Risk Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking a Risk Manager to join their Devonport team. You will play a critical role in managing risks in some of the UK's most important infrastructure projects. This hybrid position offers 35 hours of work per week, providing a chance to work four days onsite and one day from home. Ideal candidates will have experience in project risk management, strong communication skills, and relevant qualifications. The role offers excellent professional development and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Professional Fees payment

Holiday Trading options

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project risk management within the construction industry.
• Skilled in risk management software such as RiskHive, Safran, or similar software.
• Knowledge of Quantitative Risk Analysis and/or NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain the Project Risk and Opportunity Register.
• Coordinate monthly risk and opportunity reviews with Project teams.
• Generate risk reports and statistics for senior stakeholders.
• Support mitigation planning and monitor progress.

Skills

Project risk management experience

Risk management software skills (e.g. RiskHive, Safran)

Quantitative Risk Analysis knowledge

Strong communication skills

Education

Degree in risk, project management, engineering or related discipline

Job description

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of defence and engineering — join us as a Risk Manager and make a real impact.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Risk Manager at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon.

The role

As a Risk Manager, you’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most complex and critical infrastructure programmes. Your expertise will help us identify, assess and mitigate risks across major project delivery phases, ensuring success for both our business and national security. This is a role where your decisions matter, your skills grow and your career thrives.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Develop, implement and maintain the Project Risk and Opportunity Register
• Coordinate monthly risk and opportunity reviews with Project teams
• Generate risk reports and statistics for senior stakeholders
• Support mitigation planning and monitor progress
• Contribute to period-end reporting and project governance

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 4 days in the office/onsite and 1 day working from home.

Essential experience of the Risk Manager

• Proven experience in project risk management within the construction industry
• Skilled in risk management software such as RiskHive, Safran, or similar
• Knowledge of Quantitative Risk Analysis (SRA/CRA) and/or NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4)
• Strong communication skills with senior internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications for the Risk Manager

• Degree in risk, project management, engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.