Risk Manager​/Senior Risk Manager

• Department:
  Energy and natural resources

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference – we are committed to delivering Sustainable Net Zero outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Risk Manager / Senior Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding, Scotland based Energy & Natural Resources team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Projects and Programmes.

This role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate, and learn from our experienced and award-winning Risk Management community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.

Key Responsibilities

Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider risk management team or independently with reach back support to experienced risk professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Leading teams of Risk Management professionals to deliver effective, consistent, assured and value adding risk management interventions across diverse and complex project/ programmes.
• Planning, designing, and implementing risk management processes; tailoring to the client’s needs and aligning with best practice.
• Driving continuous improvement in Risk Management (and interfacing project controls) processes to create efficiency and improve benefits realisation for our clients.
• Challenging risk information to enhance the quality of risk data so that it is robust, stands up to scrutiny and is reflective of the project environment.
• Leading the implementation, embedding and roll-out of any identified changes to Risk Management approaches.
• Acting as the risk subject matter expert on a major project or programme.
• Working with the Integrated Project Team to establish a robust, integrated, well structured, accurate Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and support the change control process.
• Designing and delivering risk training, including coaching clients and less experienced team members in risk management processes and practices.
• Design, set-up and facilitation of risk workshops with subject matter experts to aid identification and regular updates of risks and uncertainties.
• Maintenance of project and programme risk registers and other additional risk information including maintaining quality control of risk data and reporting.
• Drive the justification/agreement, implementation and tracking of measurable and specific mitigation actions against associated risks across projects and programmes.
• Actively articulate and promote the benefits and requirement of Risk Management with the project and programme team.
• Lead Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis activities (QSRA/QCRA), including risk modelling, interpreting, and communicating the outputs to determine where focus should be applied to benefit the project.
• Supporting efficient contingency forecasting and drawdown processes.
• Working with the supply chain to understand and incorporate the risks they present to clients.
• Supporting T&T’s recruitment activities to grow and develop the risk management and project controls capability.
• Undertaking line management activities including career development and performance management.
• Contribute to the national and regional risk communities including Community of Practice.

Skills and behaviours

• Excellent communication skills to convey complex risk insights to executives and other stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking to develop effective risk management plans and leadership skills to guide their team.
• Demonstrate a strong…