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Job Description
Our global Infrastructure team works across,, and industries. Our infrastructure experience and expertise enable us to develop and deliver comprehensive solutions, managing complexity and helping our clients meet their goals.
The project
A significant transport infrastructure project in Ireland.
The role
The Risk Lead will be responsible for leading the risk and opportunity management team within the PMO function and will lead the development of a risk reporting framework to comprehensively report on risks to include the following: operational risks, strategic risks, and retained risks. The role holder shall provide leadership throughout the delivery of the project, ensuring that the risk and opportunity management processes are in place and being complied with across the project, including by the Project Delivery Partner and the appointed contractor(s).
The Risk Lead will also ensure that there is a focus on the provision of timely and high-quality information, guidance, and specialist advice on risk management across the project. The role holder will also ensure processes are continuously improved to ensure that they are practical, embedded, and connected to all key stakeholders.
Responsibilities
1. Lead in the identification and support in the implementation of a suitable risk management software which can enable documentation, management, monitoring and reporting risk. The risk management system / software should have suitable functionality to document, manage, analyse, and report on risk and should be scalable across all levels of reporting and governance for the project.
2. Oversee the review of the existing risk registers in place (Master Risk Register and QRA for PBC) to ensure all risks are captured and ensure that value of risks that are materialised are reported against the initial cost of risk ( where a Compensation Event of supervening event occurs).
3. Develop and draft the risk requirements for procurement and contract documents for the Core Contracts ensuring the alignment of these across the full suite of documents and provide support during the tender evaluation phase of the procurement process with tender clarifications and evaluation of tender submissions in relation to risk and opportunity management.
4. The proactive and ongoing management of risk within the PMO function, embedding a proactive and collaborative risk management culture across all aspects of project delivery.
5. Upon commencement of construction activities, assume responsibility for coordinating with a wider relevant stakeholder group in relation to risk management, including the Project Delivery Partner, contractor(s) and the client’s panel of advisors, to ensure that their input into risk management is considered and documented on regularly as required by the governance structure or on an ad hoc basis as required by the project’s governance process.
6. Coordinate and host regular risk reviews, risk workshops, and a risk register forum with all relevant stakeholders, including the client, the Project Delivery Partner, and contractor(s).
7. Update the Quantitative Cost Risk Assessment and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis models regularly, and when programmes and/or projects encounter a significant change, or on an ad-hoc basis as required by the project’s governance process.
8. Identify and report risks and opportunities that should be escalated to the Project Board, and to other governance bodies.
9. Provide an independent, objective view of risk and opportunity management across the various levels of the project’s governance and oversee the handover all risk management systems and processes and information to the client.
Qualifications
Knowledge
10. Minimum of 15 years working in risk and opportunity management, with 5+ years’ experience within infrastructure projects of considerable scale and complexity.
11. Experience providing strategic leadership and direction in risk management, establishing effective frameworks and processes within a PMO function.
12. Expert knowledge of risk management principles, methods, techniques, systems, and toolkits.
13. Experience working on PPP projects would be advantageous.
14. Experience of working within both consultancy and client or contractor environments an advantage.
Skills
15. Ability to coordinate and organise multiple sources of reporting inputs / performance data and deliver project / programme reports as required.
16. Excellent communication skills and an ability to establish robust relationships with internal and external stakeholders and teams.
17. Strategically minded with a considered and consistent approach to decision-making and leadership.
18. Ability to create a collaborative culture across the project team, governing and driving a positive, inclusive, and transparent approach to service delivery.
Qualifications
19. Minimum level 8 degree (or equivalent) in relevant subject, engineering, supply chain, procurement, quantity surveying).
20. Level 9 Masters (or equivalent) in relevant field would be advantageous.
21. Chartered member of a relevant professional body preferred, chartered engineer (IEI or equivalent), chartered project professional (APM or equivalent) or programme management professional (PMI or equivalent).
Additional Information
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