At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead risk and value management activities on major projects across Northern England.
- Company: Join Arcadis, a leader in infrastructure and project management.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diverse team environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on multi-million pound projects while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in risk management and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
Arcadis are working across major capital investment programmes across Northern England (multi-million and multi-billion £ schemes), across the infrastructure, transportation and buildings sectors. We work with a variety of clients, collaborating across the supply chain to ensure our client's programmes are delivered effectively, efficiently and their requirements are met. Our fantastic "One Arcadis" team provide multi-disciplinary solutions to our clients, bringing in expertise from project & programme management, controls, cost & commercial, design & engineering, digital intelligence and advisory skillsets. Providing value-adding standardisation, insight and control is at the heart of supporting the success of our clients and their programme delivery teams.
We are looking for Risk Professionals to lead and deliver risk and value management activities across projects and programmes. The successful candidate will identify, analyse and manage cost, schedule and business risks, support commercial decision‑making, and embed best‑practice risk processes across delivery teams. This role is suitable for candidates at different career stages; responsibilities and expectations will be calibrated to the chosen level.
Due to recent wins and further plans for growth across Northern England, we are looking for energetic and well‑rounded risk management professionals to join our team, providing solutions for our key clients across the transportation, infrastructure and buildings sectors.
Key responsibilities
- Plan and deliver risk and value management activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Facilitate risk workshops, identify risk drivers, and maintain risk registers and action plans.
- Develop, validate and run quantitative cost and schedule risk models to produce probabilistic forecasts.
- Provide clear risk reporting and insight to stakeholders, including senior leadership and clients.
- Advise project teams on mitigation, contingency, allocation of risk, and commercial implications.
- Support governance and escalation of significant risks; ensure consistent application of risk frameworks and standards.
- Coach and mentor junior team members (for senior roles) and contribute to capability building.
- Drive continuous improvement in tools, processes and data quality for risk management.
Essential skills & experience
- Practical experience in project, programme or enterprise risk management (scale/level will vary by role).
- Strong analytical skills with ability to build and interpret risk models and present probabilistic outcomes.
- Experience facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders across technical and commercial functions.
- Good commercial awareness and understanding of contract/forecasting implications of risk.
- Proficiency with ARM, Safran, @Risk or alternative risk/scheduling tools; capability to learn proprietary tools.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills; ability to present complex information simply.
Desirable skills and qualifications
- Professional risk qualification or training (e.g., MoR, IRM Certificate/Diploma) or working toward one.
- Membership of Institute of Risk Management (IRM).
- Rail experience.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
Senior Risk Manager / Principal Risk & Value Manager / Risk & Value Analyst employer: Arcadis
Arcadis is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where collaboration and innovation thrive. With a strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we empower our employees to bring their authentic selves to work while providing ample opportunities for professional growth and development. Join us in Northern England to be part of a multi-disciplinary team that delivers impactful solutions across major capital investment programmes in the infrastructure, transportation, and buildings sectors.
