Risk Specialist (Replacement Warhead)

Location

Reading, Berkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

We need an AWE some Risk Specialist to join our Replacement Warhead Team

to assist with delivery of risk management across various projects within the team.

Location: You will be on site a minimum of 4 days per week at our campus based in Berkshire RG7 4PR, between Reading, Basingstoke and Newbury with onsite parking and public transport services.

Salary: Starting banding for this role is : £32,700 to £49,060.

What's exciting is:

You'll be involved with our Replacement Warhead Programme which is crucial to national defence. You will engage with fascinating people and be instrumental in ensuring that we complete our mission.

A typical day for a Risk Specialist could look like this:

You will be assisting with delivery of risk, opportunities and risk (QRA) modelling on the programmes' major milestones and its constituent projects including .

• Identifying and developing improvements to the end-to-end risks and opportunity maturity.
• Ensuring the delivery of quality risk registers and confidence modelling to support the decision-making process on the projects.
• Facilitating risk reviews and ensuring the risk process is properly understood, applied and delivers value in supporting overall management of projects within the programme.
• Developing and maintaining working relationships with and awareness of key internal stakeholders.
• Acting as a subject matter expert within the programme to provide risk management guidance, and advice.
• Facilitating risk reviews and ensuring risks are adequately defined and properly entered into Active Risk Manager (ARM).
• Undertaking assurance reviews of risk information in ARM.
• Provide high quality and timely risk information to enable management review and action to reduce risk exposure.
• Supporting risk investment peer reviews.

We would like you to demonstrate or have experience of:

• A background in risk management within a Systems Engineering environment
• Resilience and curiosity with attendant communication skills
• Understanding and acting on Risk mitigations that add value to overall programme objectives
• Constructively challenging stakeholders to understand risk and how to think about their risks differently in technical areas.
• A "show me!" and growth mindset approach
• Fluidity of navigation between business and technical risk areas and show understanding of their connectivity

Quals and professional memberships:

• Management of Risk (MOR) - or equivalent experience
• Project controls processes for planning, estimating and cost-control
• Working with Risk Database software i.e. Active Risk Manager (ARM) etc.
• Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) software i.e. Safran and Primavera Risk Analysis (PRA)

Why work for us?

AWE has been voted one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK again this year. So, when you work with us, you can take advantage of a great package of benefits and development opportunities on top of your salary:

You can find out more about our benefits HERE

To apply: Please log into AWE Careers to submit your CV and a covering letter.

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain Security/ Developed Vetting Clearance (funded by the AWE) in order to start with us in this role. It can take several months for clearance to come through.

DVSubjectsInformationLeaflet.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.

Important things you need to know:

• Interviews will be scheduled during working hours
• Interviews will be 60 minutes on TEAMS

For more information about the role or the recruitment process, get in touch with me (Sunflower) at:

(Sorry agencies - we don't outsource our roles)

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