Project Risk & Controls Lead

Assystem; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSYSTEM in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Risk Manager to join our project controls team and support delivery of complex programmes. You will identify, assess and manage risks across the project lifecycle, collaborating with planning, cost and engineering teams to translate risk information into actionable steps for project delivery.

This hands-on role requires proactive communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to produce risk dashboards and reports for senior management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project or programme risk management.
• Experience facilitating risk workshops with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of probability, impact, risk exposure and mitigation strategies.
• Experience working with cost and schedule risks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the project risk management process from risk identification through to mitigation and close-out.
• Facilitate regular risk identification, assessment and review workshops with project teams and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project and programme risk registers.
• Ensure risks are clearly defined, categorised and assigned to accountable owners.
• Assess and challenge risk probability, impact and exposure to ensure risks are consistently evaluated.
• Work with risk owners to develop effective mitigation and response plans.
• Monitor the progress and effectiveness of risk mitigation actions.
• Identify emerging risks and ensure they are captured and communicated to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Support the identification and management of opportunities as well as threats.
• Undertake qualitative and quantitative risk analysis where required.
• Support schedule and cost risk analysis and ensure risk exposure is appropriately reflected in project forecasts.
• Work closely with Planning and Cost teams to understand the potential impact of risks on programme and budget.
• Provide regular risk reporting and analysis to Project Managers, Project Controls teams and senior stakeholders.
• Produce risk dashboards, reports and trend analysis highlighting key areas of exposure.
• Monitor changes in the project environment and assess their potential impact on the overall risk profile.
• Ensure risk management is integrated with change control, planning, cost, commercial and project controls processes.
• Support project governance and risk reviews.
• Maintain appropriate risk management documentation and ensure a clear audit trail.
• Promote a proactive risk management culture across project teams.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of project risk management processes and procedures.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytical thinking

Risk workshops

Job description

ASSYSTEM in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Risk Manager to join our project controls team and support delivery of complex programmes. You will identify, assess and manage risks across the project lifecycle, collaborating with planning, cost and engineering teams to translate risk information into actionable steps for project delivery.

This hands-on role requires proactive communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to produce risk dashboards and reports for senior management.