Senior RIsk Manager

Scantec Personnel Limited; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected infrastructure consultancy is seeking a Senior Risk Manager to join their Manchester, Leeds, or Newcastle teams. This role involves leading risk management for major Transport, Utilities, Defence, and Infrastructure projects, ensuring effective decision-making and project governance. You will enjoy a hybrid working environment with competitive pay, car allowance, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Car allowance

Benefits package

Professional development support

Qualifications

• Proven risk management experience within infrastructure, transport, utilities, or defence sectors.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation strategies across live projects.
• Maintain detailed risk registers and facilitate risk workshops.
• Provide insightful risk reporting to support programme assurance.

Skills

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Quantitative Risk Assessment

Qualitative Risk Assessment

Tools

ARM

Primavera Risk Analysis

Job description

Locations:Manchester, Sheffield Leeds, Newcastle (Flexible hybrid working with regular travel to client sites in your region)
Type: Permanent, Consultancy (Client-facing)
Salary: £55,000 – £63,000 per annum + car allowance and benefits package

We’re recruiting for a respected infrastructure consultancy looking for an experienced Senior Risk Manager to join their teams across Manchester, Leeds, and Newcastle. You’ll support major Transport, Utilities, Defence, and Infrastructure projects in the North, working on programmes that align with your background and expertise. The role offers flexibility with hybrid working and travel between sites as needed.

About the Role:

As a Senior Risk Manager, you will lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation strategies across live projects, working closely with delivery teams, planners, commercial leads, and clients. You’ll embed risk management into the heart of project delivery, ensuring risks and opportunities are clear, owned, and acted upon. Your work will directly influence project governance, forecasting, and decision-making, helping keep programmes resilient and on track.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain detailed risk registers and mitigation plans

Facilitate risk workshops and engage teams to ensure risks are understood and owned

Provide insightful risk reporting to support programme assurance and planning cycles

Use tools such as ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis, or similar systems to support delivery

What We’re Looking For:

Proven risk management experience within infrastructure, transport, utilities, or defence sectors

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Confident with both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods

Understanding of how risk drives better project outcomes, not just compliance

Ability to work independently and lead multi-disciplinary teams

Why This Role:

Join a consultancy that puts delivery quality and professional development at its core. You’ll work in a supportive, flexible environment with competitive pay, car allowance, and a benefits package designed to help you grow your career. The role offers real influence over how risk is managed on complex, high-profile infrastructure programmes, alongside access to a tailored development and chartership support program.