Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding Midlands‑based Infrastructure team, which undertakes a range of Controls and Performance duties on several high‑profile Infrastructure Projects and Programmes. The role offers the chance to innovate, collaborate and learn from a respected Risk Management community.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead teams of Risk Management professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value‑adding risk management across diverse and complex projects and programmes.
* Plan, design and implement risk management processes tailored to client needs and aligned with best practice.
* Drive continuous improvement in risk management and related project controls processes to create efficiencies and benefit clients.
* Challenge risk information to enhance the quality and robustness of risk data.
* Support the implementation, embedment and roll‑out of identified changes to risk management approaches.
* Act as the risk subject‑matter expert for major projects or programmes.
* Collaborate with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, structured, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and support the change‑control process.
* Design and deliver risk training, coaching clients and less experienced team members on risk management processes and practices.
* Plan and facilitate risk workshops with subject‑matter experts to identify and update risks and uncertainties relevant to project objectives.
* Maintain project and programme risk registers and other risk information, ensuring data quality and reporting.
* Drive and implement mitigation actions for identified risks across projects and programmes.
* Assist the project team with development of measurable management responses to risks.
* Advocate risk management benefits and requirements to project and programme teams.
* Manage Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis activities (QSRA/QCRA) and interpret outputs to prioritise focus areas.
* Support efficient contingency draw‑down processes.
* Work with the supply chain to understand and incorporate associated risks.
* Coordinate with other Project Controls disciplines to ensure alignment of project information.
Qualifications
* Excellent communication skills to convey complex risk insights to executives and stakeholders.
* Strategic thinking and strong leadership skills to develop and guide risk management plans and teams.
* High standard of integrity and commitment to ethical compliance.
* Strong analytical and software skills with meticulous attention to detail.
* Adaptability in providing guidance during periods of change and complexity.
* Effective decision‑making with the ability to assess risks, prioritise actions and make informed choices.
* Excellent problem‑solving skills for complex risk challenges.
* Ability to build and maintain relationships with strategic stakeholders and interfacing functions.
* Proficiency in interpreting client requirements and managing stakeholder expectations.
* Effective time‑management and timely response skills.
* Capability to adjust risk strategies and processes in response to change.
* Demonstrated ability to lead, collaborate and communicate in a team environment.
* Experience with a diverse range of risk tools (ARM, Predict!, Risk Controller, riskHive, Xactium, Primavera Risk Analysis, @Risk, Safran, etc.) and quantitative risk analysis techniques (Monte‑Carlo).
* Experience in defining, improving or implementing risk management approaches and procedures.
* Familiarity with risk standards such as ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA.
* Experience interfacing risk with other Project Controls disciplines and NEC contracts.
* Strong understanding of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) and related software.
* Desirable: ARM, Predict!, Risk Controller proficiency, QRA software experience, risk qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2, IRM or Management of Risk (MoR), leadership experience, NEC contract familiarity, security clearance eligibility.
* UK driving licence or ability to travel to client sites as required.
Turner & Townsend is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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