Risk Management - all levels

Turner & Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consultancy in Birmingham is seeking a Risk Manager for its Project Controls Team. The role involves supporting high-profile infrastructure projects in sectors such as energy and rail. Key responsibilities include risk identification and prioritization, developing management responses, and producing risk reports. Candidates must have experience in risk delivery on major projects and excellent communication skills. This position may also involve SOX control responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Working understanding of integrated risk management solutions.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment.
• Excellent communication skills and commitment to effective working.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and prioritize threats and opportunities.
• Produce timely risk reports for management.
• Monitor overall risk exposure against budgets and timelines.

Skills

Risk analysis

Communication skills

Project Controls methodology

Quantitative risk assessment

Facilitation of workshops

Education

Experience in risk delivery on major projects

Certifications in risk management (IRM/APM preferred)

Tools

Safran

@risk

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for Risk Managers within our Project Controls Team, based out of our Midlands region.

As a Risk Manager, you will be an integral member of the Project Controls Team, undertaking duties on high profile infrastructure projects across the energy, renewables, defence, rail and utilities sector.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities, and issues
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity
• Assist with the identification and development of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post mitigated positions
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining risk budget and timeline
• Produce and present fit for purpose risk reports, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status and required senior management action
• Understand quantitative risk assessment (cost, schedule and integrated) to inform project contingency and time risk allowance levels. Demonstrate basic to practitioner competency with tools such as Safran, @risk, PRA or similar
• Familiarity with web-based database/reporting tools – ARM, Xactium, Predict, Tableau, PowerBI

Qualifications

• A working understanding of developing and implementing integrated risk management solutions across portfolios, programmes and projects
• Risk and Scenario Analysis workshop facilitation
• Development of proactive threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation
• Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk including probabilistic modelling (@risk, PRA or equivalent). Industry leading training will be provided
• Broad understanding of Project Controls methodology and risk management interactions

It is essential that you have experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes or blue‑chip clients. Project experience within energy, renewables, defence, rail and utilities will be an advantage.

Attainment or working towards IRM / APM risk certified candidates preferred.

Candidates are expected to have excellent communication skills (oral and written) and be genuinely committed to developing new and more effective ways of working.

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.