Risk Manager

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An experienced Risk Manager is required to support a highly sensitive, large-scale infrastructure programme. The role provides end-to-end ownership of risk management across a defined workstream, ensuring threats and opportunities are identified, assessed and managed to protect delivery outcomes. The postholder will work closely with senior stakeholders and parallel risk leads to maintain alignment across the wider programme.

The programme operates within a complex, live operational environment with multiple interdependencies and strict delivery constraints. The successful candidate will be comfortable working at pace, applying structured risk management techniques while maintaining focus on programme objectives.

Key responsibilities

Own and maintain the risk profile for a defined workstream or tranche within a wider programme, ensuring alignment with overall programme risk strategy

Plan and lead regular risk review sessions, including facilitation of workshops, documentation of outputs and production of routine risk reporting and dashboards

Maintain a live risk and opportunity register, ensuring risks are clearly articulated, proportionate and actively managed

Support teams in developing practical mitigation and response plans and ensure ownership is clearly assigned

Review the risk portfolio to remove duplication, challenge relevance and ensure the volume of risks remains meaningful and actionable

Monitor mitigation actions and report on effectiveness, trends and residual exposure

Contribute to quantitative risk activities, including schedule and cost risk modelling, and support periodic reporting outputs for senior governance forums

Lead the management of assumptions and dependencies relevant to the risk baseline, ensuring accuracy and traceability

Provide a clear, time-phased view of risk exposure to support strategic planning and decision-making

Build strong, trusted relationships across the programme, encouraging collaboration and maintaining delivery momentum

Engage with delivery partners and suppliers to monitor performance across cost, schedule and quality, addressing emerging risks early

Ensure compliance with agreed governance, assurance and infrastructure delivery processes

Essential experience and skills

3–5+ years’ experience in a risk-focused role.

Proven background managing risk on complex infrastructure or capital delivery programmes

Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, tools and best practice

Ability to analyse detailed information, identify trends and present a clear overall risk picture

Comfortable working in a secure, controlled environment

Good general IT capability
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Location:
Glasgow
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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