to identify schedule risks and link risks to timelines?
Desirable
- Strong analytical & research skills.
- Excellent oral & written communication, organisation & soft skills:
- Effective listening
- Persuasion & negotiation
- Collaboration & leadership
- Flexibility, creativity, and self-motivation
- Intermediate/advanced skills in Microsoft applications.
UK Immigration Policy
Mott MacDonald currently does not offer sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route due to UK Government policy changes (April 2024). We still welcome valid applications from candidates eligible through alternative immigration routes.
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Workstyle
Mott MacDonald believes in hybrid working that enhances both performance and well-being. Our flexible policy enables you to choose how best to meet client, team, and personal commitments.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We place equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our values, committing to:
- Fair employment practices
- Supporting individual expression
- Inclusive environments where everyone feels valued.
If you need assistance to attend interviews due to a disability or impairment, contact: reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.
Benefits
Health & Wellbeing
- Private UK medical insurance.
- Health cash plan for everyday needs.
- Peppy support (UK menopause specialists).
- Wellbeing programs for employees’ family members.
Financial Rewards
- Pension match (4.5–7% contribution from Mott MacDonald).
- Life assurance up to 4x basic salary (extendable to 6x).
- Income protection scheme (cover for illness/injury).
- Flexible benefit options (e.g. enhanced life assurance, critical illness insurance, will-writing services).
Holiday & Leisure
- 33-35 days holiday annually (adjustable based on experience).
- 35 days from 5 years’ service.
- Discounts for high-street retailers.
- Enhanced family leave schemes (26 weeks paid maternity/adoption, two weeks paid paternity/partner leave).
Carer Support
- Shared parental leave (up to 24 weeks full pay).
- Five days additional leave for significant carers (two paid).
Learning & Development
- Annual professional institution subscriptions.
- Skills training via mentoring, education, and self-development.
Community & Impact
- Employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, ethnicity, disability, and parent/carer communities.
- Social outcomes initiatives to promote community betterment.
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