Risk Manager

SYSTRA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA is seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk across high-speed rail and infrastructure projects. You will develop risk frameworks, run workshops with multi-disciplinary teams, maintain risk registers and report to senior management.

The role requires strong analytical skills and formal risk/PM certifications. The role operates in a hybrid environment within the UK, collaborating with project leadership and engineering teams to embed resilient risk practices and improve decision making across

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing risk within infrastructure, construction or other large-scale project environments.
• Demonstrable experience in risk management or a closely related project controls discipline.
• Experience facilitating workshops with multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into clear risk insights.
• Experience qualitative and quantified cost risk analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project risk management frameworks, policies, processes and procedures.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and report project operational and compliance risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops and risk reviews to identify and assess risks and opportunities.
• Maintain and update risk registers with risks, controls, actions and owners.
• Track mitigation actions and monitor effectiveness of risk controls.
• Escalate significant, emerging or unmanaged risks to senior management.
• Provide risk analysis, insights and recommendations to inform decisions across projects.
• Prepare accurate risk reports, dashboards and presentations for stakeholders.
• Support project teams and clients in developing practical risk reduction solutions.
• Collaborate with leadership, engineering, and technical specialists on risk matters.
• Ensure alignment with governance and delivery priorities.
• Support incident reviews and lessons learned; contribute to business continuity planning.
• Promote risk awareness and training across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and contractual requirements.
• Build relationships with clients, contractors and external stakeholders.

Skills

Risk management

Project controls

Workshop facilitation

Analytical skills

Qualitative risk analysis

Quantified risk analysis

Excel/Word

PowerPoint

Risk databases

PM certifications

Education

APM Project Management

PMI-RMP

PRINCE2

IRM Risk Certificate

Lean Six Sigma

PMI/APM member

Tools

Primavera Risk Analysis

Palisade @RISK

Xactium

ARM

Power BI

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

The Risk Manager is responsible for leading the identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of risks across transport and infrastructure projects. The role ensures that strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, safety, and project risks are effectively managed to support project objectives, maintain compliance and promote resilient decision making.

This position plays a key role in embedding a strong risk management culture across the project, ensuring that risks are understood, reported clearly, and managed proactively throughout the lifecycle.

With a focus on the design of high-speed rail infrastructure, the Risk Manager may also support other markets in the UK and overseas

Missions/Main Duties

• Develop and maintain project risk management frameworks, policies, processes and procedures.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and report project operational and compliance risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops and risk reviews to ensure risks and opportunities are identified and assessed.
• Maintain and update risk registers, ensuring risks, controls, actions and owners are clearly recorded.
• Track mitigation actions and monitor the effectiveness of risk controls and treatment plans.
• Escalate significant, emerging or unmanaged risks to senior management where appropriate.
• Provide risk analysis, insight and recommendations to support informed decision-making across projects.
• Prepare accurate risk reports, dashboards and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support project teams and clients in developing practical solutions to manage and reduce risk exposure.
• Work closely with project leadership, engineering teams, technical specialists, 3S teams and other stakeholders on risk-related matters.
• Ensure risk management activities are aligned with project objectives, governance requirements and delivery priorities.
• Support incident reviews, lessons learned activities and business continuity planning where relevant.
• Promote risk awareness and provide guidance and training to embed good risk management practice across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, industry standards and contractual requirements.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with clients, contractors, and other external stakeholders to support successful project delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement in risk management processes, tools and reporting.
• Demonstrate behaviours that support collaboration, respect, excellence and empowerment.

Profile/Skills

• Proven experience managing risk within infrastructure, construction or other large-scale project environments.
• Demonstrable experience in risk management or a closely related project controls discipline.
• Experience facilitating workshops to identify, assess, mitigate and review risks with multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and translate it into clear risk insights.
• Experience undertaking qualitative risk analysis and quantified cost risk analysis.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word, with competence in PowerPoint for presentations.
• Competence using risk databases or risk management systems to maintain accurate records and support reporting.
• Recognised risk management or project management certification, such as APM Project Management, PMI-RMP or equivalent.
• PRINCE2 or equivalent project management certification.
• IRM Risk Certificate or equivalent risk qualification.
• Lean Management or Six Sigma certification.
• Member of relevant institution (PMI, APM desirable).

Desirable

Advanced technical capability

• Advanced Excel skills for data analysis, modelling and reporting.
• Experience using tools such as Primavera Risk Analysis, Palisade @RISK, Xactium, ARM and Power BI.
• Experience undertaking quantified schedule risk analysis.

Project planning and controls

• Understanding of project planning and its integration with risk management, change control and reporting processes.

Industry knowledge

Exposure to construction practices within major infrastructure projects.

Workplace Type

Hybrid