Risk Manager - Rail

Turner & Townsend; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company in City Of London seeks a QRA capable Risk Manager to implement an integrated risk management framework for a major capital programme in rail projects. The role requires facilitating risk assessments, managing contractor-held risks, and producing timely risk reports. Candidates should demonstrate proficiency in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, communication skills, and familiarity with probabilistic modelling tools. The company values diversity and offers a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Inclusive company culture

Commitment to work-life balance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes.
• Working understanding of an integrated risk management process.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats and opportunities.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment to inform project contingency levels.
• Produce risk reports timely to support communication.

Skills

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk

Risk workshop facilitation

Excellent communication skills

Probabilistic modelling proficiency

Education

Degree in a construction-related subject

Tools

PRA

@risk

P6

Tableau

ARM

Predict

Job description

Job Title: QRA capable Risk Manager

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. 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.

Website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a QRA capable Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding London based rail team, who are undertaking duties on a range of high profile rail projects across London and the south east of England.

Main Purpose of Role

Implement or support the implementation of an integrated risk management framework across a major capital programme. Responsibilities include:

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the sub‑programme.
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
• Use risk data to inform investment planning.
• Assist with the identification and recording of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post‑mitigated positions.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining risk budget.
• Proactively manage the completion of management responses to help deliver target positions.
• Work with contractors to assess contractor‑held risks and their views on client‑held risks that impact upon them.
• Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
• Demonstrate experienced levels of competence with tools such as PRA, @risk, Safran or similar.
• Familiarity with web‑based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau.

Qualifications

In order to be able to carry out the duties of the role, candidates should demonstrate:

• Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk.
• Working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk, cost and schedule) on a large programme.
• Risk workshop facilitation, threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation.
• Probabilistic modelling proficiency – @risk, PRA and P6, or equivalent.
• Proven experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes.
• APM/IRM risk certification preferred.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Degree in a construction‑related subject (ideally).
• Commitment to finding new and more effective ways of working.

Additional Information

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

We provide a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. All applications are treated with confidentiality.

No recruitment agency will ask for a fee. Candidates should not pay any fee in relation to the recruitment process.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role where applicable.