Senior Risk Manager

Scantec; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Risk Manager to enhance decision-making in diverse projects across Infrastructure and Energy sectors. Emphasizing risk management as a core activity, the role involves effective stakeholder engagement and proactive strategies to identify and act upon risks swiftly. With flexible hybrid working and continuous career support, this position offers an excellent balance of professional growth and work-life flexibility.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Pension

Flexible working

Regular salary reviews

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management within infrastructure, energy, or engineering environments.
• Confident in using quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Proactive approach to risk management and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the identification, analysis, and management of risks and opportunities.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate project-level risk registers.
• Facilitate workshops to ensure risks are understood.

Skills

Risk management

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Quantitative methods

Qualitative methods

Tools

ARM

Predict!

Primavera Risk Analysis

Excel

Job description

Senior & Risk Managers Infrastructure, Energy, Defence, Utilities Delivery
Location London (Hybrid typically 2 to 3 days on site with the client, the rest from home or office as needed)
Type Permanent
Salary Competitive, based on experience
Working Pattern Flexible hybrid working. Travel to London client site required weekly (expenses covered) generally 1 day a week to begin with.

An independent consultancy with a strong delivery track record is looking for a Risk Manager to support complex major programmes across Infrastructure, Defence, Nuclear, Energy (including Renewables), Rail, Highways, Aviation, Utilities (Water, Power), Government and Public Sector, and Critical National Infrastructure. This role is embedded within the client s delivery team, you ll work alongside planning, cost, and PMO professionals to help programmes make better, faster decisions using risk as a live tool.

This is a delivery-focused role where risk plays a central part in how projects are run not just a reporting function. You ll take the lead on risk identification, analysis, and management across live projects, working closely with delivery leads, engineers, planners, and commercial teams. From facilitating workshops to running QRAs and maintaining registers, you ll make sure risks and opportunities are identified early, clearly understood, and effectively acted on. Your input will directly inform planning, governance, assurance, and reporting, keeping programmes resilient, proactive, and on track.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the identification, analysis, and management of risks and opportunities
• Develop, maintain, and communicate project and programme-level risk registers
• Facilitate workshops to engage teams and ensure risks are understood and owned
• Feed risk insight into integrated assurance, planning, and cost processes
• Use tools such as ARM, Predict!, Primavera Risk Analysis, or Excel to support delivery

What They re Looking For

• Experience in risk management within infrastructure, energy, or engineering environments
• Confident using quantitative and qualitative methods (QRA etc.)
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Understanding of how risk supports decision-making, not just compliance
• Proactive approach, able to challenge constructively and add value from day one

Why This Role

You ll join a consultancy that values delivery quality and puts its people at the centre. The programmes are complex and long-term, giving you a real opportunity to influence how risk is managed. You ll be trusted to do your job well, supported by a collaborative team, and given room to grow your career, whether that s through training, chartership support, or taking on more responsibility.

Alongside competitive pay, you ll get a strong benefits package including private healthcare, pension, flexible working and regular salary reviews. The hybrid setup is genuinely flexible, no clock-watching, no micromanagement, just interesting work in a well-run environment that respects your time and contribution.

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