Risk Consultant / Senior Risk Consultant in Birmingham

At AECOM, we are delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

We are recruiting for a Senior Risk Consultant to join our growing team at either our London, Manchester, Birmingham, or Bristol 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.

As a Senior Risk Consultant, you will have the following key accountabilities:

• 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

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

What we’re looking for:

• 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

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.