Project Risk manager - Construction Consultancy

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CMR in London is seeking a Risk Manager to join the Project Controls team, working from home and in the London office three days a week. You will support the identification, assessment and management of project risks across major construction projects, ensuring risks are understood, mitigated and communicated to stakeholders.

You will collaborate with Project Controls, Project Management and Commercial teams, facilitate risk workshops, maintain risk registers and contribute to monthly risk

Qualifications

• Relevant experience within a project management, project controls or risk management environment.
• Experience working on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Good understanding of risk management methodologies, mitigation processes and techniques.
• Experience developing and maintaining project risk registers.
• Experience facilitating or supporting risk workshops with project stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret project information and identify potential areas of risk.
• Technically minded with ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to a wider audience.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Management and Commercial Teams in the effective identification, assessment and management of project risks.
• Facilitate and support risk workshops, ensuring key risks, opportunities and exposures are identified and appropriately captured.
• Maintain project risk registers, ensuring risks are clearly defined in terms of causes, events, impacts and appropriate mitigation actions.
• Work with project teams to assess the likelihood and impact of identified risks and support the development of effective and proportionate responses.
• Monitor risk mitigation actions and ensure agreed actions are progressed and closed out.
• Support the production of monthly project reports, providing accurate risk information, analysis and insight.
• Assist with qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to help project teams understand potential cost and schedule exposure.
• Identify trends, emerging risks and areas of concern, escalating these to senior members of the team where appropriate.
• Build strong working relationships with project and client stakeholders, promoting a positive and proactive risk culture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of risk management processes, tools and ways of working.
• Support Senior Risk Managers and Project Controls Leads in delivering high-quality risk management services to clients.

Skills

Risk management

Project controls

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Risk workshops

Communication

Tools

@Risk

Primavera Risk Analysis

ARM

Job description

Position: Risk Manager Location: Working from home and in the London office 3 days a week Type: Full-time Start Date: Immediate

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Risk Manager to join our Project Controls team and play an important role in supporting our clients across a range of major construction projects.

As a Risk Manager, you will work closely with our Project Controls, Project Management and Commercial teams to support the effective identification, assessment and management of project risks. You will help ensure that risks are understood, appropriately mitigated and effectively communicated to project stakeholders.

About usCMR is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided.

We are a progressive and dynamic consultancy offering tailored project controls services across a range of industries.

Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.

Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

What’s in it for you?

At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.

• If you demonstrate the capability, our merit-based system will enable you to develop quickly.

• We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas.

• Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.

• We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough.

You’ll

Support the Project Management and Commercial Teams in the effective identification, assessment and management of project risks.

• Facilitate and support risk workshops, ensuring key risks, opportunities and exposures are identified and appropriately captured.

• Maintain project risk registers, ensuring risks are clearly defined in terms of causes, events, impacts and appropriate mitigation actions.

• Work with project teams to assess the likelihood and impact of identified risks and support the development of effective and proportionate responses.

• Monitor risk mitigation actions and work with stakeholders to ensure agreed actions are progressed and closed out.

• Support the production of monthly project reports, providing accurate risk information, analysis and insight.

• Assist with qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to help project teams understand potential cost and schedule exposure.

• Identify trends, emerging risks and areas of concern, escalating these to senior members of the team where appropriate.

• Build strong working relationships with project and client stakeholders, helping to promote a positive and proactive risk culture.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of CMR's risk management processes, tools and ways of working.

• Support Senior Risk Managers and Project Controls Leads in delivering high-quality risk management services to our clients.

We're looking for:Essential

Relevant experience within a project management, project controls or risk management environment.

• Experience working on major construction or infrastructure projects.

• A good understanding of risk management methodologies, mitigation processes and techniques.

• Experience in developing and maintaining project risk registers.

• Experience facilitating or supporting risk workshops with project stakeholders.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret project information and identify potential areas of risk.

• A technically minded individual who can understand technical concepts and communicate them clearly to a wider audience.

• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions and ask the right questions.

• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities to improve project performance and risk management.

Desirable

Recognised project management or risk qualification such as Association for Project Management (APM) or Institute of Risk Management (IRM).

• Experience of quantitative risk analysis and/or cost and schedule risk analysis.

• Experience using risk management or quantitative risk analysis tools such as @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, ARM or Safran.