PMO Risk Manager - Nuclear

ASSYSTEM; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSYSTEM is seeking a Risk and Delivery PMO professional to support the Head of Delivery Risk within the Project Management Office, enhancing risk processes and assurance systems across multiple functions. You will deputise at executive risk reviews and lead risk activities across projects, driving continual improvement in risk management practices.

The role demands strong leadership, senior stakeholder engagement, and the ability to deliver large-scale QRAs including cost and schedule

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team management across delivery risk functions.
• Ability to engage diverse teams across delivery life cycles and supply chains.
• Strong facilitation skills for workshops and governance meetings.
• Extensive experience delivering cost, schedule, and integrated QRAs.
• Experience applying risk management within project controls/finance interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Support the Risk Functional Lead in developing and maintaining Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
• Deputise at key project meetings (e.g., Executive Risk Review, weekly Functional Leads/ Programme Controls Managers).
• Lead and provide risk management services to cross-project functions.
• Coordinate risk activities (EAC updates, ERR preparation, Integrated QRAs).
• Support progress reporting: monthly risk dashboards, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Contribute to industry knowledge sharing and deliver sector presentations.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Facilitation

Risk Management

QRAs (Cost/Schedule/Integrated)

Delivery/Project Controls

Job description

Finding solutions to climate change is the priority of the 21st century, and means switching to low-carbon energy. At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. To achieve this, our 7,500 Switchers combine their historical engineering expertise and project management with digital technologies.

In our 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Asia) of operation, we are working on the production and distribution of low-carbon electricity, through the development of nuclear and renewable energies. We are also supporting the modernisation and development of energy grids, managing the setup and siting for new transmission and distribution networks, and using hydrogen to decarbonise the transport and industry sectors.

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

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.