Venesky Brown
Risk Manager
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Risk Manager - Project Controls Team, Sizewell C
Venesky Brown Recruitment are looking for a Risk Manager to join the Project Controls team on the nuclear project Sizewell C (SZC). This is a permanent position and will be based in the London office with hybrid working available.
SZC Project Contextual Information:
SZC is designing and intends to construct, commission, operate, and decommission two UK EPR reactors on the SZC Site, located at Sizewell, on the east coast of the County of Suffolk.
The SZC Project will be the most advanced nuclear generation asset in development in the UK with 3.2 GW of power capacity, providing 60 years of electricity generation and 7% of the UK’s current electricity demand, and directly supporting up to 70,000 jobs. SZC will be delivered as a regulated utility, with a robust RAB model and a comprehensive Government Support Package to provide protection against low-probability high impact risks. The project will be based on the HPC nuclear power station, replicating the UK EPR design that is being built at HPC, and will use the majority of the same supply chain resulting in a significant reduction in construction risk.
Function & Position Overview:
SZC Project Controls will serve as a centre of excellence, managing and strategically using delivery performance management information. Our team will enable successful delivery of SZC Project through proactive Project Controls that drives forward-looking solutions to continuously improve performance. As a Risk Manager, you will be working within the Project Management Office (PMO) and will support/ be deployed with one of SZC’s delivery programmes.
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The post holder will support the operation of all PMO risk processes across SZC, reporting to a Senior Risk Manager. This will entail supporting the ownership, deployment, and continuous improvement of all the PMO risk process elements of one of SZC’s delivery programmes whilst helping to ensure we operate and deliver controls within the SZC governance structure, organisation and delivery model. They will help ensure PMO risk activities being carried out in an efficient manner in accordance with calendars and deadlines established on SZC.
The candidate should have experience of working in a large-scale project environment, as well as experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions:
- Supporting/ deputising for Senior Risk Manager within one of the SZC capital delivery programmes.
- Support the Senior Risk Manager in operating Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
- Support with tasks directed by the Senior Risk Manager, and the ability to deputise at key delivery programme meetings.
- Support the Senior Risk Manager with the planning & co-ordination of risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated-QRA development etc.
- Support the Senior Risk Manager with progress reporting including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.
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Line Management Responsibilities:
- Potentially coaching and line management of Assistant Risk Managers/ Graduates/ Apprentices
Knowledge & Skills:
Essential
- Good facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate workshops within programme.
- Good technical skills; able to independently deliver QRAs, spanning Cost QRAs and Schedule QRAs.
- Linked capability to integrate/ support breadth of project controls/ project delivery/ business support processes (e.g. Finance).
- Good engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of project and corporate professionals.
Desirable
- Project management and broader project controls experience desirable.
Qualifications & Experience:
Essential
- Good in-depth relevant sector experience/ broader sector experience.
Desirable
- Risk management/ other technical/ capital-intensive sector-specific management qualifications.
- Good client/ contactor/ consultancy/ government experience.
- Good major project/ corporate experience.
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