Project Risk Manager - Energy & Natural Resources
At Turner & Townsend, our award‑winning Controls & Performance team is focused on driving innovation and delivering better programme outcomes. Our growing national team of over 600 professionals provides great opportunities to enhance your knowledge and career.
Opportunity
Turner & Townsend’s Natural Resources business has grown 35% in the last 9 months and is set to triple in size over the next 3 years. We have an exciting opportunity for a Risk Manager to join our fast‑growing Natural Resources and New Energies team, undertaking Controls & Performance duties on several high‑profile Projects/Programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Planning, designing and implementing risk management processes tailored to the client’s needs and best practice.
- Facilitating risk workshops with subject matter experts.
- Creating and maintaining risk registers and other risk-related information.
- Challenging risk information to enhance quality and robustness.
- Driving implementation of mitigation actions across projects and programmes.
- Assisting the project team with identification and development of measurable, specific management responses.
- Conducting Quantitative Risk Assessment and analysis (QRA) for cost and schedule impacts.
- Producing timely risk reports using Microsoft Office and Power BI.
- Co‑ordinating with Project Controls disciplines to maintain alignment of project information.
- Working with supply chain to incorporate associated risks.
Skills and Behaviours
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex risk information to stakeholders.
- Ability to adjust risk strategies and processes in response to change.
- Proactive problem‑solving capabilities.
- Strategic awareness and critical thinking to assess implications of risk scenarios.
- Managing effective relationships with stakeholders and interfacing functions.
- Interpreting client requirements and managing stakeholder expectations.
- Maintaining awareness of current industry risk, emerging risk and best practice.
- Embracing challenges and opportunities to drive positive change.
- Possession of a UK driving licence or willingness to travel to client sites in the region.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience managing risk in multiple projects/programmes or a similar risk role.
- Familiarity with at least one risk standard/approach (ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA).
- Familiarity with at least one risk tool.
- Awareness of Quantitative Risk Assessment (Monte‑Carlo) technique.
- Understanding of how Project Controls elements (Scheduling, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with Risk Management (desirable).
- A risk qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2 or Management of Risk (MoR) (desirable).
- Familiarity with NEC contracts.
Additional Information
Turner & Townsend is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Strategy/Planning and Consulting
Industries
Construction, Civil Engineering, Business Consulting and Services
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