Project Risk Manager - Energy

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Due to increased opportunities and demand in the Energy & Natural Resources division, the North West team is recruiting for Risk Managers to join a diverse and supportive team during a period of significant growth. Our nuclear client is at the forefront of industry‑leading change, and we are keen to speak to like‑minded individuals with risk‑management experience to see what Turner & Townsend can offer you.

Candidates will be required to be present in our client office in Warrington for 3 days per week.

A Risk Manager will support the team and senior risk managers on work‑packages and projects of varying size and complexity. Under the programme of works, work‑packages may vary in size, with risk managers handling smaller projects or larger ones. The role requires accurate capture of risk data, facilitating identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues. The manager will maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk‑cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threats/opportunities.

They play a key role in ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and appropriate quality standards.

• Planning, designing and implementing risk‑management processes tailored to the client’s needs and aligned with best practice.
• Facilitating risk workshops with subject matter experts.
• Creating and maintaining risk registers and other risk information.
• Challenging risk information to enhance the quality of risk data so that it is robust.
• Driving the implementation of mitigation actions against associated risks across projects and programmes.
• Assisting the project team with the identification and development of management responses which are measurable and specific, supporting post‑mitigated positions.
• Conducting Quantitative Risk Assessment and analysis (QRA) for cost and schedule impacts to support understanding of the project’s remaining risk exposure.
• Demonstrating basic to practitioner competency with tools such as Safran, @risk, PRA or similar.
• Producing timely and efficient risk reporting using tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Power BI. Familiarity with web‑based database/reporting tools – ARM, Xactium, Predict, Tableau.
• Collaborating with other Project Controls disciplines to maintain alignment of project information.
• Working with the supply chain to understand and incorporate the risks they present to clients.

You have professional Risk Management experience in one or more sectors across the whole Project lifecycle. While nuclear experience is desirable it is not an absolute requirement. You can adjust risk strategies and processes in response to change and have excellent communication skills to convey complex risk information to all stakeholders. You are conversant with risk‑management systems such as Safran, @risk, PRA.

Strategic awareness and critical thinking are key, with the ability to confidently assess the implications of various risk scenarios.

Additional requirements:

• Will be able to obtain BPSS level security clearance.
• Member of a relevant professional body (e.g., Institute of Risk Management (IRM), Association for Project Management).
• Familiarity with at least one risk standard or approach (ISO
  31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA).
• A risk qualification such…