Senior Risk Management- Transport & Utilities- Bristol

Turner & Townsend; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company in the UK is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Specialist to facilitate risk management across projects. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in risk analysis, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to innovative practices. This role offers competitive compensation and the chance to work on impactful projects in various sectors, including energy and utilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a risk-delivery role on major projects/programmes.
• Broad understanding of Project Controls methodology and risk-management interactions.
• Development of proactive threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against remaining risk budget.
• Produce and present risk reports supporting effective communication.

Skills

Risk analysis

Communication skills

Project management

Quantitative risk assessment

Facilitation skills

Education

Working towards IRM/APM risk certification

Tools

Safran

@risk

PRA

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Senior Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Specialist.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. We work across real‑estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources to deliver 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.

Job Description

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities, and issues.
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling and timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
• Assist with the identification and development of appropriate management responses that are measurable and specific, and assess post‑mitigation positions.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against remaining risk budget and timeline.
• Produce and present fit‑for‑purpose risk reports in a timely manner, supporting effective communication of threat & opportunity status and required senior management action.
• Understand quantitative risk assessment (cost, schedule and integrated) to inform project contingency and time risk allowance levels, demonstrating basic to practitioner competency with tools such as Safran, @risk, PRA or similar.
• Familiarity with web‑based database/reporting tools – ARM, Xactium, Predict, Tableau, Power BI.

Qualifications

• A working understanding of developing and implementing integrated risk management solutions across portfolios, programmes and projects.
• Risk and scenario analysis workshop facilitation.
• Development of proactive threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation.
• Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk, including probabilistic modelling (@risk, PRA or equivalent). Industry‑leading training will be provided.
• Broad understanding of Project Controls methodology and risk‑management interactions.
• Experience in a risk‑delivery role on major projects/programmes or blue‑chip clients; project experience within energy, renewables, defence, rail and utilities is an advantage.
• Working towards IRM/APM risk certification preferred.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and genuine commitment to developing new and more effective ways of working.

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

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.

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