Risk Consultant​/Manager - Energy

Opportunity

Kickstart your career in risk management with Stantec. At Stantec, we help deliver some of the UK’s most exciting infrastructure projects across Water, Energy and Transport. Our Risk Management team supports complex projects and programmes by identifying and managing risks that keep projects on track and successful. We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals with experience in PMO, Project Controls or similar roles who are keen to develop their expertise in risk management.

If you’ve had exposure to risk processes and want to take the next step, this is your chance.

• Support risk workshops and help capture and analyse project risks
• Assist in developing risk registers and reporting for projects and programmes
• Learn advanced techniques such as Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA)
• Collaborate with experienced risk managers and project controls teams
• Contribute to delivering tailored risk solutions for major UK infrastructure projects

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Some exposure to risk management or project controls
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• A proactive mindset and eagerness to learn

• Work on high‑profile projects in a supportive, collaborative team
• Access to training, mentoring, and clear career progression
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• A culture that values growth, innovation and teamwork

At Stantec, our Risk Management group has a significant track record of successful delivery across the UK Water and Infrastructure sectors. We provide risk services to some of the largest capital investment programmes across our Water, Energy and Transport business lines. We are now looking forward to a period of growth, and we are currently seeking Programme and Project Risk Managers to join us in any of our UK or Ireland offices.

We can offer a welcoming environment, the opportunity to work on exciting projects across collaborative multidisciplinary teams, and flexible and hybrid working models within a highly supportive Organisation.

You will join a team of recognised risk management experts across the UK, with a variety of global experience in different sectors. You will work alongside programme management and project controls experts, providing expert advice on the appropriate risk management activities to assist in the successful delivery of client outcomes. You will provide a service to one or more programmes or projects and will work with Clients across various sectors to develop and deliver tailored risk management solutions on some of the UK’s most exciting projects or programmes.

You will advise on different risk management frameworks and the interaction between project and programme level risk management while collaborating with other project controls functions to achieve an integrated risk management approach. You will undertake risk techniques as necessary, including Quantitative Cost Risk Analysis and Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis.

Building your reputation with Clients to become their trusted risk advisor will be critical to your success.

• Qualified to a degree level (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject or IRM diploma, with a sound knowledge of risk management framework and experience of working in and managing risk.
• Communicate with stakeholders at all levels and be able to support the development, mitigation and delivery of successful programmes.
• Build and maintain great client relationships.
• Good understanding of the programme lifecycle and be able to provide risk management services across all elements, as well as the ability to run QSRA and QCRA modelling.
• Comfortable preparing, facilitating and communicating findings from risk workshops.

If you are looking for an opportunity to drive your career forward within a highly supportive Organisation, delivering exceptional solutions for Clients then we want to hear from you.

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