Portfolio Risk Engineer
- Recruiter
- National Grid Careers
- Location
- England
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 01 Dec 2016
- Closes
- 19 Dec 2016
- Sectors
- Banking & Financial Services
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Description: Portfolio Risk Engineer GBP41k - GBP47k per annum, plus excellent benefits Warwick, Warwickshire National Grid connects Britain with the electricity and gas that keeps homes warm and businesses powered. We are driving the agenda to provide secure and sustainable energy both now and in the future. To meet this challenge we are always looking for bright ideas and innovative ways of working. And you can be part of it. About the role As the Portfolio Risk Engineer you will provide support to deliver an efficient and effective risk management service to project and programme teams within Capital Delivery. You will be working closely with Estimators in order to provide the business with forecast outturn costs of projects to facilitate the funding decisions The key accountabilities of the role include:
- Ensure that risk management on projects and programmes comply with the requirements of the risk management process
- Facilitate the identification and analysis of risks on projects at key stages within the project life cycle
- Undertake qualitative and quantitative risk assessment workshops (cost and schedule), producing key outputs, as well as recommending appropriate levels of risk are included within project forecasts
- Ensure that projects have a risk register, the risks are up to date, that they are regularly reviewed and that appropriate mitigation action plans are put in place and acted upon
- Provide regular reports to project teams on the risk status of their projects
- Advise projects on appropriate management of contingency and ensure that risk information is utilised effectively in driving value for money and efficiency improvements
- Set up and maintain the systems and interfaces to enable the operation of the risk management tool at the portfolio level used in Capital Delivery
- Drive through solutions to ensure specific risks are being managed
- Promote a risk culture in the organisation and provide support, education and training to staff at all levels
- Support the improvement of the risk management process towards 'best practice' project and programme risk and contingency management