Risk Manager

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Risk Manager
Department: Infrastructure
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: G&T London
Description
At G&T people are central to our mission. Rewarding individuals based on their unique abilities, talent and hard work, we believe in the quality of experiences and investing in a collaborative culture where all can thrive.
Our Major Projects & Infrastructure sector brings together a number of specialist experts to create a unique pool of talent. We support a diverse range of clients and sectors and the commonalities we find between major projects allow us to add value through cross fertilisation of ideas, sharing of best practice and drawing upon the extensive benchmarking data that underpins our advice.
Projects that we deliver are often large scale and complex with significant planning and development requirements. There is often a master planning element and major stakeholder liaison across a programme of projects. In this sector we work on major sites that have significantly different requirements, so bespoke solutions are developed for each project with flexibility built in.
Within our Major Projects & Infrastructure team we cover a diverse array of speciality areas including aviation, defence, electricity interconnectors, highways, infrastructure, master planning and regeneration, mineral extraction, ports, harbours and marine, rail, Carbon Net Zero, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, and manufacturing.
What You Will Do
We are currently looking for a Risk Manager to support with the growth of the business and the continued delivery of world class service to our diverse client base.
Working within a dedicated and dynamic team and reporting directly into senior leadership, this is an exciting opportunity to work on exciting projects within the energy infrastructure team.
Role Accountabilities:As a Risk Manager you will work to identify, evaluate, manage and mitigate risks and opportunities in in order to drive the progression of successful projects. Within the role you will provide key insight into risk exposure over the project lifecycle and employ historic, present and forecasted data to achieve a demonstrable assessment of threats and opportunities so that they can be managed in line with the project budget and schedule to best achieve project outcomes. The key responsibilities of the role will include:
Accurately identifying and developing an understanding of risk events (and opportunities) which may threaten (or enhance) a project's success.
Identifying key project stakeholders and quickly develops strong working relationships within client teams including Project Managers, Engineering, Construction, Legal & Compliance, Regulatory, Cost, Schedule, Change Management, Land & Consents etc.
Assisting the client in communicating risks at Board Level and in C-Suite discussions by building comprehensive data models, using existing and novel tools, to portray risk information in a digestible format.
Providing relevant and accurate information to the client using a variety of mediums to promote risk-enhanced discussion and decision making including suggesting the most appropriate mitigation and controls options.
Undertaking QCRA and QSRA using relevant software (@Risk, Deltek Acumen, Safran) to quantitatively model and report on ongoing project risk exposure.
Supporting project discussions on contingency and risk allowance based on QCRA and QSRA outputs by providing risk allowance suggestions and supporting narratives.
Ability to develop and maintain risk and opportunity registers, as well as all associated reporting.
Enhancing reporting processes by adapting to client systems and needs, including providing project risk insights in line with regulatory requirements.
Working collaboratively across multiple project areas and client stakeholders to accurately gather and disseminate risk information.
Aiding communication between stakeholders, reducing conflicts and ambiguity and supporting consensus in recommendations.
Monitoring risk-linked deadlines and proactively chasing mitigation actions.
Working across multiple projects to deliver best in class risk management.
About You
The ideal Risk Manager for this role is someone with an in depth understanding of risk management and quantitative risk management and its place within the project structure. You will be a forward thinking induvial who drives collaboration and communication both inside and outside of the business. You will have experience in client management and have an appetite to keep learning and maintain your risk management skillset.
Skills, Experience & Personal Qualities
International Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management (or equivalent) preferred.
Experience in PMO within risk and control or project management.
Strong analytical skills with an ability to understand complex projects and regulatory systems with a focus on construction and the built environment.
Must have strong communication skills to clearly articulate ideas, as well as lead the facilitation of various workshops (internal and client facing).
Proactive team player who sources appropriate data and engages with appropriate people in order to gather information.
Previous experience within a consultancy environment strongly desirable
Able to work on own initiative
A strategic thinker with broad problem-solving skills
Experience working in a client focused environment with a personal commitment to the delivery of excellent client service
About Us
Collaboration, innovation, and support are at the core of everything we do. As an Executive Cost Consultant, you will be joining a diverse team led by one of G&T's equity partners and a board member. Our partner-led model allows us to adopt bespoke approaches both in the service we offer to clients and in the development opportunities we offer our people. Within your team you will be given clear direction and positive encouragement at every turn, whilst our commitment to your career development and lifelong learning programmes ensures you have the support, as well as the tools to thrive.
Forward thinking and future focused, we champion social mobility, ethical governance, equality and diversity, creating an inclusive environment where everyone's unique talents and experiences are valued. Our ESG goals are at the forefront of our business plan, and we are proud to have created social value worth over GBP 12m+ since 2021. Our initiatives include the G&T ESG Committee, dedicated to increasing opportunities and removing barriers for social mobility and equality within the firm, as well as our Next Gen programme which focuses on nurturing the next generation in the industry. Our commitment to realising a more sustainable future is witnessed not only through helping our clients meet their own next zero carbon aspirations but also by reaching our own, with an aim for our firm to be net zero by 2030.
We are a business with purpose- to find out more about our ESG goals and how we are achieving them, click here.
Gardiner & Theobald is an independent construction and property consultancy committed to providing world class service to our clients. Our dedicated team of over 1,300 people delivers Cost Management, Project Management and Specialist Consultancy services from a network of UK and US offices bound by a common purpose - to build a better tomorrow.
We define our success by the value we create for our clients, the fulfilling careers we build for our people and our contribution to the communities we work in. Our own long-term business performance aligns profit with purpose, taking social and environmental responsibility for our actions and the legacy we leave behind.
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