Risk Manager

optimise; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off

Christmas shutdown

5% performance bonus

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Exclusive benefits platform

Job summary

optimise in Warrington (Birchwood) is expanding its consulting team and seeks a Risk Manager to support major UK programmes across Utilities, Energy, Rail and Construction.

You will lead interactive risk workshops, maintain risk registers, run quantitative QCRA (@Risk) and QSRA (PRA/Safran) analyses, and deliver clear risk reports to client governance. Hybrid working from our Warrington/Birchwood office with CPD time and a clear development pathway.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering project risk management within a client or consultancy environment.
• Strong facilitation skills with the confidence to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on technical proficiency in QCRA and QSRA modelling.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate & Manage: Lead interactive risk workshops and maintain dynamic project risk registers.
• Model & Analyse: Run quantitative cost and schedule risk analyses (QCRA using @Risk and QSRA using PRA/Safran).
• Advise & Report: Produce clear, insightful risk reports that drive effective client governance.
• Collaborate: Work with our multidisciplinary risk practitioner team and major infrastructure clients.

Skills

Risk management

Facilitation

QCRA modelling

QSRA modelling

Governance

Tools

@Risk

PRA/Safran

Job description

Location: Hybrid (Based out of our Warrington office, WA3 7QS)

Are you passionate about helping clients make better, data-driven decisions? Do you thrive on facilitating workshops, running robust QCRA/QSRA models, and shaping project risk culture?

We are expanding our consulting team at optimise and looking for a talented Risk Manager to support major, nationally significant programmes across Utilities, Energy, Rail, and Construction.

What You’ll Do:

• Facilitate & Manage: Lead interactive risk workshops and maintain dynamic project risk registers.
• Model & Analyse: Run quantitative cost and schedule risk analyses (QCRA using @Risk and QSRA using PRA/Safran).
• Advise & Report: Produce clear, insightful risk reports that drive effective client governance.
• Collaborate: Work hand-in-hand with our multidisciplinary risk practitioner team and directly with major infrastructure clients.

What You Bring:

• Proven experience delivering project risk management within a client or consultancy environment.
• Strong facilitation skills with the confidence to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on technical proficiency in QCRA and QSRA modelling.
• A solid understanding of project controls, governance, and commercial risk.
• A consulting mindset defined by professional curiosity, resilience, and excellent communication.

High-Impact Work: Shape how major clients understand and manage uncertainty across critical UK infrastructure.

Flexibility: Modern hybrid working model based out of our Birchwood office.

Culture & Growth:

A collaborative, supportive environment with a strong development pathway and protected paid CPD time to accelerate your career.

Comprehensive Benefits:

• Enjoy your birthday off
• a full Christmas holiday shutdown on top of standard annual leave
• a 5% performance bonus
• an employee assistance programme (EAP)
• an exclusive benefits platform

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you want to accelerate your consulting career and help deliver some of the UK’s most vital infrastructure projects, we’d love to hear from you.

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