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Principal Risk Consultant

Hoare Lea, Jericho, Oxford

Principal Risk Consultant

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Hoare Lea, Jericho, Oxford

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 23 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 28baff8bf6d1444598c0e6e952b6ec5d

Full Job Description

  • Leading risk consulting projects and managing day-to-day graduates / consultants within the risk team.
  • Supporting the risk consultancy lead.
  • If not currently holding security clearance, being capable and suitable to gain security clearance through the vetting process.
    • Obtaining and holding security clearance is a requisite of being employed.
  • Developing security threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments for projects.
  • Developing security operational requirements that support the development of technical security designs.
  • The development of security strategies and production of reports.
  • Leading client and stakeholder engagement to establish project security requirements.
  • The communication of security strategies to clients and design teams.
  • Supporting the technical design teams in understanding and maintaining security strategy requirements throughout the technical design.
  • Attending client meetings and delivering presentations when required.
  • Set up and manage project administrative processes, including monitoring job resourcing and expenditure (and adjusting as necessary).
  • Proactively participating as part of the Hoare Lea security engineering team in developing approaches to project delivery to support continued team growth.
  • Supervising and mentoring security consultants.
  • Supporting the Heads of Profession and others in the production of proposals and bids.
  • Implementing the Hoare Lea review and governance procedures across all projects.
  • Reporting commercial delivery to the team leader.
  • Attend regular group meetings and participate in achieving group targets.
  • Sharing your knowledge and experiences with others through events and presentations.
  • Develop personal skills and support the development of others.
  • Work towards developing the subject matter expertise to act as a future sector lead.
  • Develop strong relationships with other disciplines and offices.

    Appropriate degree in security or built environment discipline (preferable).
  • Membership of an industry association such as the RSES or Security Institute or be actively working towards this.
  • An in-depth understanding of security risk management principles.
  • An understanding of the RIBA plan of work and security design's place within this.
  • A knowledge of designing out crime using CPTED and SBD principles.
  • An understanding of current initiatives within the industry such as SABRE
  • A good understanding of security policies and procedures.
  • A detailed understanding of the development of operational requirements.
  • Experience of project planning.
  • Ability to work with, manage and develop junior members of the team.
  • Basic technical understanding of electronic security systems.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment with tight deadlines.
  • Able to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) before appointment and be willing to undergo National Security Vetting in due course.

    We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Risk Consultant to join our rapidly growing security engineering team based in our London, Oxford or Manchester offices.
    • The Hoare Lea security engineering team includes chartered engineers and professionally registered security professionals with an incredible wealth of experience across a broad range of industry sectors. We work on many prestigious built environment projects and programmes throughout the UK both as part of multi-disciplinary Hoare Lea teams and independently. Our approach to security engineering is what sets us apart and has allowed us to build long-term relationships with some great clients. We are thinkers, not box-tickers; pragmatists where we need to be, but always following sound engineering principles of logic, rationale and assurance to arrive at the best solution. We strive to be true industry leaders, helping to shape the future of the industry and at all times aligning ourselves with Hoare Lea's North Star of human-centric and planet conscious. Our place within Hoare Lea, and increasingly as part of the wider Tetra Tech group, has given us access to some amazing markets and opportunities. We have built on these to give an unparalleled customer base representing some of the best security challenges. We have expanded continuously for the last six years, and our growth trajectory is showing no signs of flattening yet and have recently expanded the team into our Manchester office., Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings. Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look. Hoare Lea has joined Tetra Tech's High-Performance Buildings Group, a global alliance of MEP firms. Why work for us? You'll collaborate with the industry's best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists. You'll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors. You'll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.

    To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career. Core benefits Private medical scheme Life Assurance Income protection Travel Allowance electric car scheme days annual leave, increasing to with length of service Contributory pension scheme Employee Assistance Programme Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave Season Ticket Loans Professional membership subscription Flexitime Flexible benefits
  • 9-day fortnight the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight
  • Hybrid Working activity-based approach
  • Employee stock purchase plan a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a % discount
  • Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days
  • Study Assistance
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Referral Scheme
  • Sabbatical Leave
  • Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn)
  • Flexible working - We're happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to.
    • Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage