Project Risk Manager

Jobtailor; Bury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced risk manager to lead contract risk activities, author risk plans, and drive risk data analysis across client projects.

You will facilitate risk reviews, maintain risk registers, and produce monthly governance reports, ensuring alignment with standards and contractual requirements.

Qualifications

• APM Risk Cert 1&2 or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience maintaining risk registers and governance processes.
• Proficient in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques.
• Experience supporting risk owners with controls and risk responses.
• Driving license and willingness to travel as needed.
• No security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and lead all aspects of the risk management process in line with the risk management plan.
• Author the Contract Risk Management Plan with annual updates.
• Facilitate monthly risk reviews with risk owners to maintain data quality.
• Publish monthly risk registers and generate monthly reports for key risk roles.
• Support project teams in implementing risk management aligned with standards and client requirements.
• Collate and analyse risk data to inform governance discussions and decisions.
• Provide first-line risk management support to contracted client projects.
• Assist in delivery of major programmes, including risk management for cross-functional work streams.

Skills

Risk Management

Risk Register Maintenance

Qualitative Risk Assessment

Quantitative Risk Assessment

Risk Analysis

Risk Reporting

Risk Review Facilitation

Contract Risk Management

Risk Data Collation

Risk Response Identification

Education

APM Risk Cert 1&2

APM PFQ

Bachelor’s degree in risk management, project management or a relevant technical subject is desirable

Job description

• Facilitate and lead all aspects of the risk management process in compliance with the risk management plan
• Author the Contract Risk Management Plan, including annual updates
• Facilitate monthly risk reviews with risk owners to maintain risk-data quality
• Publish monthly risk registers
• Generate monthly reports for key risk roles
• Uphold and review risk-product quality against associated risk standards
• Prepare risk data and undertake routine risk analysis
• Provide first-line risk management support to one or more contracted client projects
• Support Contract/Project teams in implementing effective risk management aligned with Costain standards and client contractual requirements
• Collate and analyse risk data
• Report and escal… risk-management matters through internal risk-governance channels and client contractual mechanisms
• Support delivery of the £240m Simister Island M60/M62/M66 interchange improvement project north of Manchester

Requirements

• Project Risk qualification, for example APM Risk Cert 1&2
• APM PFQ
• Or equivalent qualifications or experience
• Ability to apply and operate core requirements of a standard project risk process, including maintenance of risk registers
• Experience of planning collaborative risk activities using a range of techniques to facilitate project / programme teams to identify, define, evaluate, respond to and report on risks to project objectives
• Awareness and experience of using qualitative and quantitative risk assessment criteria
• Experience supporting risk owners with identification of controls and risk responses
• Desirable: awareness and/or experience of supporting contract/commercial level risk management activities
• Bachelor’s degree in risk management, project management or a relevant technical subject is desirable
• Driving required
• No security clearance required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in risk management processes, including the development and maintenance of risk registers, and the application of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques. Capable of facilitating collaborative risk activities and providing first-line risk management support for client projects.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Risk Qualification
• APM Risk Cert 1&2
• APM PFQ
• Risk Data Analysis
• Risk Management Process

Hard Skills

• Risk Management
• Risk Register Maintenance
• Qualitative Risk Assessment
• Quantitative Risk Assessment
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Reporting
• Risk Review Facilitation
• Contract Risk Management
• Risk Data Collation
• Risk Response Identification

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Facilitation
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• APM Risk Cert 1&2
• APM PFQ

Industry Keywords

• Risk Management Plan
• Risk Governance
• Client Contractual Requirements
• Project Objectives
• Simister Island M60/M62/M66 Project