At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead risk management for critical defence infrastructure projects and ensure safe operations.
- Company: Join a major public-sector organisation focused on transformation and impactful delivery.
- Benefits: Inclusive workplace, professional development, and the chance to work on nationally significant programmes.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for career growth and a commitment to diversity.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in complex projects while collaborating with experienced teams.
- Qualifications: Proven risk management experience and strong stakeholder engagement skills required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Are you a proven Risk Manager (Nuclear) with a track record of protecting complex infrastructure programmes in a highly regulated, live operational environment? This is a high-impact opportunity to embed into a major defence infrastructure programme, where your risk leadership will directly support safe, continuous operations and delivery at pace. If you thrive on complexity, stakeholder influence, and meaningful outcomes, apply now or read on.
The Opportunity
Join a major public-sector infrastructure delivery organisation with a clear transformation vision: delivering a better estate, a better service, and a better business. You’ll work in a culture that values professional standards, collaboration, and disciplined project delivery, offering the chance to contribute to nationally significant programmes, alongside experienced multi-disciplinary teams, with a strong focus on safety, governance, and long-term capability.
The Role
As Risk Manager, you will provide risk management advice to two critical projects. This is a site-based role with an expectation of three days per week on site, working closely with the Project Manager, Joint Project Team (JPT) and delivery partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Delivering a bottom-up refresh of Tranche 0 risk, with support to other tranches as required
- Chairing monthly risk reviews; facilitating workshops; producing minutes, risk register updates, and monthly dashboards
- Driving risk and opportunity identification, mitigation planning, and action tracking
- Ensuring risk quality: removing duplication, maintaining manageable work package risk profiles, and highlighting trends
- Supporting QRR and developing QSRA/QCRA models, including quarterly SRA/CRA outputs
- Working with Change Management to capture Tier 2 and 3 impacts
- Leading assumptions management and maintaining the Master Data and Assumptions List (MDAL)
- Providing directorate-level risk insight and maintaining productive supplier/partner relationships
You will have the following qualifications & experience:
- UK National with Security Check (SC) clearance
- Proven delivery of risk management within complex infrastructure works programmes
- In-depth working knowledge of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project
- Expert understanding of risk processes, analysis, and building big-picture risk views from detailed data
- Strong stakeholder management, organisation, and leadership capability
- Confidence operating in a live operational environment with shifting priorities and interdependencies
- Strong IT skills; able to communicate clearly with senior stakeholders (desirable)
- Membership of a relevant professional body (desirable)
Get In Touch
Apply today or get in touch with Louis Wellings to discuss next steps. Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate. Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.
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