SZC Project Controls serves as a centre of excellence, managing and strategically using delivery performance management information. Our team will enable successful delivery of SZC Project through proactive Project Controls that drives forward‑looking solutions to continuously improve performance. As the Civil Works Programme Risk Lead, you will be working within the Project Management Office (PMO) and the Delivery Programmes.
The post holder will support the functional ownership for all PMO risk processes within the Civil Works Programme (CWP). This entails supporting the ownership, deployment, and continuous improvement of all the PMO risk process elements of the project while ensuring we operate and deliver controls within the SZC governance structure, organisation and delivery model. They will ensure PMO risk activities within CWP are being carried out in an efficient manner in accordance with calendars and deadlines established on SZC. They will be proactive in their approach to driving innovation which will support Project Controls activities on SZC being ‘Digital by Default’.
The candidate should have significant experience of working in a large‑scale project environment, having worked in multiple risk management environments and understand how effective risk management is achieved. This knowledge and their previous experience on major programmes and projects will enable them to assure outputs produced by the various senior risk managers.
They will have experience of working in multi‑discipline teams and senior leadership to ensure that risk management activities are carried out effectively. They should be able to demonstrate their ability to handle multiple risk management activities, ensure they can prioritise these for successful delivery.
Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions
Leading Risk Management activities within CWP.
- Lead on & provide risk management services within the CWP to align with PMO processes.
- Manage a small team of Risk Managers.
- Work with the Alliance Team on their Risk Management obligations.
- Support the Head of Delivery Risk with providing inputs into project‑wide risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated‑QRA development etc.
- Produce progress reporting for the CWP including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.
- Help ensure SZC is viewed by the Construction Industry as an exemplar in risk management through knowledge sharing, networking and delivering presentations to the sector.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Strong leadership capabilities, motivational skills, delegation, team management and team membership, as well as effective collaboration and peer‑to‑peer relationship‑building skills.
- Strong engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of:
- Varying size and seniority, at all points in delivery life cycle / supply chain, as well as breadth of corporate teams / professionals
- Ability to extract valuable and relevant insights from risk / project controls / delivery processes, and ability to explain them at all levels, for all audiences.
- Well‑developed facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate complex / important workshops for all levels within programme.
- Strong technical skills; able to independently deliver large / complex QRAs, spanning Cost QRAs, Schedule QRAs, and Integrated QRAs, as well as good enterprise risk management skills:
- Linked capability to integrate / support breadth of project controls / project delivery / business support processes (e.g. Finance)
- Very strong mitigation‑related skills underpinned by strong project and programme management and broader project controls experience:
- In particular, strong ability to understand breadth of project and construction processes, how they drive risk exposure, and understanding of range of mitigation solutions to support.
- Strong in‑depth relevant sector experience / breadth of broader sector experience:
- Strong client / contractor / consultancy / government experience
- Strong major project / corporate experience
- Good project management and broader project controls experience very desirable.
- Active membership of IRM, PMI, APM or similar association with association certifications.
- Experience of working within multiple Project Controls Functions: cost control, estimating, scheduling, change management and risk management.
- Experience of working alongside Independent Technical Assessors / Project Representatives / similar independent but embedded assurance teams.
- Risk management / other technical / capital‑intensive sector‑specific management qualifications.
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