Senior Risk Manager

Senior Risk Manager / Senior Risk Practitioner – Brighton / Hybrid

£60,000 - £65,000 plus excellent benefits and development opportunities / 2 days per week office or on site (3 days remote)

The Senior Risk Manager / Senior Risk Practitioner is responsible for the implementation of risk management framework on key infrastructure projects. They will be responsible for ensuring risks are actively managed throughout the project lifecycle.

Accountabilities for the Senior Risk Manager / Senior Risk Practitioner:

Risk Management 70% of role:

· Implement and manage risk management strategies, processes and governance in alignment with corporate process.

· Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the project.

· Set up and administer risk registers in risk management software ensuring they remain accurate and up to date.

· Work with risk owners to produce realistic and actionable mitigation strategies with agreed deadlines.

· Track progress of mitigation actions and escalate where necessary.

· Evaluate effectiveness of mitigation plans and update residual risk exposure.

· Provide advice on contingency drawdown.

External partners 20% of role:

· Conduct reviews of external partners risk registers and mitigation actions.

· Work collaboratively with external partners to ensure integrated risks registers are developed and maintained.

· Ensure monthly risk updates are received from external partners and integrated into main risk register.

· Review and understand monthly variances in external partner risk performance updates.

Assurance and Governance:

· Conduct qualitative risk assessments ensuring all risks have clear descriptions, causes, impacts and ownership.

· Perform Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis (QSRA / QCRA) and advise on mitigation strategies.

· Responsible for holding P50 and P80 data for key project milestones.

· Monitor emerging issues to ensure they are captured and managed.

· Track and drive opportunities.

Stakeholder Management:

· Work collaboratively with other project controls functions, planning, cost, change ensuring alignment across all functions.

· Collaborate with planners to feed risk impacts into schedule scenarios, critical path assessments and forecasting.

· Clearly communicate risk insights, trends and recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills & Competencies for the Senior Risk Manager / Senior Risk Practitioner:

· Demonstrable extensive experience working in a risk management role within large-scale infrastructure projects.

· Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret technical, commercial and scheduling information.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to work closely with senior project leaders.

· Good interpersonal skills and ability to form effective working relationships with multiple stakeholders.

Knowledge & Qualifications for the Senior Risk Manager / Senior Risk Practitioner:

Technical:

· Expert user of Risk Management software such as ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran along with strong excel skills.

· Familiarity with NEC contracts and key clauses (clause 31, 32, early warnings, compensation events).

· Experience in dealing with regulatory bodies and reporting.

Essential:

· Professional certifications such as PMI-RMP, IRM, APM Risk Practitioner or equivalent