Risk Specialist (Replacement Warhead)

 

Main characteristics

Location

Reading, Berkshire

Company

AWE

Salary

£40000 - £55000/annum Every 2nd Friday off

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Military / Emergency / Government

Job summary

We need an AWEsome 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 including:

25 days annual leave
Every other Friday off (AWE works a 9-day fortnight)
Generous pension contributions of between 9% and 13% (defined contribution on your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
Flexible working arrangements can be considered so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle
Excellent personal development opportunities including annual membership to relevant professional bodies, training and mentoring
Everyday spending discounts - access to savings on a wide range of shops and services exclusive to AWE employees
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family

You can find out more about our benefits

To apply: Please log into to submit your CV and a covering letter. Make sure that you highlight all relevant skills and experience for this job. Give us a clear view of what you can bring to the role and also why you want to work with the team here at AWE.

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.

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 90 minutes on TEAMS and will include a 5-to-10-minute presentation

If we receive an exceptionally high level of applications, this vacancy may close early. So don't procrastinate, refresh your CV and covering letter and apply now!

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

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Benefits: Every 2nd Friday off