Associate Risk Manager / Project Director

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Job Description

Start here grow here

We are recruiting for a Project Director to join our growing risk team at either our London, Manchester, Birmingham, or Bristol offices.

As a Project Director, you will be responsible for leading the risk management capability for AECOM’s major infrastructure projects across a broad range of sectors.

Working as part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team, the Project Director 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.

In this senior position, you will manage an established team of risk consultants, 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 .

Act as the risk management lead for high value projects and programmes

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

Produce comprehensive risk reports for informed decision making

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

What we’re looking for?

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

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.)

Competency in implementing Risk Management processes aligned with ISO31000, Institute of Risk Management, or Association of Project Management methodologies

Experience of managing a team of risk professionals

Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors

Good 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!

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

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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.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10153476

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Risk Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid