Risk Manager

ASSYSTEM; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An engineering services company in Helensburgh is seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk management for a Defence infrastructure project. The role involves identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risks collaboratively with various stakeholders. Candidates must hold SC clearance and possess strong expertise in risk processes, data analysis, and stakeholder management. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals who thrive in complex environments, contributing to vital projects while ensuring compliance and effective risk management strategies.

Benefits

Dynamic career management policy

Opportunities on global projects

Employee assistance programme

Discount vouchers

Enhanced sick pay

Qualifications

• SC Clearance held and available to work on client site 3-4 days/week.
• Strong knowledge of risk processes and management.
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and see the bigger risk picture.
• Experience in infrastructure risk analysis.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the risk management process, roadmap, and Target Operating Model (TOM).
• Facilitate monthly risk reviews, workshops, and maintain risk registers & dashboards.
• Support Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) and quarterly reporting.
• Manage project assumptions and maintain the Master Data & Assumptions List (MDAL).
• Track mitigation plans and ensure risk actions are delivered.
• Collaborate with project leads, suppliers, and partners to manage risks.
• Monitor supply chain performance and flag emerging issues early.
• Ensure compliance with client processes and infrastructure requirements.

Skills

Risk processes and management

Data analysis

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Proficient IT skills

Job description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world. Every day, our 7,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their millions of neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low‑carbon energy. We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Drawing on more than 55 years of experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering. To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Job Description

Join this Defence project providing Risk Expertise through a Joint Project Team delivering an infrastructure programme.

We’re seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle. Reporting to the Programme Delivery Lead, you’ll work across our clients site, and industry partners to manage risks in a complex, fast‑paced environment.

You’ll need strong project delivery and risk management skills, with experience handling major infrastructure projects and navigating multiple stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the delivery of the risk management process, roadmap, and Target Operating Model (TOM).
• Facilitate monthly risk reviews, workshops, and maintain risk registers & dashboards.
• Support Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) and quarterly reporting.
• Manage project assumptions and maintain the Master Data & Assumptions List (MDAL).
• Track mitigation plans and ensure risk actions are delivered.
• Collaborate with project leads, suppliers, and partners to manage risks, avoid duplication, and drive delivery.
• Monitor supply chain performance and flag emerging issues early.
• Ensure compliance with client processes and infrastructure requirements.

Qualifications

• SC Clearance held and available to work on client site 3–4 days/week.
• Strong knowledge of risk processes and management.
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and see the bigger risk picture.
• Experience in infrastructure risk analysis.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient IT skills.

Additional Information

Why Join the Switchers Community?

• A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions.
• Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects.
• Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text.
• Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs.
• Enhanced sick pay.

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.