Location/s: Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Warrington, Derby, London UK
Recruiter contact: Aoife Cullen
About the business unit
Mott MacDonald's Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers project, programme, and commercial management services and advisory solutions across a range of sectors.
APD delivers services to projects up to £20bn, covering programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, consulting, digital consulting, education, health and care management.
Specialist advisory
Mott MacDonald offers climate change, estimating and cost intelligence, health & safety, land advisory, planning PMO, quality management, risk management.
Join our award-winning Risk team
We are looking for risk management professionals to shape and safeguard complex Construction and Infrastructure projects.
Key responsibilities and duties include
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 quality of risk evidence
Comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment, embedding expertise into their teams
Coach, develop and supervise project staff and share knowledge and expertise
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 overall delivery of risk process
Conducting regular risk reviews to maintain a project risk register and ensure accurate current risk profile
Undertaking Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis techniques
Producing appropriate risk management reports to inform decision making
Awareness of industry risk management tools such as ARM, Xactium, Primavera Risk Analysis, SafranRisk, @Risk, Risk Predict!
Understanding how risk management integrates with other disciplines including cost estimating, project planning, contract administration
Implement effective risk management activities to reduce risk exposure and uncertainty on projects & programmes
Support development and implementation of risk management approaches/systems for clients using best practice and procedures
Facilitate workshops with project teams to ensure effective implementation of risk management
Work closely with planners to understand delivery expectations, identify potential risks and link risks to schedule activities
Desirable Skills
Good research and analytical skills
Excellent oral and written communication and organisational skills
Soft skills: effective listening, persuasion, collaborative style, leadership, flexibility, self‑motivation, creativity and insightfulness
Computer literacy in Microsoft applications
If you meet 80% or more of what we're looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn't know we need.
Agile working
We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces well‑being, flexibility, and trust.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all, and create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.
Accessibility
If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com for assistance.
Benefits
Health and wellbeing
Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
Health cash plan to support day‑to‑day health costs and treatments
Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
Well‑being support through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including you and your family
Ability to flex salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too
Financial wellbeing
We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
Life assurance equal up to 4x basic salary, with option to increase up to 6x salary
Income protection scheme providing financial benefit and support due to long‑term illness or injury
Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, and will writing
Independent ownership allows annual bonus schemes shared with all colleagues
Lifestyle
Minimum 33-35 days holiday each year, including public holidays and dependent on level, with ability to buy or sell leave through flexible benefits programme
Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after five years' service
Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers
Enhanced family and carers leave
Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay
Up to five additional days leave for those with significant caring responsibilities, two paid
Learning and development
Primary annual professional institution subscription
Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
Join various Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers
Make a difference within communities through social outcomes
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