Venesky-Brown are looking for a Senior Risk Manager to join the Sizewell C PMO team in Suffolk. This is a day rate contract which will be hybrid working from the London office.

Vacancy Overview:

Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the SZC Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Job Purpose / Overview:

SZC Project Controls will serve as a centre of excellence, managing and strategically using delivery performance management information. Our team will enable successful delivery of SZC Project through proactive Project Controls that drives forward-looking solutions to continuously improve performance. As the Deputy Head of Risk, you will be working within the Project Management Office (PMO) and the Delivery Programmes.

The post holder will support the functional ownership for all PMO risk processes across SZC, alongside the Head of Risk. This entails supporting the ownership, deployment, and continuous improvement of all the PMO risk process elements of the project while ensuring we operate and deliver controls within the SZC governance structure, organisation and delivery model. They will ensure PMO risk activities being carried out in an efficient manor in accordance with calendars and deadlines established on SZC. They will be proactive in their approach to driving innovation which will support Project Controls activities on SZC being ‘Digital by Default’.

The candidate should have significant experience of working in a large-scale project environment, they will have experience of working in multiple risk management environments, and understand how effective risk management is achieved. This knowledge and their previous experience on major programmes and projects will enable them to assure outputs produced by the various senior risk managers.

They will have experience of working in multi-discipline teams and senior leadership to ensure that risk management activities are carried out effectively. They should be able to demonstrate their ability to handle multiple risk management activities, ensure they can prioritise these for successful delivery and be able deputise for the Head of Risk.

Principal Accountabilities:

Supporting/ deputising for functional Project Controls Risk Leads within the Project Management Office (PMO), whilst also leading risk management within one of the SZC capital delivery programmes.

Position Deputy to Head of Risk/ Senior Risk Manager

• Support the Risk Functional Lead in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
• Support with tasks directed by the Risk Functional Lead, and the ability to deputise at key project meetings, such as, but not limited to: Executive Risk Review meetings and the weekly Functional Leads/ Programme Controls Managers meeting.
• Assist the Risk Functional Lead with the establishment, implementation and maintenance of Project Controls arrangements, systems, tools, and work instructions for use on the SZC project and the flow down of SZC risk requirements as appropriate.
• Support the Risk Functional Lead with the planning & co-ordination of risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated-QRA development etc.
• Support the Risk Functional Controls Leads with progress reporting including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.
• Accountable for the implementation of an effective lines of defence assurance process for their delivery programme.
• Help ensure SZC is viewed by the Construction Industry as an exemplar in risk management through knowledge sharing, networking and delivering presentations to the sector.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential:

• Very strong leadership capabilities, motivational skills, delegation, team management and team membership, as well as effective collaboration and peer-to-peer relationship-building skills. Role will involve delegating for Risk Functional Lead / leading small approx. 5-person team.
• Strong engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of:

- Varying size and seniority, at all points in delivery life cycle/ supply chain, as well as breadth of corporate teams/ professionals

- Ability to extract valuable and relevant insights from risk/ project controls/ delivery processes, and ability to explain them at all levels, for all audiences.

• Well-developed facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate complex/ important workshops for all levels within programme.
• Strong technical skills; able to independently deliver large/ complex QRAs, spanning Cost QRAs, Schedule QRAs, and Integrated QRAs, as well as good enterprise risk management skills
• Linked capability to integrate/ support breadth of project controls/ project delivery/ business support processes (e.g. Finance)
• Very strong mitigation-related skills underpinned by strong project and programme management and broader project controls experience.

In particular, strong ability to understand breadth of project and construction processes, how they drive risk exposure, and understanding of range of mitigation solutions to support.

• Good project management and broader project controls experience very desirable.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

• Strong in-depth relevant sector experience/ breadth of broader sector experience
• Strong client/ contactor/ consultancy/ government experience
• Strong major project/ corporate experience

Desirable:

• Experience of working alongside Independent Technical Assessors/ Project Representatives/ similar independent but embedded assurance teams.
• Good understanding of how to build confidence across breadth of assurance professionals and requirements, whilst simultaneously driving improvements throughout risk function
• Risk management/ other technical/ capital-intensive sector-specific management qualifications