Risk Manager

Mott Macdonald

Risk Manager

Salary Not Specified

Mott Macdonald, City Centre, Manchester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 6 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: a44bbfb99f254252ac810708da5c0692

Full Job Description

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 Risk Manager to spearhead risk assessment and mitigation strategis. In this dynamic role, you'll play a pivotal part in shaping the landscape of some of the most exciting projects in the UK.,

  • 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 sharing knowledge and expertise

  • Ability to build strong relationships with clients, teams and stakeholders

  • Strong stakeholder management experience., Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.

  • Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.

  • A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.

  • Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.


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    Financial wellbeing
  • We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.

  • Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.

  • Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.

  • Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.

  • As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes., A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

    A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.Â, Due to such a large pipeline of work in the Specialist portfolio, it is essential that applicants in this role have a proven track record working as a Risk Manager in an engineering environment. This can be working with a client, 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.Â, Proven track record in risk management on large-scale consutrction projects in either Defence, Nuclear, Energy, Water, Transport, Enviornment, 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


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  • 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’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.Â

  • Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.Â, The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.Â, 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 embrace agility, flexibility and trust.Â

  • A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.

  • Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.

  • Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.


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    Enhanced family and carers leave
  • Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.

  • Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

  • Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.