Risk Analyst - Project Controls for Infrastructure (Edinburgh)

Turner & Townsend; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Assistant Risk Manager for our Edinburgh office to bolster the Project Controls Team. The role focuses on identifying threats and opportunities across high-profile construction and infrastructure projects, with emphasis on qualitative and quantitative risk assessment and mitigation planning.

Ideal candidates will have industry experience in construction or consultancy, knowledge of QRSA/QCSA methods, and familiarity with tools like Safran, @risk, PRA, Tableau and

Qualifications

• Industry experience in construction, infrastructure, engineering, automotive or consultancy.
• Understanding integrated risk management across portfolios, programmes and projects.
• Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment including probabilistic modelling (QRSA/QCSA) with tools such as @risk, PRA or equivalent.
• Risk and Scenario Analysis workshop facilitation.
• Development of proactive threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation.
• Broad understanding of Project Controls methodology and risk management interactions.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues.
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to support risk budgeting and timing.
• Develop appropriate, measurable management responses and assess post-mitigation positions.
• Monitor overall risk exposure against remaining risk budget and timeline.
• Produce and present fit-for-purpose risk reports for senior management.
• Understand quantitative risk assessment to inform contingency and time risk allowances.
• Familiarity with web-based tools such as ARM, Xactium, Predict, Tableau, PowerBI.

Skills

Industry experience

QRSA/QCSA

Risk analysis

Scenario analysis

Mitigation planning

Project controls

Education

Engineering or related degree

Tools

Safran

@RISK

PRA

Tableau

PowerBI

Xactium

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Assistant Risk Manager for our Edinburgh office to bolster the Project Controls Team. The role focuses on identifying threats and opportunities across high-profile construction and infrastructure projects, with emphasis on qualitative and quantitative risk assessment and mitigation planning.

Ideal candidates will have industry experience in construction or consultancy, knowledge of QRSA/QCSA methods, and familiarity with tools like Safran, @risk, PRA, Tableau and