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Our Water company client are seeking a Senior Risk Business Partner to support risk management within their Capital Delivery function in a hybrid/remote working arrangement out of their Falmer office.
In this role, you will be a trusted advisor to various teams, guiding risk management, controls, and commercial initiatives. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that risks are understood and controlled effectively, supporting business outcomes and driving the success of strategic goals.
As a Senior Risk Business Partner, you will lead risk management initiatives, coach teams, and continuously enhance the risk culture across Capital Delivery. Your leadership will play a crucial role in improving risk processes, simplifying controls, and aligning operations with business objectives.
Candidates do not need to come from a Water background, ideally utilities but open to industries who can bring different perspective and ideas in to the business
Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing risk management advice to identify, assess, and control risks, ensuring sound business decisions are made to achieve strategic objectives.
- Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor within a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside leadership to develop and implement high standards to optimise business operations.
- Lead and guide the application of framework requirements to align risk strategies with business goals, supporting risk forums and evaluating control environments.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including enhancing existing processes and controls to ensure compliance with business standards and policies while simplifying procedures.
- Take an active role in driving Quantitative Risk Assessment and fostering greater commercial acumen across project teams.
- Lead risk workshops, engaging stakeholders across design, construction, commercial, and management teams to ensure risks are managed appropriately and solutions are implemented effectively.
- Develop scalable risk management solutions, including best practices, tools, and processes that will have a long-term impact on risk management culture and performance.
Skills/experience/qualifications
- Proven experience as a Senior Risk Business Partner, with a track record of improving organisations and projects through strategic risk management.
- Demonstrable experience managing risk at the project, programme, and portfolio level, particularly within the construction industry.
- Familiarity with risk modelling systems both Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and Quantitative Cost risk Analysis (QCRA).
- Expertise in NEC contracts (NEC4) and contractual sensitivities.
- Strong experience chairing risk workshops and engaging with diverse stakeholders to drive risk management outcomes.
- Ability to develop and implement risk management systems, processes, and reporting frameworks, ensuring alignment with best practices.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, from site teams to the boardroom.
- A proven leader who can coach and develop people and teams, driving cultural change and enhancing performance.
- Ability to critically assess information, challenge assumptions, and ensure robust risk management strategies.
- A recognised risk management qualification (e.g., AIRMIC, IRM) is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Salary circa 68-73k - client open to discussion
- Company and performance-related bonus
- Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
- 25 days annual leave plus bank hols
- Life assurance equal to 4x salary
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
- Health Cash Plan
- Two paid volunteering days a year
- Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
- Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
- Cycle to work scheme
