Programme Risk Manager - Derby

Balfour Beatty; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Family friendly policies

Pension and incentive schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects division in Derby seeks a Programme Risk Manager to shape and deliver the Programme Risk Management Strategy across a complex portfolio. You will work with Project Team Risk Owners and stakeholders to ensure robust risk identification, assessment and mitigation, driving informed decisions across the programme.

You will coordinate risk reporting, lead risk workshops, and develop training to uplift the risk capability of project teams, with a focus on delivery

Qualifications

• Experience in a project-based risk management role across large programmes.
• Strong experience in QCRA / QSRA and use of ARM.
• Understanding of NEC4 contracts, ideally within a cost reimbursable environment.
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across all levels.

Responsibilities

• Maintain project risk registers and ensure compliance with BB standards.
• Manage programme-level risk register derived from project escalations.
• Provide robust risk reporting to support governance and performance.
• Lead risk workshops and drive structured risk identification, assessment and mitigation.
• Deliver risk training to upskill project teams and risk owners.
• Develop and deliver risk reporting to the Programme Leadership Team.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Risk workshops

Quantitative risk analysis

Report writing

MS Office 365

Education

Degree qualified

Tools

Active Risk Manager (ARM)

NEC4 contracts

Job description

About the role

Join Balfour Beatty's Major Projects division and play a key role in delivering a high-profile programme in Derby. We are looking for a Programme Risk Manager to support the Programme Leadership Team in shaping and delivering the Programme Risk Management Strategy across a complex and fast-moving portfolio of works. You'll work closely with Project Team Risk Owners and collaborate with stakeholders across Balfour Beatty, the customer and design partners, ensuring robust identification, assessment and management of programme and project risks. From driving risk-informed decision making to coordinating reporting and ensuring effective mitigation strategies, you will be central to maintaining programme certainty and performance. This is a unique opportunity to influence delivery at scale within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment and contribute to the successful delivery of critical infrastructure.

What you'll be doing

Key accountabilities:

• Project teams - Support the ongoing maintenance of project risk registers, ensuring compliance with Balfour Beatty operating standards throughout delivery
• Programme leadership - Enable timely reporting into the Programme Board, including ownership and management of the programme-level risk register derived from project escalations
• Project Controls - Provide robust risk reporting to support the Project Controls Management Plan and wider programme performance reporting
• Group Risk / ERM - Interface with the central risk team to ensure alignment with ERM frameworks, standards and system updates, while contributing to best practice across the wider risk community
• Internal stakeholders - Engage across Balfour Beatty business units to ensure programme risks are understood, documented and communicated effectively
• Client & external partners - Collaborate with the client risk team and integrated design partners to align risk strategies and meet contractual reporting requirements
• Support the development, implementation and periodic review of the programme risk management strategy, cadence and approach
• Lead and facilitate risk identification, assessment, mitigation and monitoring activities across projects, including structured risk workshops
• Undertake quantitative risk analysis (cost and schedule), including modelling assumptions, dependencies and constraints in line with client requirements
• Provide direct support to risk owners, driving consistent risk assessment and effective mitigation strategies through a collaborative approach
• Develop and deliver targeted risk training to upskill project teams, risk owners and action owners in line with Balfour Beatty ERM and client requirements
• Produce project-specific risk management plans where required for complex or high-risk packages
• Develop and deliver risk reporting to the Programme Leadership Team, supporting informed decision-making
• Drive cross-programme collaboration, ensuring consistent approaches and effective stakeholder engagement in risk forums
• Share best practice and continuous improvement insights with the wider Balfour Beatty risk community
• Embed risk management as a core part of programme culture, ensuring it underpins project processes, governance and controls

Who we're looking for

• Degree qualified (preferred)
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with clients and design partners
• Experience in a project-based risk management role across complex, large-scale programmes
• Strong experience in QCRA / QSRA and use of Active Risk Manager (ARM)
• Understanding of NEC4 contracts, ideally within a cost reimbursable environment
• Solid knowledge of ERM frameworks, risk processes and controls, with application across major infrastructure projects
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across all levels of the business
• Demonstrated capability to build and maintain relationships across diverse stakeholder groups
• Experience in facilitating risk workshops and delivering training
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage workload independently and proactively drive risk management initiatives
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to seeing tasks through to completion
• Confident in report writing and presentation, both written and verbal
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 applications

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life.

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty's Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK's most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we're driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]