Senior Programme Risk Manager - DPC & Mega Infra

Kelda Group Limited 0000411940 - Kelda Group Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car allowance

Private health care

Pension up to 12%

Life assurance 4x pensionable salary

Wellness days

Retail savings scheme

Online GP service

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is seeking a Programme Risk Manager to join the PMO and steer risk management across the DPC Programme and related mega projects. This senior role shapes risk strategy, governance and decision-making for critical capital investments in Yorkshire.

Hybrid working with 2–3 days in Leeds, permanent role, 37 hours per week. The candidate will drive risk identification, reporting, and continuous improvement within a high‑impact environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience on PFI/PPP-type and Mega Infrastructure projects implementing holistic Project, Programme, Portfolio (P3) Risk Management across full life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist risk management services to the DPC Programme and the 4 SRO-Resilience mega projects.
• Aggregate and escalate risk to form the Systemic Risk Register.
• Develop dynamic schedule and cost models using quantitative risk analysis techniques.
• Lead lessons learned and Value Management/Lean construction initiatives.
• Support risk reporting to DPC Leadership and Regulator.

Skills

Risk management

P3 risk management

Stakeholder communication

Decision support

Continuous improvement

Collaboration

Tools

ARM

Safran

@RISK

nPlan

Job description

Yorkshire Water is seeking a Programme Risk Manager to join the PMO and steer risk management across the DPC Programme and related mega projects. This senior role shapes risk strategy, governance and decision-making for critical capital investments in Yorkshire.

Hybrid working with 2–3 days in Leeds, permanent role, 37 hours per week. The candidate will drive risk identification, reporting, and continuous improvement within a high‑impact environment.