Senior RIsk Manager

Scantec; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected infrastructure consultancy in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior Risk Manager to lead risk management across infrastructure projects. This role offers flexibility with hybrid working and regular travel to client sites. The ideal candidate will possess strong risk management experience and excellent communication skills, along with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Car allowance

Comprehensive 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management across multiple major infrastructure projects.
• Develop and maintain detailed risk registers and mitigation plans.
• Facilitate risk workshops and engage teams to ensure risks are understood and owned.

Skills

Risk management experience

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Qualitative and quantitative assessment

Independent work

Tools

ARM

Primavera Risk Analysis

Job description

Senior Risk Manager Infrastructure Projects

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

Type: Permanent, Consultancy (Client-facing)

Salary: £60,000 £70,000 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

• Lead risk management across multiple major infrastructure projects
• 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.

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