Risk Manager

KBR, Inc.; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. in Devonport is seeking a Risk Manager to lead risk management across projects, delivering reporting and insights for informed decision‑making.

The role operates in a hybrid setup with three on-site days weekly and requires SC clearance to work within secure environments. You will apply established risk management principles, coordinate cross‑functional teams, and drive risk reduction across the programme lifecycle while engaging stakeholders and suppliers to safeguard project

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project, programme or risk management roles.
• Leadership of teams, workstreams, or risk management activities within a complex project environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing development and maintenance of programme risk registers, including a comprehensive risk refresh across the project.
• Chair monthly risk review meetings and facilitate stakeholder workshops to identify, assess and manage risks and opportunities across the programme.
• Produce high-quality risk reporting, including risk dashboards and management information, providing clear visibility of risk exposure and trends.
• Challenge, review and validate risks with Project Team leads to keep risk registers robust and free from duplication.
• Monitor and report on the effectiveness of mitigation actions, ensuring risks are actively managed.
• Support quantitative risk analysis activities, including schedule and cost risk modelling.
• Collaborate with Change Management teams to assess programme impacts from changes and emerging requirements.
• Lead the management of MDAL and ensure assumptions remain valid and controlled.
• Provide strategic risk insight across the programme for planning, governance and delivery.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers to proactively identify and manage risks.
• Promote a positive risk culture through leadership and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Risk management

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

SRA/CRA analysis

Education

Degree-level qualification in a relevant subject

Professional qualification in Risk/Project/Programme Management (APM/PMI/IRM/PRINCE2/MSP)

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Risk Manager

A career at KBR can change the world - and change your life. If you're ready, let's get started.

The KBR team delivers future‑forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission‑critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

About the Role

The Risk Manager is responsible for leading risk management activities across projects, providing reporting and insights to key stakeholders and supporting effective decision‑making throughout the project lifecycle. The role involves identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating risks to ensure successful delivery and achievement of project objectives.

Operating within a complex and fast‑paced environment, the position requires coordination across multiple programmes and workstreams, managing interdependencies while maintaining overall performance and delivery outcomes. The role supports the consistent application of risk management processes and governance frameworks.

The successful candidate will apply established programme and project management principles, tools, and techniques to manage risk effectively, enabling informed decision‑making and ensuring that projects remain on track and aligned with organisational priorities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the ongoing development and maintenance of programme risk registers, including the delivery of a comprehensive risk refresh across the project
• Chair monthly risk review meetings and facilitate stakeholder workshops to identify, assess and manage risks and opportunities across the programme.
• Produce high‑quality risk reporting, including meeting outputs, risk dashboards and management information, providing clear visibility of risk exposure and emerging trends.
• Work closely with Project Team leads to challenge, review and validate risks, ensuring risk registers remain robust, accurate and free from duplication.
• Monitor and report on the effectiveness of mitigation actions, ensuring risks are actively managed and reduced in line with programme objectives.
• Support quantitative risk analysis activities, including schedule and cost risk modelling, and findings to support informed decision‑making.
• Collaborate with Change Management teams to identify and assess programme impacts arising from changes and emerging requirements.
• Lead the management of programme assumptions, maintaining the Master Data and Assumptions List (MDAL) and ensuring assumptions remain valid and appropriately controlled.
• Provide strategic risk insight across the programme, developing risk profiles and trend analysis to support planning, governance and delivery activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, industry partners and suppliers, proactively identifying and managing risks that could impact cost, schedule or programme performance.
• Promote a positive risk management culture through strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

What You'll Bring

The role requires strong experience in risk management within complex projects or programmes, supported by proficiency in tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project to inform risk identification and analysis. The ability to analyse complex data, identify key risks, trends, and interdependencies, and apply recognised risk management methodologies is essential. Experience within large‑scale infrastructure, construction, or engineering environments is important, alongside effective stakeholder management across multidisciplinary teams.

Candidates should demonstrate the ability to manage multiple priorities in fast‑paced environments, delivering high‑quality outputs to tight deadlines while maintaining strong communication and leadership capability.

Desirable experience includes working within defence, government, or highly regulated sectors, along with knowledge of quantitative risk techniques such as Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis (SRA/CRA). Experience in operational environments, collaborative delivery settings, and the ability to communicate complex risk information to senior stakeholders will further support success in the role.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in project, programme or risk management roles.
• Previous experience leading teams, workstreams, or risk management activities within a complex project environment.

Desirable

• Professional qualification in Risk Management, Project Management or Programme Management (e.g. APM, PMI, IRM, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent).
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as APM, IRM, PMI or a related discipline.
• Degree‑level qualification in a relevant subject, or equivalent industry experience.

Location

Devonport – the role is Hybrid where 3 days per week will be spent on site.

Security Requirements

SC Clearance. Due to the secure nature of this project, restrictions in relation to UK residency and nationality will apply.

KBR Benefits & More

Belong. Connect. Grow. At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow.

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