Senior Risk & Opportunity Manager, Defence & Aerospace

Mobizy; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Private Dental care

Employee Assistance Programme

Salary sacrifice schemes (Electric Car

Cycle to Work

Technology options

Job summary

TEKEVER in the UK seeks a skilled Risk & Opportunity Manager to own and drive risk across major Civil & Defence projects. You will establish the Risk & Opportunity Register, apply scoring, and provide visibility to senior leaders across programme, engineering, safety, commercial and supply chain functions.

You'll coordinate with Chief Engineer, Safety Manager and Airworthiness Lead to track engineering, safety, certification risk (SAIL/OSO, MRP) and ensure robust governance, reporting, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in risk management within defence, aerospace or complex engineering.
• Formal risk management qualification (e.g. APM Risk, M_o_R, IRM) or equivalent.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

• Establish, own and maintain the Risk and Opportunity function.
• Apply risk methodology and scoring to classify and mitigate risks across programmes.
• Lead risk workshops across engineering, safety, commercial and supply chain teams.
• Track mitigation actions to closure and escalate as needed.
• Coordinate with Chief Engineer, Safety Manager and Airworthiness Lead on risk related to certification and safety.

Skills

Risk management

Programme controls

Project management

Defence/aerospace knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent

Formal risk management qualification

Tools

Risk registers

RAID logs

Earned value management

CWBS/PCMP

Job description

TEKEVER in the UK seeks a skilled Risk & Opportunity Manager to own and drive risk across major Civil & Defence projects. You will establish the Risk & Opportunity Register, apply scoring, and provide visibility to senior leaders across programme, engineering, safety, commercial and supply chain functions.

You'll coordinate with Chief Engineer, Safety Manager and Airworthiness Lead to track engineering, safety, certification risk (SAIL/OSO, MRP) and ensure robust governance, reporting, and