Overview

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Location: Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Warrington, Derby, London UK

Recruiter contact: Sacha Kelly

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 global industries, delivering work that defines our future and makes a societal impact. As a proudly employee-owned business, we invest in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. This is a role within our Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit, focusing on risk management for complex Construction and Infrastructure projects.

About the Business Unit

Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across built environment sectors, including climate, planning PMO, quality management and risk management. APD supports projects up to £20bn with services in programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management. Our specialist advisory teams offer transformational services to support client needs.

Join our award-winning Risk team

We are looking for talented risk management professionals to shape and safeguard complex Construction and Infrastructure projects across sectors such as Transport, Defence, Water, Buildings, and Energy.

Responsibilities

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

Candidate specification

Essential

• Demonstrate competency with implementing Risk Management processes aligned with ISO31000 / Institute of Risk Management / Association of Project Management methodologies on complex Construction and Infrastructure projects, including but not limited to:
• Initiating, developing, and implementing risk management processes
• Facilitating risk workshops as part of the risk process delivery
• Conducting regular risk reviews to maintain a project risk register and ensure accuracy of the risk profile
• Undertaking Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis techniques
• Producing risk management reports to inform decision making
• Awareness of tools such as ARM, Xactium, Primavera Risk Analysis, SafranRisk, @Risk, Risk Predict
• Understanding integration of risk management with other disciplines including cost estimating, project planning and contract administration
• Implement effective risk management activities to reduce risk exposure and uncertainty
• Support development and implementation of risk management approaches for clients
• Facilitate workshops and engage with project teams to ensure effective risk management
• Work closely with planners to understand delivery expectations and link risks to schedule activities

Desirable

• Good research and analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills
• Essential soft skills: effective listening, persuasion, collaborative style, leadership, flexibility, self-motivation, creativity
• Computer literacy in Microsoft applications

If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please apply. We understand not everyone will meet all requirements, but you may have skills we didn’t know we needed.

Additional information

UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We welcome applications from candidates eligible for alternative immigration routes that do not require sponsorship.

Agile working
We offer a hybrid working policy to suit client, team, and personal commitments.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We promote equal opportunities and an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.

Accessibility
If you require support to apply or attend an interview, contact reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan for everyday costs
• Peppy access for menopause support
• Comprehensive wellbeing program with family options
• Salary flex benefits for additional health options

Financial wellbeing

• Pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance up to 4x salary (option to 6x)
• Income protection and return-to-work support
• Flexible benefits including disability, critical illness, and saving options
• Annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• 33-35 days holiday (incl. public holidays), with buy/sell options
• Holiday entitlement increases after 5 years
• Employee saving schemes and discounts

Family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leaves, including 26 weeks maternity/adoption leave and 2 weeks paternity leave
• Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks paid
• Up to 5 additional caring days, some paid

Learning and development

• Annual professional subscription
• Opportunities for technical and soft-skill development

Networks and social outcomes

• Join networks including LGBTQ+, race/ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers groups
• Community impact opportunities

Location(s): Manchester, Birmingham, Warrington, Leeds, Derby, London

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Discipline: Project controls

Job Ref: 10518

Recruiter Contact: Sacha Kelly