Senior Risk Specialist

Linesight; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight, a global project and cost management consultancy, is seeking a Senior Risk Manager (Construction). You will lead risk processes, assess and mitigate risks on large-scale projects, and collaborate with diverse, international teams to deliver value for clients.

The role involves facilitating workshops, maintaining risk registers, conducting QRA, monitoring contingencies, and embedding robust risk governance across programmes.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline with strong risk management background.
• Experience managing risk on large-scale construction projects.
• Knowledge of cost and schedule impact and contingency management.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and communicate risks clearly.
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management processes identifying, assessing, tracking and mitigating risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops with stakeholders to agree realistic assessments and actions.
• Develop and maintain risk registers and profiles with cost and schedule impact.
• Conduct quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and stress-test scenarios.
• Monitor contingency budgets and report risk exposure.
• Prepare risk reports for monthly reviews and escalate thresholds.
• Integrate risk management into wider project governance.
• Provide guidance to project teams on risk mitigation.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder facilitation

Analytical

English language skills

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Risk Manager (Construction) at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Lead risk management processes, ensuring project risks are identified, assessed, tracked and managed effectively.
• Facilitate risk workshops and meetings with project stakeholders and subject matter experts to agree realistic risk assessments and mitigation actions.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive risk registers and risk profiles, ensuring risks are accurately evaluated in terms of cost and schedule impact.
• Conduct quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and develop stress-test scenarios to assess potential impacts on project cost and schedule.
• Monitor project contingency budgets against actual expenditure, reporting on risk exposure and contingency requirements.
• Prepare risk reports for monthly project reviews, escalating risks that exceed agreed thresholds and communicating findings to key stakeholders.
• Support the integration of risk management processes into wider project, programme and portfolio governance.
• Provide risk management guidance and support to project teams, promoting consistent processes and effective risk mitigation.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline, with a strong background in Risk Management.
• Experience managing risk on large-scale, complex construction projects.
• Understand project cost and schedule impacts, quantitative risk analysis and contingency management.
• Are confident facilitating stakeholder workshops, challenging assumptions and communicating risks effectively.
• Are detail-oriented, analytical and comfortable managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Are fluent in written and spoken English.
• Have the flexibility to travel as required for project and client engagements.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

About Us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we're not like the others. We're different. Unique. It's our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world's most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment.We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!