Senior Risk Practitioner

Southern Water group; Brighton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Water is seeking a Senior Risk Practitioner to lead risk management across our Major Projects portfolio, ensuring proactive identification, assessment and mitigation of threats and opportunities within large-scale infrastructure programmes.

You will set up and maintain risk registers, run QSRA/QCRA analyses, and translate risk insights into actionable mitigation plans, schedules, and forecasts while collaborating with project controls and risk owners.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in risk management within large-scale infrastructure projects.
• PMI-RMP, IRM, or APM Risk Practitioner certifications.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret technical, commercial, and scheduling information.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage risk management strategies, processes, and governance in alignment with corporate standards.
• Facilitate identification, assessment, and prioritisation of threats, opportunities, and issues.
• Set up and maintain risk registers in risk management software, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Work with risk owners to develop actionable mitigation strategies and track progress.
• Conduct QSRA/QCRA and advise on mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with project controls teams to integrate risk impacts into schedules and forecasts.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Scheduling & cost risk

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

ARM

Primavera Risk Analysis

Safran

Job description

Closing Date 2026-11-30 Job Title: Senior Risk Practitioner Location: Falmer, Brighton - Hybrid working (2 days a week in the office) Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 37 Salary: salary to be discussed at screening stage

About the role

Our Major Projects team is driving critical programmes that shape the future of our business and communities. As a Major Projects PMO Senior Risk Practitioner, you’ll implement and manage risk frameworks across complex projects, ensuring proactive identification, mitigation, and communication of risks. This is your opportunity to influence delivery confidence and make a real impact on projects that matter.

What you will be responsible for

• Implement and manage risk management strategies, processes, and governance in alignment with corporate standards.
• Facilitate identification, assessment, and prioritisation of threats, opportunities, and issues.
• Set up and maintain risk registers in risk management software, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Work with risk owners to develop actionable mitigation strategies and track progress.
• Conduct Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis (QSRA/QCRA) and advise on mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with project controls teams to integrate risk impacts into schedules and forecasts.

Additional Requirements

• Expert user of risk management tools such as ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis, or Safran.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts and key clauses.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Essential: Extensive experience in risk management within large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Professional certifications such as PMI-RMP, IRM, or APM Risk Practitioner.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret technical, commercial, and scheduling information.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Desirable: Degree in Engineering, Risk Management, or Project Management.

Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britain’s water industry, investing significantly to enhance resilience, sustainability, and service excellence. With £7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.

You will be joining at a time of significant change, working alongside a highly skilled leadership team with a clear vision for the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact, influence major strategic decisions, and drive long-term value creation.

At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Our purpose is big. Our impact is huge. And we know that every single one of us has the power, through our actions, to positively change society and the environment for good. It’s why careers with us have real meaning. Because, if you’re driven and ambitious, we can offer you huge opportunities for personal growth, professional development and constant innovation. Forever evolving. Forever focused on doing the right thing, we empower and encourage everyone to play to their strengths and to help us shape a fair and positive future for all. We believe in Water for Life. If you do too, Dive Right In. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.