Risk Manager (Contractor)

Assystem; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem is a top nuclear engineering firm seeking a Risk Manager to identify, analyse and respond to risks across client programmes, ensuring on‑time delivery and safe operations. The role involves coordinating with JPT risk leads and engaging with stakeholders to maintain risk profiles.

The candidate will operate in a challenging infrastructure environment with interfaces to naval base outputs, requiring pace and strong use of risk tools, workshops and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in Risk Management
• Experience as Lead or Sole Risk Manager
• Available to work on site 2–4 days per week
• Strong knowledge of risk management processes, frameworks and governance
• Ability to analyse complex data and information to develop a strategic view of risk exposure
• Experience delivering risk management within major infrastructure projects/programmes
• Proven ability to manage delivery teams and engage with stakeholders
• Strong IT and reporting skills

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain the Tranche 4 risk register (NBCC Euston)
• Collaborate with Joint Programme Team risk leads to support the wider programme risk profile
• Chair monthly risk review meetings and produce minutes and dashboards
• Identify and manage risks and opportunities with mitigation plans
• Review risks to reduce duplication and maintain a manageable portfolio
• Monitor and report on mitigation actions and progress
• Support Quantitative Risk Analysis activities (SRA, CRA) and report outputs
• Lead assumptions management and MDAL
• Provide strategic risk insights across programme activities
• Build stakeholder relationships and promote good risk management practices
• Manage relationships with industry partners and suppliers
• Ensure compliance with project processes and governance

Skills

Risk management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Reporting

IT skills

Education

APM PMQ

PRINCE2 Practitioner

MSP Practitioner

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner

MoR

PMI PMP

Professional body membership

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.

Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

Job Description

Summary of the Role

The Risk Manager will identify, analyse and respond to risks that arise over the life cycle of a Client programme to help ensure the programme remains on track and meets its goal whilst engaging with stakeholders including other Risk Managers regularly.

Infrastructure project delivery is a challenging environment, with interdependencies between a number of programmes and projects against the need to maintain the military outputs of an operational naval base. The candidate will be required to deliver at pace and demonstrate effective application of programme and project management skills, tools and techniques.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain the Tranche 4 (NBCC Euston) risk register, ensuring risks are accurately identified, assessed and managed.
• Collaborate with Joint Programme Team (JPT) risk leads to support the development of the wider programme risk profile.
• Chair monthly risk review meetings, facilitate risk workshops, produce meeting minutes and deliver monthly risk dashboards.
• Identify and manage risks and opportunities, supporting the development and implementation of effective mitigation plans.
• Conduct regular reviews of risks to eliminate duplication, ensure quality and maintain a manageable risk portfolio.
• Monitor and report on mitigation actions, tracking progress and ensuring risks are reducing over time.
• Support Quantitative Risk Analysis activities, including Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) and Cost Risk Analysis (CRA), and report on modelling outputs.
• Lead assumptions management and maintain the Master Data and Assumptions List (MDAL).
• Provide strategic risk insights and risk profiling across programme activities and timelines.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships, promoting collaboration, trust and effective risk management practices.
• Manage relationships with industry partners and suppliers, monitoring performance and addressing emerging issues.
• Ensure compliance with project processes, governance requirements and key infrastructure

Qualifications

Essential Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in Risk Management, including experience as a Lead or Sole Risk Manager.
• Available to work on site 2-4 days per week, depending on business requirements.
• Strong knowledge of risk management processes, frameworks and governance.
• Ability to analyse complex data and information to develop a strategic view of risk exposure.
• Experience identifying trends and providing meaningful risk insights and reporting.
• Strong organisational, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience delivering risk management within major infrastructure projects/programmes.
• Proven ability to manage delivery teams and engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong IT and reporting skills.

Desirable Experience

• In-depth understanding of the infrastructure, construction or government project environment.
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively at senior and executive level.
• Adaptable and able to respond quickly to changing business priorities and project risks.
• Experience managing risk within complex, live operational environments.
• Experience working within collaborative, multi-disciplinary programme teams.

Desirable Qualifications

• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner
• Management of Risk (MoR)
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Membership of a relevant professional body

Additional Information

This role is primarily based in Helensburgh and due to the nature of the role will have access to restricted information which will require a sole UK National Citizen with SC clearance to meet the necessary security criteria.

There is a requirement to be on the client site to facilitate workshops, routine meetings and site visits and to engage with the wider NBCC team. This currently is a minimum of 2 days per week but could require more at specific times of the programme and should be flexible to facilitate this.

There will be a requirement to attend meetings and workshops in Glasgow, potentially occasional travel to Abbey Wood in Bristol and external offices of contractors if necessary.

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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.