Risk Engineer

Sizewell C Company; Royal Borough of Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% annual incentive

Pension: up to 7.5% employee / 15%-emr

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Sizewell C is recruiting a Risk Engineer to join the Project Controls team in London on a hybrid, full-time basis. The role focuses on managing PMO risk processes, supporting a Senior Risk Manager, and delivering risk activities across a delivery programme.

Salary around £68,000 plus a 5% annual incentive. The successful candidate will work in a large-scale project environment with multi-disciplinary teams, contribute to EAC updates, ERRs, and risk dashboards, and help drive continuous

Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale projects and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and engage diverse professionals.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Risk Manager in operating Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
• Support with tasks directed by the Senior Risk Manager.
• Support the Senior Risk Manager with the delivery of risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated-QRA development.
• Support the Senior Risk Manager with progress reporting including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Facilitation skills

Engagement skills

Job description

Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK's largest and most important energy projects. We are now recruiting the below position.

Risk Engineer

Closing date: Friday 28th August 2026

• Location: London - hybrid, full time, minimum 3 days per week in the office
• Salary: Circa £68,000 depending on experience
• Bonus: 5% annual incentive
  Pension: Up to 7.5% employee contribution / 15% employer contribution
  Holiday: 28 days plus bank holidays

Impact:

As Risk Engineer, you will work as part of the SZC Project Controls team and will serve as a centre of excellence, managing and strategically using delivery performance management information. Our team will enable successful delivery of SZC Project through proactive Project Controls that drives forward-looking solutions to continuously improve performance. As a Risk Manager, you will be working within the Project Management Office (PMO) and will support/ be deployed with one of SZC's delivery programmes.

The post holder will support the operation of all PMO risk processes across SZC, reporting to a Senior Risk Manager. This will entail supporting the ownership, deployment, and continuous improvement of all the PMO risk process elements of one of SZC's delivery programmes whilst helping to ensure we operate and deliver controls within the SZC governance structure, organisation and delivery model. They will help ensure PMO risk activities being carried out in an efficient manner in accordance with calendars and deadlines established on SZC.

The candidate should have experience of working in a large-scale project environment, as well as experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

Supporting the Senior Risk Manager within one of the SZC capital delivery programmes.

• Support the Senior Risk Manager in operating Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
• Support with tasks directed by the Senior Risk Manager.
• Support the Senior Risk Manager with the delivery of risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated-QRA development etc.
• Support the Senior Risk Manager with progress reporting including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.

Experience, Knowledge, & Qualifications

• Relevant sector experience/ broader sector experience
• Good facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate workshops within programme.
• Good engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of:
  • Range of project and corporate professionals

Desirable

• Project management and broader project controls experience desirable.
• Good technical skills; able to deliver QRAs with support, spanning Cost QRAs and Schedule QRAs
  • Linked capability to integrate/ support breadth of project controls/ project delivery/ business support processes (e.g. Finance)
• Possible risk management/ other technical/ capital-intensive sector-specific management qualifications
  • Good client/ contactor/ consultancy/ government experience
  • Good major project/ corporate experience

Why Join Us

• A major infrastructure project with national impact
• Hybrid working with flexibility built in
• Competitive salary,bonusand benefits
• Clear progression and development opportunities
• Supportive, collaborative team environment

Behavioural Competences

Humility

• Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences.
• Be open to other's points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise.

Positivity

• Positively challenge poor quality and performance.
• Identify solutions at the lowest possible level.
• Encourage others to bring new ideas forward.

Respect

• Value the rules and environment in which we operate.
• Give and receive feedback with respect.
• Embrace and engage with new people and ideas.

Solidarity

• One team, working closely together and helping each other.
• Empowered teams always looking forward.
• Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes.

Clarity

• Communicate clearly and consistently.
• Promote collaboration and team alignment.
• Clearer and faster decision making.
• Drive simplification at all levels.