At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage project risks and support major infrastructure programmes while developing your career.
- Company: Join a specialist technical consultancy with a focus on complex delivery environments.
- Benefits: Salary up to £75,000, flexible working, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Hybrid working arrangement with travel covered; commitment to diversity and equal opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on infrastructure projects and grow your expertise in risk management.
- Qualifications: Experience in project delivery and strong risk management skills required.
You will get the exciting opportunity to make an impact on major infrastructure programmes across multiple industries while developing your career in project risk management. Join a specialist technical consultancy supporting complex delivery environments, where you can apply your expertise, work with experienced professionals and continue to grow your career.
What you will need:
- Experience working in project delivery or project controls environments, with a strong background in risk management.
- Proven experience developing and maintaining risk registers, including identifying, assessing and managing threats and opportunities.
- Experience supporting major infrastructure projects and working with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present risk information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Your role:
- Develop and maintain robust project risk registers to support effective decision-making across infrastructure programmes.
- Facilitate risk workshops, capture key risks and opportunities and support teams in developing appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Analyse project risks, dependencies and impacts to improve delivery confidence and programme outcomes.
- Produce clear risk reporting for a range of stakeholders.
- Support the integration of risk processes across complex project environments.
Your experience:
- Strong knowledge of risk management tools such as Active Risk Manager (ARM), processes and techniques.
- Experience working with project controls disciplines including change management and commercial considerations.
- Ability to challenge assumptions, identify risks and develop practical solutions.
- Confident working independently while collaborating with project teams and stakeholders.
- Experience operating within regulated or complex infrastructure environments is beneficial.
- Relevant qualifications or professional development in project management, risk or related disciplines are advantageous.
Benefits and balance:
The employer supports you through professional development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, a comprehensive benefits package and support for continued career progression.
Where you will work:
The company can base this role in any of the following locations: Gloucester, Cambridge or Birmingham. If you are not based here, they will offer a work from home contract with travel to client sites covered by them. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement.
Equal opportunities:
The employer is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in the workplace. Due to the nature of work at our clients' site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens. This is a permanent role.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to high-technology industries. Thank you for your interest. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You may resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then. Send your CV or LinkedIn profile. If you meet the must-haves, we will respond within 48 hours. You will be represented by a specialist technical recruiter who will guide you through each stage of the process.
Senior Risk Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne employer: Electus Recruitment
Join a leading specialist technical consultancy that champions professional growth and offers a dynamic work culture, where your expertise in project risk management will directly impact major infrastructure programmes. With flexible working arrangements, a comprehensive benefits package, and a commitment to diversity, this role provides an excellent opportunity for career progression in vibrant locations like Gloucester, Cambridge, or Birmingham, or even from the comfort of your home. Collaborate with experienced professionals and engage in meaningful projects that shape the future of infrastructure delivery.
