Risk Manager

Overview

In this Risk Manager role, you will support a diverse team on projects of varying size within the nuclear sector, focusing on capturing and prioritising threats, opportunities and issues. You’ll maintain risk data visibility, drive mitigation actions, and support cost and schedule analyses to safeguard objectives. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams and use standard risk tools to produce timely risk reporting. This is a growth‑oriented position in a forward‑looking programme that values professional development and stakeholder communication.

Pay / Benefits

• career development
• training and mentoring
• opportunities for growth
• supportive team environment
• challenging projects
• industry‑leading change in nuclear sector

Responsibilities

• Design and tailor risk management processes to client needs and best practices
• Facilitate risk workshops with SMEs
• Create and maintain risk registers and related information
• Challenge risk data to improve robustness
• Drive mitigation actions across projects and programmes
• Develop measurable risk responses supporting post‑mitigated positions
• Perform Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) for cost and schedule impacts
• Demonstrate competency with specific risk tools and reporting software
• Produce timely risk reports using PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Power BI
• Work with ARM, Xactium, Predict, Tableau for data and dashboards
• Collaborate with Project Controls and supply chain to align risk information and inputs
• Assist teams across the lifecycle with risk strategies and responses

Key requirements

• Professional risk management experience across one or more project lifecycles
• Ability to adapt risk strategies to changing conditions and communicate complex risk clearly
• Familiarity with risk management systems such as Safran, @risk, PRA
• Strategic awareness and critical thinking in risk scenarios
• BPSS level security clearance (ability to obtain)
• Membership of a professional body e.g., IRM or APM (preferred)
• Familiarity with risk standards such as ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA
• Desirable risk qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2 or MoR
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Research and analytical capabilities
• Stakeholder management experience
• Experience in a Project Controls team
• Desire to work within the nuclear sector

• Strong communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Analytical thinking
• Safran
• @risk
• PRA

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