Risk & Opportunity Manager

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Lockheed Martin team in Ampthill, Bedforshire as a Risk & Opportunity Manager. In this role you provide Risk & Opportunity management support to either a single complex programme or across a number of projects within a business area.

You will work directly with the project teams in the development & maintenance of Risk & Opportunity registers covering complex Design & Development, as well as support & production.

The risk and opportunity register contains the known cost, schedule and technical risk and opportunity, the Risk & Opportunity manager will work with the programme leads to develop a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the risk, and a mitigation plan for reducing or eliminating each risk and enhancing or exploiting each Opportunity.

In conjunction with the Master Planner/Scheduler the Risk and Opportunity manager will use the approved tool to develop a Monte Carlo analysis of the programme. The Risk and Opportunity manager will publish the results of the schedule & cost risk analysis in accordance with contract deliverable requirements.

You will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Develop the programme Risk and Opportunity register complete with quantitative and qualitative impacts and mitigation plans.
• Perform ongoing Monte Carlo schedule & cost risk analysis.
• Facilitate risk and opportunity meetings with programme team members including governance of the Risk & Opportunity Management process.
• Assist in the development of cohesive and logical programme mitigation plans.
• Maintain current status of the Risk and Opportunity Register.
• Production of Project Risk and Opportunity Reporting.

If you have experience in these skills and are looking for the next step in your career then this role could be for you.

In return we’ll provide you with meaningful work that will allow you to grow your skills and enhance your career with us. However equally important to us is that you enjoy a strong work life balance as well. That’s why we offer flexible work schedules and a comprehensive benefits suite to enable you to live a healthy fulfilling life at and outside of work. Our 4 day Flex working pattern gives you every Friday off, to spend more time doing the things you enjoy!

So if you are interested in joining a team who are part of a programme of national importance then there has never been a better time to apply! We may not know what's going to change the world next, but chances are we're already working on it, and you can be part of the story too!

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Excellent working knowledge of and experience in industry standard risk tools, such as ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis (Formally Pertmaster), Acumen Risk and Predict.
• This is a demanding role within a team environment, therefore the ability to work under pressure using initiative to take on responsibility and being able to use innovative approaches to problem solving within the project programme environment is a must.
• Good interpersonal skills are essential, as well as having the ability to communicate effectively, formally and informally, with a wide range of people including internal senior management and project team members, subcontractors and suppliers through to high level customer representatives.
• For this to be successful the applicant must have good communication skills and be proficient in a wide range of presentation techniques.
• Ability to apply sound logic when translating information into a logical sequence of events (planning), which require fully linked dependencies.
• The candidate must have experience risk planning in MoD or Defence related programmes and be able to understand and work with a technical and skill-diverse team.
• A fast learner with good analytical skills.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to ones duties and responsibilities.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to analyse schedules for risk and opportunity and clearly communicate to programme manager and leads.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

What we offer you

At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.

We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.

We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave

Business Environment

Lockheed Martin (UK) Ampthill is a rapidly changing, dynamic part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation with both domestic and international customers. It consists of three business areas focusing on Platform Integration, Special Projects & Weapons, and Vehicles, which provide a variety of products and services to the MoD and other customers. We are looking for talented individuals to join the company, in return, we can offer an exciting and challenging career path and excellent work life balance with a 4 day week (Mon-Thurs).

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Discrimination on any of these grounds is expressly forbidden. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.