Pmo Risk Manager - Nuclear

Assystem; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Senior Risk Lead to deputise for the Head of Delivery Risk within the PMO and to provide risk management support across multiple functions. The role will drive Integrated Project Controls, oversee risk workshops, and lead cross-project risk initiatives, with a focus on delivering robust risk insights and improvements.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, facilitation, and sector experience in major projects, with the ability to coordinate risk

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team management with delegation abilities.
• Excellent engagement across diverse teams in delivery life cycle.
• Well-developed facilitation skills for complex workshops at all levels.
• Deliver large/complex QRAs (Cost, Schedule, Integrated) and related risk analytics.
• Ability to integrate risk/controls with finance and other business processes.
• Deep risk management experience across client/contractor/government sectors.
• Broad sector experience including major projects and governance.

Responsibilities

• Support/ deputise for the Head of Delivery Risk within PMO and provide risk support to multiple functions.
• Assist in developing and maintaining Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes and tools.
• Attend key project meetings as required to represent risk interests.
• Lead risk management services for smaller cross-project functions.
• Coordinate risk activities: EAC updates, ERR prep, Integrated-QRA development.
• Support monthly risk dashboards, forecast-to-complete, variance analysis and improvement insights.
• Promote exemplar risk management through knowledge sharing and sector presentations.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

QRA delivery

Project controls

Enterprise risk mgmt

Industry experience

Job description

Job Description

• Supporting/ deputising for functional Head of Delivery Risk within the Project Management Office (PMO), whilst also providing risk management support to a number of functions within the project.
• Support the Risk Functional Lead in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes. Including assurance systems, tools, and work instructions for use on the project and the flow down of risk requirements as appropriate.
• Support with tasks directed by the Risk Functional Lead, and the ability to deputise at key project meetings, such as, but not limited to: Executive Risk Review meetings and the weekly Functional Leads/ Programme Controls Managers meeting.
• Lead & provide risk management services to a number of smaller, cross-project functions.
• Support the Risk Functional Lead with the planning & co-ordination of risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated-QRA development etc.
• Support the Risk Functional Leads with progress reporting including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.
• Help ensure the project is viewed by the Construction Industry as an exemplar in risk management through knowledge sharing, networking and delivering presentations to the sector.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership capabilities, motivational skills, delegation, team management and team membership, as well as effective collaboration and peer-to-peer relationship-building skills. Role will involve delegating for Risk Functional Lead / leading small approx. 5-person team.
• Strong engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of:
  • Varying size and seniority, at all points in delivery life cycle/ supply chain, as well as breadth of corporate teams/ professionals
  • Ability to extract valuable and relevant insights from risk/ project controls/ delivery processes, and ability to explain them at all levels, for all audiences.
• Well-developed facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate complex/ important workshops for all levels within programme.
• Strong technical skills; able to independently deliver large/ complex QRAs, spanning Cost QRAs, Schedule QRAs, and Integrated QRAs, as well as good enterprise risk management skills
  • Linked capability to integrate/ support breadth of project controls/ project delivery/ business support processes (e.g. Finance)
• Very strong mitigation-related skills underpinned by strong project and programme management and broader project controls experience.
  • In particular, strong ability to understand breadth of project and construction processes, how they drive risk exposure, and understanding of range of mitigation solutions to support.
• Strong in-depth relevant sector experience/ breadth of broader sector experience
  • Strong client/ contactor/ consultancy/ government experience
  • Strong major project/ corporate experience

Additional Information

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.