Risk Lead

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our Consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The project:
We are looking for ambitious and dynamic project managers and program and project controls practitioners with a background in large civil projects/programs who are hungry for their next challenge. You will be joining a team made up of expats and locals alike - all committed to reducing inequality of the delivery of social services such as education and healthcare and connectivity (roads, telecomms).

If you are searching for an opportunity to work in a supportive, high-energy team while delivering a one-of-its-kind program of social infrastructure, please register your interest

Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

- Safety first - Going home safe and well
- Client focus - Deliver on our promise
- Integrity - Always do the right thing
- Create opportunity - for our people to excel.

Manages, and may lead, the implementation and delivery of a range of risk services to support commissions and to provide line management leadership and guidance for others within the PMO and Planning Centre of Excellence and assigned Hub as required.

You’ll be responsible for:

- Accountable for the risk management performance of assigned commission(s).
- Defining portfolio risk management methodology, best practices, and standards, for use as guidelines while formulating the methodology and standards for project and program management.
- Defining a portfolio risk management strategy.
- Providing portfolio risks oversight and managing the overall portfolio risks, identifying, analysing, and planning risk responses at a portfolio level.
- Managing and allocating risk management resources in alignment with portfolio strategy and objectives.
- Assisting with risk identification and risk strategy development and communicating risks and issues related to portfolio components.
- Coordinating communication across portfolio components.
- Monitoring compliance to policies.
- Providing knowledge management including lessons learned
- Developing business continuity plans.
- Creates/designs effective risk management framework(s)/strategy(s) on assigned commission(s).
- Manages and directs clients, consultants, contractors, project team on assigned commission(s) on all risk management matters.
- Partners with client meeting their expectations and building strong professional relationships.
- Provides expert advice and support to project/programme teams in the administration of the risk process, particularly with respect to the risks to achievement of key project objectives and escalation of risks.
- Facilitates and drives the delivery of risk workshops.
- Works with project managers to recognise opportunities and mitigations to minimise risk exposure.
- Accountable for ensuring risk mitigation action plans are developed, risk and action owners appointed and that project plans are updated accordingly and monitored.
- Supervises and directs the delivery of project/programme quantitative risk analysis (cost and time).
- Comments on the adequacy of contingency as part of the regular reporting cycle as required.
- Develops and delivers monthly risk reports, externally to the client and internally to the project team.
- Ensures all activities/operations are carried out in line with Mace Control Centre, client requirements and prevailing legislation.
- Provides line management to team and other project/programme members.
- Utilises expertise to mentor and assist the personal and career development of junior members of risk team.
- Directs the integration of risk with PMO and planning disciplines.
- Supports the HUB risk lead with resourcing and recruitment for the assigned commission.
- Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll need to have:

- Experience of change management, contingency management and change management techniques and how these tools and techniques interface with each other.
- Experience of effective risk leadership on complex construction projects.
- Experience of setting up effective risk management/assurance frameworks/strategies.
- Ability to manage activities with significant uncertainty of solution or outcome.
- Good understanding of construction projects, decencies and interfaces within the project lifecycle
- Deep domain knowledge of providing risk leadership in one or more sectors (e.g. rail