Project Risk Manager - Energy & Natural Resources

Project Risk Manager – Energy & Natural Resources

Turner & Townsend’s Natural Resources business has grown 35% in the last 9 months and is set to triple in size over the next 3 years. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join our busy and expanding Natural Resources and New Energies team, working on several high‑profile projects and programmes.

As a Risk Manager you will innovate, collaborate and learn from our experienced, award‑winning Risk Management community and wider Controls & Performance Network.

• Plan, design and implement risk management processes tailored to the client’s needs and aligned with best practice.
• Facilitate risk workshops with subject‑matter experts.
• Create and maintain risk registers and other risk information.
• Challenge risk information to enhance the quality of risk data so that it is robust.
• Drive the implementation of mitigation actions against associated risks across projects and programmes.
• Assist the project team with the identification and development of measurable and specific management responses that support post‑mitigation positions.
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) for cost and schedule impacts to support the understanding of the project’s remaining risk exposure.
• Produce timely and efficient risk reporting using tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel, and Power BI.
• Work with Project Controls disciplines to maintain alignment of project information.
• Work with the supply chain to understand and incorporate the risks they present to clients.

• Excellent communication skills to convey complex risk information to all stakeholders.
• Ability to adjust risk strategies and processes in response to change.
• Proactive approach and excellent problem‑solving capabilities.
• Strategic awareness and critical thinking with the ability to confidently assess the implications of various risk scenarios.
• Ability to manage effective relationships with stakeholders and interfacing functions.
• Ability to interpret client requirements and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Maintains awareness of current industry risk, emerging risk and best practice.
• Makes positive change happen, embracing challenges and opportunities for clients.
• Possess a UK driving licence or the ability to travel to client sites across the region, as required, is essential.

• Experience in managing risk in multiple projects/programmes or relevant experience in a similar risk role or environment is essential.
• Familiarity with at least one risk standard or approach (ISO
  31000, APM, Orange Book, IPA) is essential.
• Familiarity with at least one risk tool is essential.
• Awareness of Quantitative Risk Assessment (Monte‑Carlo) technique is essential.
• Understanding of how other aspects of Project Controls (Scheduling, Cost Control, Change Control) interact with risk management is desirable.
• Risk qualification such as APM Risk Certificate Level 2 or Management of Risk (MoR) is desirable.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts.

Turner & Townsend is a leading consultancy provider with over 110 offices globally, delivering professional services on major, complex projects across the Infrastructure, Defence, Natural Resources, and Real Estate sectors. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver. Our people enjoy working on some of the most exciting major projects in the world.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. We support a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Strategy/Planning and Consulting

Construction, Civil Engineering, & Business Consulting and Services