Infrastructure Risk Leader — Global Projects (Hybrid)

SYSTRA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA is seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk across high-speed rail and infrastructure projects. You will develop risk frameworks, run workshops with multi-disciplinary teams, maintain risk registers and report to senior management.

The role requires strong analytical skills and formal risk/PM certifications. The role operates in a hybrid environment within the UK, collaborating with project leadership and engineering teams to embed resilient risk practices and improve decision making across

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing risk within infrastructure, construction or other large-scale project environments.
• Demonstrable experience in risk management or a closely related project controls discipline.
• Experience facilitating workshops with multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into clear risk insights.
• Experience qualitative and quantified cost risk analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project risk management frameworks, policies, processes and procedures.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and report project operational and compliance risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops and risk reviews to identify and assess risks and opportunities.
• Maintain and update risk registers with risks, controls, actions and owners.
• Track mitigation actions and monitor effectiveness of risk controls.
• Escalate significant, emerging or unmanaged risks to senior management.
• Provide risk analysis, insights and recommendations to inform decisions across projects.
• Prepare accurate risk reports, dashboards and presentations for stakeholders.
• Support project teams and clients in developing practical risk reduction solutions.
• Collaborate with leadership, engineering, and technical specialists on risk matters.
• Ensure alignment with governance and delivery priorities.
• Support incident reviews and lessons learned; contribute to business continuity planning.
• Promote risk awareness and training across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and contractual requirements.
• Build relationships with clients, contractors and external stakeholders.

Skills

Risk management

Project controls

Workshop facilitation

Analytical skills

Qualitative risk analysis

Quantified risk analysis

Excel/Word

PowerPoint

Risk databases

PM certifications

Education

APM Project Management

PMI-RMP

PRINCE2

IRM Risk Certificate

Lean Six Sigma

PMI/APM member

Tools

Primavera Risk Analysis

Palisade @RISK

Xactium

ARM

Power BI

Job description

SYSTRA is seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk across high-speed rail and infrastructure projects. You will develop risk frameworks, run workshops with multi-disciplinary teams, maintain risk registers and report to senior management.

The role requires strong analytical skills and formal risk/PM certifications. The role operates in a hybrid environment within the UK, collaborating with project leadership and engineering teams to embed resilient risk practices and improve decision making across