Senior Risk Manager

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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