Building a sustainable tomorrow

The Transpennine Route Upgrade Project (TRU) is a circa £2b multi-disciplinary project upgrading the existing railway route between Manchester and Leeds through the Pennines. It is the largest rail and infrastructure project in the north of England over the next 5 years. BAM work as part of the Transpire Alliance structure with Amey, Arup and Network Rail, meaning we all have Alliance facing roles as well as undertaking our BAM responsibilities. This role is based in Manchester or Leeds.

Your mission

Provide specialist project risk management services to the project team, including schedule and cost quantitative risk analysis, risk identification and review workshops, maintenance of risk registers and risk reporting. Ensure appropriate information is provided to allow programme risk and assurance activities. Mentor and support senior project management in the concept of risk management and more junior members of the risk team in technical risk delivery.

KEY ORGANISTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
• Reports into the Programme Controls Lead for the project to which they have been assigned.
• Work with planning and commercial project team members to provide advice on appropriate levels of contingency to fund risk impact and mitigation activities.
• Work with other project team members (including engineering disciplines and construction) to balance risk exposure and mitigation in line with key project objectives.
• Work closely with the Alliance Risk Lead to implement and provide best practice project risk management services and to enable programme approaches to risk management.
• Participate in and provide information to the change management process and value management activities.
• Provide risk management information as defined in the Risk Management Plan to Project Managers and Project Directors.
• Work with and support the TRU Delivery, Owner and PMO teams.

Who are we looking for?

Essential
• Expert in all aspects of project risk management with a high level of knowledge about project cost, commercial and planning.
• Expert in building complex schedule and cost risk models in a number of applications.
• Relevant experience in the successful delivery of major projects of work in the UK infrastructure sector including specific rail industry knowledge.
• Able to coach and challenge management and non-specialists.
• Capable of managing, coaching and supporting more junior members of the team, where applicable.

Desirable
• Member of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.
• Knowledge of/experience in Alliancing.
• Experienced in Value Management.

What’s in it for you?

Attractive salary and benefits package, including company car / allowance; pension; private healthcare; life assurance; one volunteering day and two wellbeing days per year - in addition to 26 days holiday allowance.

Continued personal, professional, technical and leadership development.

Who are we?

BAM Nuttall is one of Royal BAM Group’s ten operating companies. One of Europe’s largest contractors, along with BAM Construct UK and BAM PPP in the UK, we offer safe and secure employment and opportunities for our people to develop exceptional skills and experience, and harness innovation to build sustainable infrastructure.

We work collaboratively, forming strong alliances with our customers, supply chain and industry. As a well-run profitable business, we aim to achieve a net positive impact on society and the planet. Our heritage lies in changing cities towns and communities for the better. Acting as a responsible employer and partner has shaped who we are.

People are at the heart of what we do at BAM. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We’re on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Be you! Join us today, so we can achieve amazing things together and build a sustainable tomorrow.