Job description
Due to controlled expansion and significant demand across defence, nuclear, water and integrated transport, the position of Senior Risk Consultant has become available to join our growing Risk team.
This role provides great variety with the opportunity to work on a range of projects, programmes and initiatives across our transport, central government, defence, water, and energy sectors. You'll be working collaboratively with team members and other disciplines to develop new ideas and solutions to our clients’ challenges, and bringing a risk perspective to some of the key global challenges of productivity, performance and sustainability
Please note potential candidates for this predominately remote role must be able to obtain and retain SC Clearance to be able to be considered for this position. Mobility and flexibility to attend client offices as and when required will also be a part of this role.
Advisory is a core part of Costain’s strategy to broaden our mix of services and grow margin performance. We work with clients on multiple strategic fronts to understand, articulate and provide solutions for their most complex challenges and to facilitate further growth in multiple areas. Our vision is to be recognised as a leading infrastructure consultancy who transform client capabilities and help them achieve enhanced value for money.
This is a key part of Costain achieving its mission to shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem.
This position has a competitive salary dependent on skills and experience, in addition to a fantastic benefits package including pension contribution matched up to 10%, a day off for your birthday and a dedicated professional development budget.
We have a vibrant, challenging, and growing business, with project environments that provide tremendous opportunities for everybody. We know that by being a more diverse company we will be more innovative, have a greater understanding of our clients’ needs and will deliver smarter, more inclusive solutions for them. Our goal is to have a workforce that is representative of society and the communities in which we work. As an inclusive, family friendly employer we believe that everyone matters, and we are committed to ensuring that everyone has the same opportunities to be able to reach their full potential.
Role Requirements
- Proven Risk Consultancy experience ideally within infrastructure is essential.
- Degree level education
- Proficiency with at least one common risk register tool (SWORD ARM, Xactium, Predict)
- Proficiency with at least one risk analysis tool (Primavera Risk Analysis, Palisade @RISK, Safran)
- APM PMQ or Prince II project qualifications advantageous
- Champions Sustainability Safety, Health and Environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and helping the environment and communities to thrive.
- Having integrity by always doing the right thing in the right way
- Must be customer focussed by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating, and meeting their needs.
For a full job description, please contact [email protected] quoting the vacancy number.
About Costain
At Costain, we help to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.
We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK’s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
Your application
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: [email protected]
We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.
We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/
Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
Closing date
Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
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