Risk Manager

Assystem; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem is seeking an experienced Risk Manager to join the project controls team and support the delivery of complex programmes. The role focuses on identifying, assessing and managing risks across the project lifecycle, translating risk information into practical actions for project delivery.

You will collaborate with Project Managers, Planning, Cost, Commercial and Engineering teams to ensure risks, opportunities and mitigation actions are clearly understood and actively managed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project or programme risk management.
• Experience with multiple disciplines (planning, cost, engineering) to integrate risk insights.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the project risk management process from identification to mitigation and close-out.
• Facilitate risk workshops with project teams and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project and programme risk registers.
• Ensure risks are defined, categorized and assigned to owners.
• Provide risk reporting and dashboarding to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Project controls

Risk workshops

Risk reporting

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Risk Manager to join our project controls team and support the successful delivery of complex projects and programmes.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in project and programme risk management, with experience identifying, assessing and managing risks across the project lifecycle.

Working closely with Project Managers, Project Controls, Planning, Commercial, Cost and Engineering teams, you will provide effective risk management support and ensure that project risks, opportunities and mitigation actions are clearly understood, actively managed and appropriately reported.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is confident working with project teams and stakeholders and can translate risk information into clear, practical actions that support project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the project risk management process from risk identification through to mitigation and close-out.
• Facilitate regular risk identification, assessment and review workshops with project teams and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project and programme risk registers.
• Ensure risks are clearly defined, appropriately categorised and assigned to accountable owners.
• Assess and challenge risk probability, impact and exposure to ensure risks are consistently evaluated.
• Work with risk owners to develop effective mitigation and response plans.
• Monitor the progress and effectiveness of risk mitigation actions.
• Identify emerging risks and ensure they are captured and communicated to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Support the identification and management of opportunities as well as threats.
• Undertake qualitative and quantitative risk analysis where required.
• Support schedule and cost risk analysis and ensure risk exposure is appropriately reflected in project forecasts.
• Work closely with Planning and Cost teams to understand the potential impact of risks on programme and budget.
• Provide regular risk reporting and analysis to Project Managers, Project Controls teams and senior stakeholders.
• Produce risk dashboards, reports and trend analysis highlighting key areas of exposure.
• Monitor changes in the project environment and assess their potential impact on the overall risk profile.
• Ensure risk management is integrated with change control, planning, cost, commercial and project controls processes.
• Support project governance and risk reviews.
• Maintain appropriate risk management documentation and ensure a clear audit trail.
• Promote a proactive risk management culture across project teams.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of project risk management processes and procedures.

About You

• Proven experience in project or programme risk management.
• Experience working within project controls, infrastructure, construction, engineering, energy or major capital projects.
• Good understanding of risk management principles, processes and methodologies.
• Experience developing and maintaining risk registers.
• Experience facilitating risk workshops with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong understanding of probability, impact, risk exposure and mitigation strategies.
• Experience working with cost and schedule risks.
• Good understanding of the relationship between risk, cost, programme, change and project delivery.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to challenge project teams constructively and ensure risks are actively managed.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple risks and projects simultaneously.
• Good understanding of project governance and reporting requirements.
• Experience using risk management and project controls systems.

Additional Information

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter!. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.