
Mace
Delivery consultants & construction experts transforming visions into built reality.
Associate Director - Risk
Lead risk management for Sizewell C nuclear power project
Job Highlights
About the Role
• Manage risk‑management performance across assigned commissions. • Develop and implement robust risk frameworks and strategies. • Serve as trusted advisor to clients and stakeholders. • Deliver quantitative risk analysis for cost and schedule. • Advise on contingency adequacy during reporting cycles. • Ensure compliance with Mace standards and legislation. • Mentor and manage junior risk professionals. • Drive innovation and best practice for service excellence. • Safety first: champion a safe, diverse, inclusive environment and team wellbeing. • Create opportunity: foster continuous improvement and inspire people to develop.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸risk management
- ▸risk frameworks
- ▸quantitative analysis
- ▸contingency review
- ▸compliance
- ▸client advisory
What You Bring
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. • Expert knowledge of risk tools and software (e.g., Active Risk Manager, riskHive, @RISK, Primavera Risk Analyzer). • Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing abilities. • Proven capability to manage complexity and achieve outcomes. • Minimum 10 years’ experience as a risk‑management leader on major construction programmes. • Client focus: own quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes, and build long‑term client relationships.
Requirements
- ▸risk tools
- ▸stakeholder engagement
- ▸complexity management
- ▸10+ years
- ▸client focus
Benefits
If you are looking for a rewarding career at the cutting edge of project development where you can make a real difference, join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team. You will work on one of the UK’s largest megaprojects while contributing to the nation’s climate change agenda and energy policy. This role offers the chance to be involved from the start of a historic project. To date the focus has been on site‑readiness works, and work is now progressing rapidly across road, rail, fencing, security, water systems, utilities, and the construction of modular and industrial facilities. We are open to discussing part‑time, flexible, and hybrid working options where appropriate for the role.
Work Environment
Onsite