Risk Consultant / Senior Risk Consultant in Edinburgh

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We are recruiting for a Senior Risk Consultant to join our growing team across our UK offices. As a Senior Risk Consultant, you will be responsible for implementing and advising on Risk Management solutions for AECOM’s major infrastructure projects across a broad range of sectors.

Working as part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team, the Senior Risk Consultant will need to be comfortable with engaging with senior stakeholders and customers. They will work closely with a range of internal, client and sub‑contractor staff to develop an accurate understanding of risk exposure, implementing appropriate governance and supporting effective decision making.

You will be part of an established team of risk professionals supporting various capital projects across the UK with opportunities to support AECOM’s vast number of projects and programmes globally.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Engage with project teams to ensure the effective implementation of risk management
• Provide direct risk management input to bids and proposals to secure new business
• Perform risk assurance checks to ensure the quality of project and programme risk management
• Communicate key project and programme risk management data to senior leaders
• Coaching and mentoring staff in risk management best practice
• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of risks, develop robust Risk Registers, Risk Management Plans, and Risk Mitigation Plans
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA and QSRA), utilising techniques such as Monte‑Carlo to establish project contingency levels
• Ability to design and implement risk management frameworks for projects and programmes
• Support cost, scheduling, project controls and change management teams where appropriate.

Qualifications:

As the ideal candidate you will have experience working within our primary markets along with having the following preferred experience and qualifications:

• 3+ years experience in risk management, with at least 2 years experience of risk management activities on high value projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university or hold a risk management qualification (MOR, APM Risk, IRM)
• Proven experience and excellent working knowledge gained in a multi‑discipline project environment.
• Proficient in the use of Industry Risk Management tools (ARM, Xactium, RiskHive, Predict etc.)
• Demonstrable experience in conducting Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA & QSRA) using tools such as Safran, Primavera Risk Analyser, @risk.
• Competency in implementing Risk Management processes aligned with ISO31000, Institute of Risk Management, or Association of Project Management methodologies.
• Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors.
• Good people management and task facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management.
• Working knowledge of current methodologies and tools related to managing projects.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

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AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.