Project Risk manager - Construction Consultancy

CMR; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension: employer contribution 4%

Life Assurance (x4 salary)

Bonus scheme

Training & development

24/7 Employee assistance program

Job summary

CMR is seeking a Risk Manager to join our Project Controls team, supporting clients on major construction projects. You will identify, assess and manage risks, facilitate workshops, maintain risk registers and produce insightful risk reports.

Ideal candidates have extensive risk management experience in projects, strong analytical skills, and a proactive approach to improving risk processes. This role offers hybrid working: home-based with London office collaboration several days weekly.

Qualifications

• Essential: experience in risk management within project controls.
• Essential: worked on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Essential: understanding of risk management methodologies and mitigation.
• Essential: able to develop and maintain project risk registers.
• Essential: facilitate risk workshops with stakeholders.
• Essential: strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Essential: technically minded with ability to communicate concepts.
• Essential: good communication and stakeholder management.
• Essential: proactive in improving risk management.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and manage project risks with PM and commercial teams.
• Facilitate risk workshops; capture key risks, opportunities and exposures.
• Maintain and define risks with causes, events, impacts and mitigations.
• Assess likelihood and impact; support proportionate responses.
• Monitor mitigation actions; ensure progression and closure.
• Produce monthly risk reports with analysis and insight.
• Support qualitative and quantitative risk analyses for cost/schedule exposures.
• Identify trends and escalate to senior staff when needed.
• Build relationships with stakeholders to promote risk culture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of risk processes and tools.
• Support Senior Risk Managers in delivering high-quality services.

Skills

Risk management experience

Major construction projects

Risk management methods

Risk registers

Risk workshops

Analytical skills

Technical background

Stakeholder management

Proactive risk improvement

Education

APM qualification

IRM qualification

Tools

Primavera Risk Analysis

@Risk

ARM

Safran

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 us

CMR 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.

• Experience working within a project controls environment.

At CMR

We have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that share our values and ambitions.

We’re proud that 96% of our team say CMR is a “Great Place to Work” — a reflection of our supportive culture, focus on people, and drive to do things differently.

Learn more about us here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

Requirements and Location

• Full right to work in the UK.

• Working from home and in the Birmingham office 3 days a week.

Salary & Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (including Dentist and Optician)

• Life Assurance (x4 Salary)

• Pension: employer contribution of 4%

• Company and personal performance‑based bonus

• Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Long Service Leave

• Training and professional development

• Regular social events

• Perkbox – employee experience platform

CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.