Senior Risk Specialist
// Role Summary
Shape critical decisions and safeguard mission-critical programmes as a Senior Risk Specialist for Babcock. You will lead risk and opportunity management across high-value defence projects, contributing to national security.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of risk and opportunity management frameworks.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project and programme risks.
- Apply quantitative risk techniques such as schedule and cost analysis.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure effective risk management.
- Requires Security Check (SC) clearance and Sole UK status.
// Role Specification
About the Role
At Babcock, we are dedicated to creating a safe and secure world. As a Senior Risk Specialist based at Ashton House, near Bristol, Gloucestershire, you will play a crucial role within our Mission Systems business. You will contribute to advanced defence and security solutions, including communications, intelligence systems, and complex engineering programmes. This is a significant opportunity to protect high-profile projects and build a rewarding career in defence, aerospace, and engineering.
Your Responsibilities
As a Senior Risk Specialist, you will be responsible for delivering robust risk and opportunity management across complex, high-value programmes. You will work closely with multidisciplinary project teams to identify, assess, and mitigate risks while identifying opportunities to enhance performance.
This role offers the chance to influence major projects supporting national security and to demonstrate expert risk management capabilities within a global engineering organisation.
Day-to-Day Activities
- Leading the implementation of risk and opportunity management frameworks across projects.
- Managing and maintaining risk registers, risk management plans, and reporting outputs.
- Identifying, analysing, and mitigating project and programme risks and opportunities.
- Applying quantitative risk techniques such as schedule and cost analysis.
- Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure risks are understood and effectively managed.
Essential Experience
- Delivering risk management within large, complex projects or programmes.
- Driving day-to-day risk management activities across multidisciplinary teams.
- Applying risk governance and assurance principles in a structured environment.
- Working within defence, engineering, or similarly regulated industries (desirable).
- Using or supporting quantitative risk techniques such as Monte Carlo analysis (desirable).
Qualifications
We value diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you can demonstrate the required level of experience or a willingness to learn, we encourage you to apply.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK.
What We Offer
- Competitive Salary + Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- 10-days special paid leave for Reservists in the armed forces
- Holiday Trading
- ‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering
- Flexible working arrangements
- A dynamic working environment