Position:Principle Risk and Value Manager (Rail Projects)

Contract:Permanent Contract Basis Only.

Target:Experience Risk manager who is an Expert in all aspects of project and business risk management, Ideally with relevant experience from the Rail, Nuclear Oil & Gas, or Construction, Sectors !

Location:Swindon, Wilts

Rewards:£72K Basic plus Generous Performance Bonus/Car allowance/And Excellent Benefits.

Requirements:Risk Manager who possesses, full awareness and strategic knowledge of sector risk management, responsible for leading risk & value management services for high complexity programmes and project portfolios through teams of Risk & Value Managers Project Managers and Analysts.

My client is at the heart of revitalising Britain's railway with investment in world-class stations and major programs of electrification, they are involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen.

Ultimately this will help to deliver a better railway that is vital for the economic prosperity of this country, transforming how people travel and make a massive difference to passengers and freight users' right across Britain. They are now looking for a Principle Risk and Value Manager that will be responsible for leading risk & value management services for high complexity programmes and project portfolios through teams of Risk & Value Managers and Analysts. To provide specialist technical advice and analysis on risk to executives and teams at the level of territories, programmes, and national functions

Key Accountabilities:

* Provide strategic leadership and guidance in risk and value management, across a major programme or portfolio of regional programmes, together with their appropriate application to all stages of the project lifecycle
* Lead the management & facilitation of R&V processes to support the Regional / Major Programme/HQ objectives, in line with the IP R&V strategy, standards & governance requirements
* Actively promote a Risk Management Culture & the application of R&V Management to support delivery & operations
* Provide assurance to Regional / Route / Major Programme Directors, Head of R&V & Stakeholders on the appropriateness of the R&V processes & compliance to strategy, standards & governance requirements
* Own and manage the strategic risk process, from the register to the risk management plans, on behalf of the programme. Establish programme level reviews of risk
* Establish appropriate contingency budgets for the programme and provide robust exposure estimates so that contingency is managed in line with current exposure via structured auditable management decision making.
* Promote the joint evaluation of risks with appropriate significant stakeholders such as Department for Transport, TOCs, FOCs and contractor organisations to establish a basis for risk sharing and incentives
* Drive the implementation of continuous learning for R&V within the Region / Major Programme
* Ensure sufficient R&V competency, capacity & capabilities remain available to support the delivery & assurance of R&V within the Region / Major Programmes
* Implement risk and value processes in such a way that the programme complies in a pro-active manner in compliance with corporate standards and QA procedures
* Participate in the leadership and development of the wider R&V function, including the delivery of the required management actions to effectively treat the functional R&V threats & opportunities

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

Essential:

* Able to lead strategic risk reviews with Programmes and Assets
* Expert in all aspects of project and business risk management facilitation
* Must have full awareness and strategic knowledge of sector risk management applications, including Active Risk Manager and Pertmaster
* Able to build risk models in a number of applications, which accurately represent the complexities of cost, schedule and business risk, and provide insightful conclusions to risk and non-risk professionals.
* Can suggest appropriate risk assessments to non-specialists
* Can suggest appropriate risk management actions for identified risks
* Knowledge of risk management techniques.
* Knowledge of project management and project control processes.

Desirable:

* Membership of the Institute of Risk Management or Association for
* Project Management Risk Practitioner.
* Experience in project management processes and procedures.