At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead risk management for a major UK infrastructure project and provide insightful analysis.
- Company: Join a dynamic team working on complex, high-value programmes.
- Benefits: Competitive pay up to £500/day and hybrid working options.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a major infrastructure environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a senior role with significant responsibilities.
- Qualifications: Experience in project risk management and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Job description
Senior Risk Analyst – Major Infrastructure Project
Location: Somerset / hybrid, with site presence required Rate: Up to £500/day via Umbrella IR35: Inside IR35 Right to Work: Must have unrestricted UK Right to Work
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Risk Analyst to join a major UK infrastructure project.
You will be responsible for providing high-quality risk management, analysis and insight across a complex, high-value programme.
Working closely with project controls, programme teams and senior stakeholders, you will help identify, assess and manage risks and opportunities that could affect delivery.
This is a senior role requiring someone who can confidently challenge, influence and communicate risk information at all levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead risk management activities across an allocated programme or project area.
- Maintain and assure risk and opportunity data within risk management systems.
- Analyse risk information and provide clear, insightful recommendations.
- Support risk reviews, workshops and scenario planning sessions.
- Challenge significant risks, issues and opportunities affecting programme objectives.
- Integrate risk information with cost, schedule, change and wider project controls.
- Support assessment of contractor-held and programme-level risks.
- Produce accurate risk reporting, dashboards and management information.
- Present risk insights to senior stakeholders and programme leadership.
- Support continuous improvement of risk processes, tools and reporting.
- Provide guidance and technical support to junior Risk Analysts.
- Support training and development in risk management processes and systems.
About You
You will ideally have
- Significant experience in project risk management / project controls.
- Experience working on major or complex projects, ideally within infrastructure, construction, energy, nuclear, defence or another highly regulated environment.
- Strong experience with quantitative risk analysis (QRA/QSRA) and risk modelling.
- Good understanding of the relationship between risk, cost and schedule.
- Experience facilitating risk workshops and challenging risk owners.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Confidence communicating complex risk information to senior and executive stakeholders.
- Experience working with contractors and multiple project disciplines.
- Ability to provide technical guidance to less experienced analysts.
Systems Experience
- Experience with some or all of the following would be highly advantageous:
- ARM
- Safran
- Power BI
- Advanced Excel / Microsoft Office
Qualifications
A degree or equivalent qualification in project management, project controls, engineering, risk management or a related discipline is desirable.
Professional qualifications such as APM Risk, Mo R Practitioner or equivalent are advantageous.
- Important Information
- Must have unrestricted UK Right to Work
- Inside IR35 – Umbrella
- Somerset / project site environment
- Major, complex infrastructure programme
If you are an experienced Senior Risk Analyst / Project Risk Analyst / Risk Manager with strong project controls experience, we would be keen to hear from you
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