Principal Risk Specialist

Techniche Global
Techniche Global are supporting an engineering defence contractor to appoint a Principal Risk Specialist.
Rate: £50 – £65p/ per hour UMB (inside IR35)
Location: Bristol- hybrid
Duration: long term contract (multiple years)
Requirements: sole UK national; defense experience
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the Risk Management process across the tender(s) and project(s).
- Author, implement and maintain the Project Risk Management plan.
- Implement Risk Management policies / procedures / process and instructions.
- Dependant on lifecycle phase: Establish and implement Risk Management
- Governance within the project. Maintain Risk Governance arrangements through the project lifecycle.
- Plan and conduct risk workshop facilitation.
- Management of Risk data, and quality assurance of Risk reporting
- Conduct complex quantitative risk analysis and modelling.
- Act as the Risk Management Subject Matter Expert on projects
- Manage the risk outputs assurance process, including data, analysis and reporting.
Additional Principle Specialist Responsibilities:
- Support the Risk Discipline Lead in generating risk strategies and frameworks.
- Develop and implement the project Risk Management Plan
- Develop and implement Risk Management policies / procedures / process and instructions.
- Qualifications C Experience Essential:
- Recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector (complex defence and/or engineering projects/programmes).
- Advanced Risk C opportunity management techniques
- Experience of implementing Risk Governance, Risk Management methodologies, processes, systems and tools
- Full project lifecycle experience
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex risk insights to senior stakeholders.
- Ability to manage effective relationships with project stakeholders and interfacing functions.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritise and manage tasks effectively.
- Practical experience of quantitative risk analysis modelling tools.
Desirable but not essential:
- Experience in conducting integrated RAID management (Risk, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies)
- Knowledge of various contracting methodologies (e.g., FIDIC/NEC/JCT)
- Previous Line Management experience
- Knowledge of peer review process and learning from experience.
- Extensive experience of designing and implementing Risk Management methodologies, processes, systems and tools.
- The ability to plan, develop and deliver QRA models using appropriate tools to analyse cost and schedule data.
- Experience in leading a Risk team.
- Experience in improving or implementing risk management approaches.
- Familiarity with Risk standards and Risk Governance frameworks
- Practical experience using several risk systems and tools.
- Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent qualification
- Relevant certifications or qualifications in risk management or related fields.