Job Description
Principal Risk Consultant
London, Oxford or Manchester
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Risk Consultant to join our rapidly growing security engineering team based in our London, Oxford or Manchester offices.
The Hoare Lea security engineering team includes chartered engineers and professionally registered security professionals with an incredible wealth of experience across a broad range of industry sectors. We work on many prestigious built environment projects and programmes throughout the UK both as part of multi-disciplinary Hoare Lea teams and independently.
Our approach to security engineering is what sets us apart and has allowed us to build long-term relationships with some great clients. We are thinkers, not box-tickers; pragmatists where we need to be, but always following sound engineering principles of logic, rationale and assurance to arrive at the best solution. We strive to be true industry leaders, helping to shape the future of the industry and at all times aligning ourselves with Hoare Lea’s North Star of “human-centric and planet conscious.”
Our place within Hoare Lea, and increasingly as part of the wider Tetra Tech group, has given us access to some amazing markets and opportunities. We have built on these to give an unparalleled customer base representing some of the best security challenges. We have expanded continuously for the last six years, and our growth trajectory is showing no signs of flattening yet and have recently expanded the team into our Manchester office.
About us
Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.
Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.
Hoare Lea has joined Tetra Tech’s High-Performance Buildings Group, a global alliance of MEP firms.
Why work for us?
You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists.
You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.
You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.
The role
- Leading risk consulting projects and managing day-to-day graduates/consultants within the risk team.
- Supporting the risk consultancy lead.
- If not currently holding security clearance, being capable and suitable to gain security clearance through the vetting process. Obtaining and holding security clearance is a requisite of being employed.
- Developing security threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments for projects.
- Developing security operational requirements that support the development of technical security designs.
- The development of security strategies and production of reports.
- Leading client and stakeholder engagement to establish project security requirements.
- The communication of security strategies to clients and design teams.
- Supporting the technical design teams in understanding and maintaining security strategy requirements throughout the technical design.
- Attending client meetings and delivering presentations when required.
- Set up and manage project administrative processes, including monitoring job resourcing and expenditure (and adjusting as necessary).
- Proactively participating as part of the Hoare Lea security engineering team in developing approaches to project delivery to support continued team growth.
- Supervising and mentoring security consultants.
- Supporting the Heads of Profession and others in the production of proposals and bids.
- Implementing the Hoare Lea review and governance procedures across all projects.
- Reporting commercial delivery to the team leader.
- Attend regular group meetings and participate in achieving group targets.
- Sharing your knowledge and experiences with others through events and presentations.
- Develop personal skills and support the development of others.
- Work towards developing the subject matter expertise to act as a future sector lead.
- Develop strong relationships with other disciplines and offices.
What we are looking for
- Appropriate degree in security or built environment discipline (preferable).
- Membership of an industry association such as the RSES or Security Institute or be actively working towards this.
- An in-depth understanding of security risk management principles.
- An understanding of the RIBA plan of work and security design’s place within this.
- A knowledge of designing out crime using CPTED and SBD principles.
- An understanding of current initiatives within the industry such as SABRE
- A good understanding of security policies and procedures.
- A detailed understanding of the development of operational requirements.
- Experience of project planning.
- Ability to work with, manage and develop junior members of the team.
- Basic technical understanding of electronic security systems.
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment with tight deadlines.
- Able to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) before appointment and be willing to undergo National Security Vetting in due course.
Our benefits
To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.
Core benefits
Private medical scheme
Life Assurance
Income protection
Travel Allowance – electric car scheme
25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with length of service
Contributory pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave
Season Ticket Loans
Professional membership subscription
Flexitime
Flexible benefits
- 9-day fortnight – the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight
- Hybrid Working – activity-based approach
- Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount
- Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days
- Study Assistance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Sabbatical Leave
- Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn)
- Flexible working - We’re happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage
How to apply
To apply simply complete a CV profile and submit your application, or for further information please contact aureliacherradi@hoarelea.com
Our commitment to data privacy
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https://hoarelea.com/app/uploads/2018/05/Candidate-Privacy-Notice.pdf
Equal opportunities statement
Hoare Lea is committed to ensuring that the most suitably qualified and experienced candidates are appointed to positions within the firm on the basis of job-related criteria.
Positive action statement
We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. That’s why we particularly welcome applications from women, global ethnic majority, neurodiverse and disabled candidates, as they are under-represented within leadership roles at Hoare Lea
Reasonable adjustments statement
“We're proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer, and we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability that might affect your performance at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know about any help or reasonable adjustments as soon possible before any interview or assessment. We’ll work with you to make sure any appropriate support is in place.”