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Risk Management Consultant Mott MacDonald – Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) Unit Locations: Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Warrington, Derby, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh
Location/s: Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We transform how the world lives, works, and communicates, delivering cost-effective solutions for clients that improve productivity and reduce emissions.
About the Role
Join Mott MacDonald’s Award-Winning Risk Team as we enter an exciting phase of growth. We are seeking talented risk management professionals to help shape and safeguard complex construction and infrastructure projects across dynamic sectors including:
- Transport
- Defence
- Water
- Buildings
- Energy
Primary goal? To implement and embed risk management methodologies that enhance project outcomes, reduce uncertainties, and drive value for our clients.
Key Responsibilities
As a Risk Management Consultant (Risk Manager), your key contributions will include:
- Undertake assurance reviews of risk deliverables and methodologies, ensuring they comply with best practice (ISO 31000, IRM, or APM frameworks).
- Support strategic decision-making by profiling business cases, investment decisions, and appraisals—assessing the quality, robustness, and transferability of risk evidence.
- Embed risk expertise within client environments, advising and integrating techniques in programme and project teams.
- Coach and develop project teams, sharing knowledge and fostering risk management excellence.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, colleagues, supply chain partners, and stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and trust.
- Facilitate risk workshops and ensure risk information is delivered to project stakeholders efficiently.
- Conduct cost and schedule risk analyses, ensuring rigorous evaluation of commercial and technical risks tied to project delivery.
About the Specialism & Team
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme, and commercial management (PPCM) services, along with expert advisory solutions across diverse sectors. Our Risk specialists draw from tailored methodologies, enabling us to support clients with transformational challenges like:
- Climate change resilience
- Optimal investment decisions
- Health, safety and wellbeing
- Land and planning strategies
- Sustainability and ESG integration
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As part of a cohesive base teams and UK hubs across your preferred locations, you’ll benefit from close collaboration with market-leading experts in risk, commercial, planning, and advisory disciplines. Through this, you’ll champion excellence and innovation—helping to shape risk practices and insights beyond your own projects.
Requirements & Skills
Essential Criteria
Your expertise and experience must demonstrate mastery of:
- Risk process alignment: Ability to review and assure risk methodologies against industry standards (ISO 31000/ IRM/ APM).
- Risk management competence: Experience in initiating, developing, and implementing risk management processes for complex Construction & Infrastructure projects.
- Workshop facilitation: Conduct and manage risk workshops, ensuring strong input from project teams.
- Risk register & analytics: Proven ability to maintain accurate risk registers through regular reviews and use of **Quantitative Cost & Schedule RiskAnalysis techniques.
- Risk reporting: Skilled in drafting actionable risk management reports to help informed decision-making.
- Tool proficiency: Familiarity with tools like: ARM, Xactium, Primavera Risk Analysis, SafranRisk, @Risk, RiskPredict!
- Integration with PM & controls: Clear understanding of how risk management supports other disciplines such as:
- Cost estimating
- Project planning
- Risk adversarial contract administration
- Evidence-based reduction: Ability to identify and mitigate risk exposure through actionable strategies for full project lifecycle.
- Client delivery: Curated experience in consulting relationships, embedding best practice and strategies with clients.
Desirable Considerations
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Exceptional written and oral communication – delivered efficiently and adaptable to client preferences
- Technical comprehension coupled with practical innovation, adding measurable value to risk-savvy projects
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable, engaging advice.
Soft Skills
- Listening with intent & insight
- A persuasive, collaborative yet principled leadership style that embraces diverse contributions
- Self-motivation, agility, and problem-solving mindset
- Microsoft Office proficiency
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Your Mott MacDonald Benefits
Health & Wellbeing
- Private medical insurance and a health cash plan for everyday healthcare needs.
- Access to Peppy, mental health, and well-being solutions.
- Employee salary flex tool allowing tailored choice of health-related benefits.
Financial Rewards
- Pension match up to 7%, shared commitment to success via our bonus scheme.
- Life assurance (up to 4x salary, optional increase to 6x).
- Income protection benefits, along with mental health & emergency support.
Lifestyle perks & Grow Affordable Reward
- 33-35 days paid leave annually, increasing to 35 days for those with 5+ years service.
- Enhanced parental leave (26 weeks paid, along with up to five days unpaid carer’s leave).
Learning & Growth
- Professional institutional memberships; mentoring program and learning stipends (€5k+ annual).
- Dedicated training and organic career mentorship for continual development.
Inclusive Culture
- Thriving employee networks (LGBTQ+, disability, gender, parent/ carer groups + others).
- An embedded target to promote a culture of social responsibility reforming our industry practices.
Notes on Working Conditions
Hybrid/ Agile Working Model: Adjust your work principles to meet your technical and personal priorities, aligning with Mott MacDonald’s trust-based hybrid policy.
Immigration: Due to recent UK government changes, skilled worker visas cannot currently be sponsored. Experience or support under other UK immigration routes is recognised.
Adapt & Lead: Mott MacDonald’s role sets you up to embrace change effectively, restepping strategies with team members who champion colleagues while leaving a presence of impact beyond the job.
Application Process
If you meet at least 80% of the criteria or believe your complementary experience could be a perfect conceptual fit, we’d be delighted to hear from you. For inquiries or more information:
- Recruiter contact: Aoife Cullen, apply directly via our careers page.
- Learn more about accessibility tools (if required during application/ interview stages), email: reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.
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