Project Risk & Opportunity Leader

E&P; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Aureos seeks a Risk & Opportunity Manager to lead project risk and opportunity activities across major programmes in the UK. You will own the Risk & Opportunity Register, quantify risks, and drive mitigation and opportunity actions with clear owners and deadlines.

Collaborate with commercial, finance, planning and delivery teams to inform forecast cost, contingency and EAC, while running risk workshops and producing dashboards on exposure and trends for governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Economics or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable experience in risk management, project controls, commercial management, planning or cost management within major projects or complex programmes.
• Strong understanding of cost forecasting, programme management, contingency management and project controls.
• Good working knowledge of quantitative risk techniques, including cost and schedule risk analysis.
• Competence in risk management and analytical tools, potentially including Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Excel, Power BI and quantitative risk modelling software.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the project Risk & Opportunity Register, ensuring risks are identified, quantified and actively managed.
• Lead regular risk and opportunity reviews with project, commercial, planning and delivery teams.
• Facilitate structured risk workshops to identify emerging threats and opportunities across the project lifecycle.
• Quantify the cost and programme impact of risks and opportunities, including probability-based assessments.
• Work with Commercial and Finance to reflect risk exposures in forecast cost, contingency and EAC.

Skills

Risk management

Project controls

Cost forecasting

Program management

Quantitative risk techniques

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

Power BI

Risk modelling software

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management / Project Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

Power BI

Safran Risk

Job description

Aureos seeks a Risk & Opportunity Manager to lead project risk and opportunity activities across major programmes in the UK. You will own the Risk & Opportunity Register, quantify risks, and drive mitigation and opportunity actions with clear owners and deadlines.

Collaborate with commercial, finance, planning and delivery teams to inform forecast cost, contingency and EAC, while running risk workshops and producing dashboards on exposure and trends for governance reviews.