Risk Manager

Laing O'Rourke; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke in Birmingham is seeking an Assistant Risk Manager for a multi-billion-pound energy infrastructure programme. This role involves shaping risk strategy and managing risks across significant projects to enhance delivery confidence.

The ideal candidate will have experience in large infrastructure risk management, strong communication skills, and an understanding of risk quantification. Professional accreditation is valued but not essential.

This position offers long-term stability and the chance to influence how risk is managed at a national scale.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk, commercial or project controls on large infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of risk quantification and cost/schedule impact.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management across multiple projects.
• Facilitate risk identification and mitigation workshops.
• Translate complex risk data into clear insights.

Skills

Risk management

Commercial controls

Project controls

Risk quantification

Cost/schedule impact analysis

Communication with senior leaders

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying, Project Management or Risk Management

Tools

Riskonnect ARM

Primavera

CEMAR

Active Risk Manager

Job description

Assistant Risk Manager – Major UK Power Infrastructure Programme

Value: £Multi‑Billion | Nationally Significant | Energy Transition

Birmingham (+ site visits) Permanent | Full‑time Power / Major Civil Infrastructure

Shape the risk strategy for one of the UK's most important infrastructure programmes. This is an integrator risk role on a multi‑billion‑pound upgrade of the UK power network – a long‑term programme critical to the UK’s energy security and transition to clean power. As Risk Manager within the Great Grid Partnership — an alliance between National Grid, Laing O'Rourke and strategic delivery partners — you'll work at programme level, influencing decisions that affect cost, schedule, delivery confidence and long‑term value.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Lead risk management across multiple, interconnected major projects, helping senior leaders and delivery teams make informed, balanced decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Owning and evolving the programme‑level risk management framework
• Facilitating collaborative risk identification and risk mitigation workshops
• Quantifying risk impacts to cost, schedule and contingency
• Supporting robust, proportionate contingency and forecasting approaches
• Translating complex risk data into clear, meaningful insight for senior stakeholders
• Advising leadership on risk exposure, opportunity and mitigation strategy
• Maintaining transparent, high‑quality risk reporting and governance
• Working across interfaces including ground risk, environment, supply chain, inflation, design and delivery integration

Who This Role Suits

You will thrive if you enjoy working at the intersection of data, judgement and people, and you are confident operating in a collaborative, major‑project environment.

Requirements

• Experience in risk, commercial or project controls on large infrastructure or construction programmes
• Strong understanding of risk quantification and cost/schedule impact analysis
• Experience using risk tools (including Riskonnect ARM)
• The ability to bring structure and clarity to complex, multi‑stakeholder environments
• Confident, credible communication skills with senior leaders and delivery teams
• A collaborative mindset — comfortable influencing without hierarchy

Qualifications and experience considered in Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Project Management or Risk Management are valued. Professional accreditation (IRM, APM, PMI, CIOB Risk) is welcomed but not essential.

Transferable tools considered: Primavera, CEMAR, Active Risk Manager.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Multi‑billion‑pound, nationally critical programme
• Long‑term stability on a flagship energy transition project
• Programme‑level influence — not just project‑by‑project delivery
• Close working with National Grid and major delivery partners
• Strong focus on innovation, digital tools and modern risk practice
• A collaborative partnership model where your voice is heard
• Clear opportunity to shape how risk is managed at scale

Travel and Working Location

Travel will include Birmingham‑based working and periodic site visits as the programme develops.

Disability Confident

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, candidates who meet the essential criteria may request to be considered under the Offer an Interview Scheme. If you would like to opt in, or if you need any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know.

Contact

For more information about our process, please email [e-mail].