Risk Manager / Senior Risk Manager

Turner & Townsend
Edinburgh
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Communication","Strategic thinking","Analytical thinking","Problem-solving","Leadership"]

Lead and embed risk management across complex Energy & Natural Resources projects and programmes, working with project delivery teams and risk professionals (independently or as part of the risk team). Drive continuous improvement in risk and controls processes, challenge risk data quality, and oversee mitigation actions. Act as a risk subject matter expert, support integrated performance measurement baselines, run risk workshops, and deliver quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis (QSRA/QCRA).

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
6 days ago

Risk Manager / Senior Risk Manager

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Job Summary

Lead and embed risk management across complex Energy & Natural Resources projects and programmes, working with project delivery teams and risk professionals (independently or as part of the risk team). Drive continuous improvement in risk and controls processes, challenge risk data quality, and oversee mitigation actions. Act as a risk subject matter expert, support integrated performance measurement baselines, run risk workshops, and deliver quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis (QSRA/QCRA).
Location: Edinburgh
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead teams of risk management professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured risk management interventions across diverse and complex programmes.
  • •Plan, design, and implement tailored risk management processes aligned to best practice and client needs.
  • •Challenge risk information to improve the quality, robustness, and scrutiny readiness of risk data and reporting.
  • •Lead implementation and rollout of identified changes to risk management approaches.
  • •Perform quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis (QSRA/QCRA) including risk modelling, interpreting outputs, and communicating focus areas; support contingency forecasting and drawdown processes.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive experience managing risk across multiple projects/programmes across a range of industries and sectors.
  • •Experience defining, improving, and/or implementing risk management approaches.
  • •Familiarity with risk standards or approaches (ISO31000, APM PRAM, Orange Book, IPA) and their application.
  • •Practical experience in quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis (QSRA/QCRA) and interpreting key outputs.
  • •Experience using QRA software (Primavera Risk Analysis, Risk, Safran etc.) is essential.
Skills:CommunicationStrategic thinkingAnalytical thinkingProblem-solvingLeadership
Licenses:UK driving license
Certifications:Institute of Risk Management (IRM)Association for Project Management (APM)Management of Risk (MoR)
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ISO31000APM PRAMOrange BookIPAQSRAQCRAPrimavera Risk AnalysisRiskSafranARMPredict!Risk ControllerRiskHiveXactiumPMBNEC3NEC4SOX

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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