Associate Risk Manager in Glasgow

This job is with Mott MacDonald, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

Location: Glasgow or Edinburgh, UK

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance - we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About The Business Unit:

Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors. We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients' key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services. APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.

Overview Of The Role:

Are you passionate about navigating the complexities of large-scale infrastructure projects and ensuring their success? Join our team at Mott MacDonald, where we are seeking an established Associate Risk Manager to spearhead risk assessment and mitigation strategies. In this dynamic role, you’ll play a pivotal part in shaping the landscape of some of the most exciting projects in the UK.

What You Will Contribute To The Team:

• Undertake assurance reviews of risk deliverables and methodologies to confirm conformance to best practice.
• Experience informing the development of Business Cases, Investment Decisions and Appraisals, including assuring the quality of risk evidence.
• Comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment, including embedding expertise into their teams.
• Coach, develop and supervise project staff and share knowledge and expertise.
• Ability to build strong relationships with clients, teams and stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.

Candidate Specification:

Due to such a large pipeline of work in the Specialist portfolio, it is essential that applicants in this role have a proven and significant track record working as a Senior Risk Manager in an engineering environment. This can be working with client-side, consultancy, or contractor in sectors such as highways, defence, energy, rail, aviation, water, environmental, oil, nuclear, and similar industries which see professionals working on construction projects.

Requirements For The Position Of Associate Risk Manager:

• Proven track record in risk management on large-scale construction projects in either Defence, Nuclear, Energy, Water, Transport, Environment, Buildings, Aviation, Oil or similar industries.
• Ability to operate both autonomously and as part of a larger team.
• Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors and clients.
• Educated to degree level in risk, project management, engineering, mathematics or related disciplines.
• Professional Membership with an applicable professional organisation.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Good research and analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills.
• Essential soft skills include: effective listening, persuasion, collaborative style, leadership, flexibility, self-motivation, creativity and insightfulness.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft applications.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Agile Working:

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility:

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Benefits:

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues, health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments, access to Peppy for menopause support, and a variety of wellbeing support.
• Financial wellbeing: Employee pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%, life assurance up to 4 x your basic salary, income protection scheme, and flexible benefits.
• Lifestyle: A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, with the ability to buy or sell leave.
• Enhanced family and carers leave: Enhanced family leave policies, including paid maternity and adoption leave, and additional leave for significant caring responsibilities.
• Learning and development: Opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• Networks, communities, and social outcomes: Join a wide range of groups supporting various communities and make a difference within our communities.

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