Strategic Project Risk Manager

Costain; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Costain is recruiting for a Risk Manager to join the Living Water Enterprise framework, supporting water sector infrastructure upgrades in the UK. You will embed risk governance, identify and analyse risks and opportunities, and drive responses across project teams and senior management.

The role emphasizes a proactive culture, robust reporting, and continuous process improvement. You will work under the Head of Planning/PMO, ensuring timely, safe, and customer-focused delivery while maintaining

Qualifications

• Skilled and experienced in NEC project and programme management and risk management methodologies.
• Strong verbal, written and presentational skills with a high level of analytical and numerate skills.
• Self-motivated with good interpersonal skills working in a team environment.
• Good attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and presentational skills.
• Able to use initiative.

Responsibilities

• Ensure risk mitigation measures are progressed in response to EWN's.
• Draft and update the contract Risk Management Plan's.
• Manage risk and continuously develop the risk and opportunity register into a management tool containing accurate and relevant information for reporting purposes.
• Risk identification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, contractual allocation and preparing action plans;
• Manage the Risk and Opportunity Register.
• Carry out risk and opportunity workshops as and when required;
• Risk and opportunity reporting, ensuring information is consistently accurate and relevant;
• Develop, implement and oversee effective and credible risk response and risk mitigation plans
• Ensure that the senior management team, are sufficiently sighted on and familiar with the project risk and opportunity position
• Act as a conduit for the escalation of risk or failure to obtain opportunities in line with established processes
• Be prepared to challenge risk and opportunity owners and other individuals on their response to risk and securing opportunities
• Contribute to the continual improvement in risk processes and the continual development of a risk mature culture across the project
• Produce risk and opportunity reports and dashboards in line with project requirements

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Risk management software

Job description

Costain is recruiting for a Risk Manager to join the Living Water Enterprise framework, supporting water sector infrastructure upgrades in the UK. You will embed risk governance, identify and analyse risks and opportunities, and drive responses across project teams and senior management.

The role emphasizes a proactive culture, robust reporting, and continuous process improvement. You will work under the Head of Planning/PMO, ensuring timely, safe, and customer-focused delivery while maintaining