First Recruitment Group
Senior Risk Specialist
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Location: Glasgow
Duration: 12 Month Contract
IR25: Inside
Security Clearance: Must be eligible for SC
Day-to-day responsibilities
Part of the project controls team, developing project risk registers and managing the monthly risk requirements on multiple projects
Day to day, you’ll lead on risk and opportunity management across end to end project delivery phases. You’ll be responsible for facilitating and controlling the identifications and assessments of risk and the planning and implementation of treatments to maximise threat reduction and realisation of opportunity.
Development and implementation of Project Risk & Opportunity Management plans that are compliant with policy, procedure and commercial requirements.
Analysis of risk and production of risk performance reports with conclusions and recommendations to the project and business.
Manage and control time and cost risk contingency and ensure the management of risk is aligned to business financial and commercial needs
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Essential experience
- Extensive and recent relevant experience within a highly regulated industry (defence is advantageous)
- Recent and relevant experience in a specialist risk and opportunity position.
- Awareness of various contracting methodologies (such as FIDIC/NEC3-NEC4/JCT etc…)
- Experienced with working on a full project lifecycle, from bid phase to close out.
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Essential qualifications
- A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in engineering / project / construction management or a related field
- A postgraduate qualification is also desirable, as is membership in a professional body
- APM qualified preferably to Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) is advantageous
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