Risk Manager

Electus Recruitment; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency specializing in engineering roles is seeking a Risk Manager for project controls in the defence sector. This hybrid role allows work from any UK office with responsibility for implementing risk management processes and producing risk reports. Candidates must have experience managing risk in a project environment and relevant qualifications. Security clearance is required for this permanent position.

Qualifications

• Experience managing risk in a project or programme environment in the defence sector.
• Understanding of project controls interactions with risk management.
• Familiarity with at least one risk standard (ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Implement risk management processes and promote best practices.
• Guide project teams and support performance-management decision-making.
• Produce risk reports effectively.

Skills

Risk management

Project controls interaction

Risk reporting

Education

APM Risk Certificate Level 2 or MoR Practitioner

Tools

ARM

Predict! Risk Controller

Risk Hive

Xactium

Job description

Risk Manager – Project Controls

Salary: Circa £55,000–£65,000 per annum

Location: Any UK office – hybrid working

We are supporting a client in the defence sector with the recruitment of a Risk Manager – Project Controls. This role offers the opportunity to work across multiple UK locations on high‑profile projects within a collaborative and experienced project controls team.

Location and Working Pattern

Open to any UK office (Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield, Teesside) with a hybrid working pattern, requiring a maximum of three days on site.

Role Overview

The Risk Manager will be responsible for implementing and maintaining risk management processes across projects and programmes. The role involves maintaining risk registers, facilitating risk workshops, producing timely risk reports, challenging risk information for accuracy and robustness, and ensuring alignment with other project controls disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement risk management processes and promote best practices within project teams
• Guide project teams and support performance‑management decision‑making
• Produce risk reports to communicate project risk positions effectively
• Align risk information with scheduling, cost control, and change control disciplines

Requirements

• Experience in managing risk in a project or programme environment in the defence sector
• Understanding of project controls interactions with risk management
• Familiarity with at least one risk standard (ISO31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA) desirable
• Relevant qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2 or MoR Practitioner
• Familiarity with at least one risk tool (ARM, Predict! Risk Controller, Risk Hive, Xactium)
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required

Security and Nationality

Due to the nature of work at our client’s site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens who hold security clearance or can obtain it.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high‑technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are free to resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.

This is a permanent role.