Project Risk Specialist

Company Description Join a Team Where Your Perspective Matters At Turner & Townsend, you'll benefit from strong professional development and international exposure, as well as comprehensive health and wellbeing support. Employees also frequently highlight our positive work-life balance and the flexibility offered through hybrid working opportunities.

We know that diverse teams deliver better outcomes and we actively welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, and career journeys. If you're looking for a place where your voice is valued, your potential is supported, and your work has real impact, we'd love to meet you.

Our Cost Centre, Programme Performance, combines practical transformation delivery with advanced risk insight to help organisations make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and deliver consistent programme performance. Our service offerings span Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital and AI, providing support across the full project lifecycle.

Help Deliver Some of the UK's Most Important Programmes At Turner & Townsend, our risk specialists help clients understand uncertainty, make informed decisions and deliver successful outcomes across major UK programmes across infrastructure, government, defence, transport and energy sectors. As our portfolio grows, we are looking for talented risk professionals who want to build client relationships, work on major programmes and develop their careers in a supportive environment.

Important:
Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.

Job Description The Opportunity You will work with clients to identify, assess and manage risk throughout the project lifecycle, helping teams improve decision making and delivery confidence. Working across a variety of programmes, you will build sector experience while developing specialist expertise in project risk management. What You'll Be Doing Facilitate risk workshops and stakeholder discussions Develop and maintain project and programme risk registers Assess risks and opportunities against project objectives Produce clear and insightful risk reporting Support risk management plans, frameworks and governance Work with project managers, project controls teams and senior stakeholders Support qualitative and quantitative risk analysis Drive continuous improvement of risk processes and tools Promote proactive risk management cultures with clients Present risk insights to senior client stakeholders Influence project decisions through risk-based recommendations Developing Your Risk Career Our work spans the full spectrum of project risk management, including risk facilitation, risk and opportunity management, assurance and governance, reporting and visualisation, project controls integration, quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, and advanced risk modelling.

Experience in quantitative risk analysis is beneficial but not essential; we welcome candidates keen to develop these skills. Qualifications What We're Looking For We are interested in candidates with experience in risk management, project controls, PMO, planning or project delivery, ideally within Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital or AI programmes. Experience applying risk management within project or programme environments. Strong knowledge of risk management frameworks aligned to ISO 31000, The Orange Book or similar recognised standards.

Experience facilitating risk reviews and workshops, with the ability to translate risk information into clear insights for decision-making. Practical experience of quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and risk modelling, or a desire to develop these skills. Familiarity with risk and project controls tools such as ARM, Safran Predict!, Primavera Risk Analysis, Power BI and advanced Excel. An understanding of wider project controls disciplines including planning, cost, forecasting and change management.

Experience working within major programmes across Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital or related sectors. Degree qualified (or equivalent) with relevant professional qualifications such as APM PMQ, APM Risk Level 2, MoR, IRM certifications or similar being advantageous. Additional Information Turner & Townsend recognises the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, that enable them to balance their working life with other…