Risk Manager

TURNER & TOWNSEND-1; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company in the UK is seeking a Risk Manager to join their Project Controls team. The role involves providing performance reporting and analysis support for major construction projects in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and data centre sectors. The ideal candidate will have experience in project controls and excellent communication skills. A degree in a relevant field is preferred, along with familiarity with tools such as Oracle Primavera and MS Project.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Diversity and inclusion commitment

Qualifications

• Experience in a project controls environment within life sciences, pharmaceutical, or data centre sectors.
• Ideally degree educated with industry experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with cost and planning engineers on work breakdown structures.
• Establish progress and cost monitoring methods.
• Produce project control reports.
• Provide performance analysis for clients.
• Define and deliver Risk scope.

Skills

Project Controls Management

Risk Management

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Change Management

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

Oracle Primavera

MS Project

Excel

PRISM

Job description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Risk Manager to undertake duties within our Project Controls team, supporting major construction projects across the Life Sciences / Pharma / Data Centre sectors.

The Change & Risk Practitioner will work as part of our Project Controls team on high profile construction projects throughout the UK and Europe, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day‑to‑day contact point with the client.

Typical activities include

• Working with cost and planning engineers to develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines
• Establishing progress and cost monitoring methods
• Producing project control reports
• Providing performance analysis and recommendations for our clients
• Defining and delivering the Risk scope
• Engaging with the Client teams for contributions
• Carry out and demonstrate the benefits of QSRA and QCRA exercises
• Support the Client in raising the profile of project risk management
• Lead continuous Risk Management improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a project controls environment within the life sciences, pharmaceutical or data centre sectors is required, as is experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and or PMO.
• Applicants will ideally be degree educated, with previous industry & sector experience being essential.
• Previous experience of the following tools (or one of) is also required: Oracle Primavera, MS Project, Excel, PRISM (Cost Management System)
• Applicants will also require excellent written and verbal communication skills, be rigorous in following documented processes and governance and be able to demonstrate the ability to innovate in creative ways to meet the challenges of the changing project environment.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Please note: It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.