Senior RIsk Manager

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

Job summary

A respected infrastructure consultancy is seeking an experienced Senior Risk Manager to support major projects across Manchester and Leeds. This role involves leading risk management strategies, developing risk registers, and facilitating engaging risk workshops across various sectors. The position offers competitive salary, car allowance, and a flexible working environment conducive to professional growth.

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.
• Confident with both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods.
• Understanding of how risk drives better project outcomes.
• Ability to work independently and lead multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation strategies.
• Embed risk management into project delivery.
• Influence project governance and decision-making.
• Develop and maintain risk registers and mitigation plans.
• Facilitate risk workshops and engage teams.
• Provide insightful risk reporting.

Skills

Risk management experience

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Qualitative risk assessment methods

Quantitative risk assessment methods

Ability to lead teams

Tools

ARM

Primavera Risk Analysis

Job description

Overview

Location: Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle (Flexible hybrid working with regular travel to client sites)

Type: Permanent, Consultancy (Client-facing)

Salary: £55,000 – £63,000 per annum + car allowance and benefits package

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation strategies across live projects, working closely with delivery teams, planners, commercial leads, and clients.
• Embed risk management into the heart of project delivery, ensuring risks and opportunities are clear, owned, and acted upon.
• Influence project governance, forecasting, and decision-making to keep programmes resilient and on track.
• 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.