Risk Consultant / Senior Risk Consultant

Overview

As a Senior Risk Consultant at AECOM, you will implement and advise on risk management for major infrastructure projects. You will engage with senior stakeholders within the Integrated Programme Controls team to understand risk exposure, enforce governance, and support informed decision making. You’ll deliver risk insights across bids, projects, and programmes, while coaching others in risk best practice. This role offers opportunity to impact a global portfolio of projects and help uplift communities through safer, more resilient delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• global firm
• industry-leading technology
• transformational work with big impact
• equal opportunity employer
• disability confident

Responsibilities

• Engage project teams to implement risk management effectively
• Provide risk input to bids and proposals to win new business
• Perform risk assurance checks to ensure quality of project and programme risk management
• Communicate project risk data to senior leaders
• Produce comprehensive risk reports for informed decision making
• Coach and mentor staff in risk management best practices
• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of risks
• Develop Risk Registers, Risk Management Plans, and Risk Mitigation Plans
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA and QSRA) using Monte-Carlo techniques to set contingency levels
• Design and implement risk management frameworks for projects and programmes
• Support cost, scheduling, project controls and change management teams

Key requirements

• 3+ years experience in risk management
• At least 2 years experience on high value projects
• Bachelor’s Degree or risk management qualification (MOR, APM Risk, IRM)
• Multi-discipline project environment experience
• Proficient in Industry Risk Management tools (ARM, Xactium, RiskHive, Predict)
• Experience in QCRA & QSRA using Safran, Primavera Risk Analyser, @risk
• ISO31000 / IRM / APM risk methodologies knowledge
• Willingness to travel and work across sectors
• People management and task facilitation skills
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies

• Stakeholder engagement
• Clear and concise communication
• Coaching and mentoring
• Risk management frameworks
• Quantitative risk analysis (QCRA/QSRA)
• Monte-Carlo analysis

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