Risk Manager

Overview

As Risk Manager you will lead the project-wide risk function, aligning with nuclear regulatory requirements. You’ll work within a cross-functional environment to protect project interests and present clear risk insights to senior stakeholders. The role spans safety, quality, environmental, cost, and schedule risks across design to completion, with a focus on robust risk controls and compliant reporting. You’ll drive risk identification, assessment, and mitigation, contributing to predictable project outcomes in a highly regulated setting. This is a chance to shape risk management practices on major civil works in the nuclear sector.

Pay / Benefits

• Car allowance
• Benefits

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the project-wide risk management framework aligned with nuclear regulatory requirements and ALARP principles
• Identify, assess, and prioritise risks across design, procurement, construction, commissioning phases (safety, quality, environmental, cost, schedule)
• Facilitate structured risk identification workshops (HAZID, HAZOP support, constructability reviews) with multidisciplinary teams
• Integrate risk management with project controls (planning, cost engineering, change management)
• Monitor effectiveness of risk mitigation and implement corrective actions
• Ensure compliance with nuclear industry regulations, standards, and client requirements
• Prepare and present risk reports to senior management, clients, and regulators
• Manage interface risks between Partner Contractors and work packages in a complex project
• Support incident investigations by root-cause analysis and risk updates
• Maintain/update project risk register with ownership, actions, and status tracking
• Quantify risks using qualitative and quantitative techniques (ARM, Monte Carlo)

Key requirements

• 3–5 years as Risk Manager
• Degree or HNC/HND in relevant discipline
• Experience on highly regulated projects
• Understanding of contract types and NEC 3/4 (preferred)
• Knowledge of risk techniques and delivery processes
• APM, Prince2 or similar qualification (desirable)
• UK work eligibility and ability to obtain security clearance if needed

• Communication and presentation to senior stakeholders
• Stakeholder management
• Structured problem solving
• Risk management frameworks
• ARM risk assessment toolset
• Monte Carlo simulations for cost and schedule uncertainty

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