Associate Risk Manager

Gardiner & Theobald LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Gardiner & Theobald LLP is seeking an Associate Risk Manager to lead risk management activities at strategic, programme, or project levels for various clients. You will mentor junior staff, influence excellence, and develop risk management strategies.

The ideal candidate will possess a degree related to mathematics or construction and a chartered risk qualification, with expertise in risk management and data analysis. This role offers a collaborative culture and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in managing risk registers and facilitating risk workshops.
• Strong understanding of schedule management, estimating, and cost management.
• Experience working on large complex engineering projects, ideally in nuclear, energy, or utilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management activities at strategic, programme, or project level.
• Mentor and guide junior staff, driving internal initiatives.
• Develop and implement risk management procedures and processes for clients.

Skills

Risk management

Data analysis

Client management

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Business development

Education

Degree in mathematics or construction-related discipline

Chartered risk qualification (IRM Cert)

Tools

Safran

ARM

Acumen

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Associate Risk Manager

Department: Infrastructure

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: G&T London

Description

At G&T people are central to our mission. Rewarding individuals based on their unique abilities, talent and hard work, we believe in the quality of experiences and investing in a collaborative culture where all can thrive.

Our Major Projects & Infrastructure sector brings together a number of specialist experts to create a unique pool of talent. We support a diverse range of clients and sectors and the commonalities we find between major projects allow us to add value through cross fertilisation of ideas, sharing of best practice and drawing upon the extensive benchmarking data that underpins our advice.

Projects that we deliver are often large scale and complex with significant planning and development requirements. There is often a master planning element and major stakeholder liaison across a programme of projects. In this sector we work on major sites that have significantly different requirements, so bespoke solutions are developed for each project with flexibility built in.

Within our Major Projects & Infrastructure team we cover a diverse array of speciality areas including aviation, defence, electricity interconnectors, highways, infrastructure, master planning and regeneration, mineral extraction, ports, harbours and marine, rail, Carbon Net Zero, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, and manufacturing.

What You Will Do

As an Associate Risk Manager your role will lead risk management activities at strategic, programme or project level across multiple clients. You will take ownership of key accounts and influence how we deliver excellence in commercial outcomes. You will mentor and guide more junior staff, drive internal initiatives and play an active role in building the team’s profile, internally and externally.

The key responsibilities of the role will include:

Risk Management and Leadership

• Develop, implement and manage appropriate risk management procedures and processes for clients
• Liaise, engage and communicate with all relevant key stakeholders including senior level management in the risk management process
• Lead and develop teams in best practices ensuring a pro‑active risk management culture is established. This includes being a go‑to contact for any risk related matters and actively promote the awareness, provide training and application of risk management across organisations (internally and externally)
• Present and lead confidently in front of client teams in workshops and meetings
• Ensuring that high quality risk information is obtained and maintained in dedicated risk management platforms that meet audit and compliance requirements
• Work with project teams to produce QRAs (QCRA and QSRA) and use specialist software for QRA risk modelling and produce detailed report
• Analyse large volumes of data to identify patterns, trends and potential risks and be able to escalation accordingly
• Develop and produce relevant reporting of risk to stakeholders that supports key decision making
• Regularly update client on risk status highlighting any issues that may impact cost or timelines.
• Provide unique risk management insights across client projects including emerging risks

Team Leadership and Development

• Mentor and develop Risk Analysts and Risk Managers – offering career guidance and feedback
• Actively contribute to the upskilling of the team through knowledge sharing, provide training sessions and technical peer reviews
• Support resource planning and delivery oversight across multiple commissions

Business Development and Service Line Growth

• Play a leading role in bids and proposals – shaping win themes, writing content and participating in presentations
• Contribute to service development initiatives including best practice frameworks, templates, toolkits and delivery models
• Represent the Risk Management service line at events, conferences or thought leadership forums
• Bring external market insight and policy developments into project delivery and service improvement

About You

The ideal Risk Manager for this role is someone with an in depth understanding of risk management and quantitative risk management and its place within the project structure. You will be a forward thinking individual who drives collaboration and communication both inside and outside of the business. You will have experience in client management and have an appetite to keep learning and maintain your risk management skillset.

Skills, Experience & Personal Qualities

• Degree qualified – preferably with a mathematics or construction related discipline
• Chartered or specialist risk qualification e.g. IRM Cert and membership to a risk professional body such as IRM, APM
• Experience in PMO within risk and control or project management with demonstrable experience in managing risk registers, facilitating risk workshops, supporting qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and reporting risk exposure across complex projects.
• Experience working on large complex engineering project in a risk management role, ideally within the nuclear, energy or utility sectors.
• Excellent understanding on the principles of schedule management, estimating and cost management
• Excellent data analysis and technical skills and has extensive experience in using risk management software such as Safran, ARM, Acumen and producing QRAs (QCRA and QSRA)
• Strong user of the Microsoft Office suite
• Previous experience within a consultancy environment desirable
• Proven ability to build and manage client relationships at senior level
• Evidence experiences in client presentation
• Ability to take initiative and pro-actively engage and lead teams
• Experience in mentoring, supporting and developing junior colleagues
• Strong written, verbal, listening and presentation skills and able to deliver high quality work in challenging timeframes
• Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset, pro‑active approach and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent leadership skills with a collaborative approach and able to provide professional guidance, advise and training to others
• Experience working in a client focused environment with a personal commitment to the delivery of excellent client service
• Excellent Business Development skills
• Demonstratable evidence of growing and establishing a network in the risk management industry
• A keen interest and able to demonstrate an understanding of market issues, events and associated emerging risks and how they relate to projects
• Positive attitude with a willingness to get involved, and authentic in the workplace.