Senior Risk Manager in Warrington

The role involves enabling the successful delivery of high-impact projects across nuclear services, clean energy, and international programmes. You will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of risk and opportunity management practices, ensuring robust decision-making across the full project lifecycle.

This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at one of our key locations in Leicester (Leicestershire), Bristol or Warrington (Cheshire), with travel to other Cavendish and customer sites expected.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Develop and implement project risk and opportunity management plans aligned with business and commercial requirements.
• Analyse risks and produce insightful performance reports with clear recommendations to stakeholders.
• Build and assure quantitative risk models covering cost, schedule, and uncertainty analysis.
• Manage contingency and ensure risks are aligned with financial and commercial objectives.
• Deliver training and guidance to project teams to embed best practice in risk management.

Essential experience:

• Experience in risk management within a highly regulated industry such as nuclear, defence, or infrastructure.
• Advanced risk modelling techniques, including quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis.
• Building and developing robust risk models to support project delivery.
• Specialist risk or opportunity management roles across the project lifecycle.
• Understanding of contracting methodologies such as FIDIC, NEC3/NEC4 or JCT.

Qualifications:

• Relevant qualification in risk management or project management (desirable).
• Professional certifications in planning or project controls (advantageous).

Benefits:

• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
• Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of professional fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-day special paid leave.
• Holiday trading – employees can buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave annually (Feb-Mar).
• Be Kind Day – one paid day for volunteering work with chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Leading development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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