Strategic Risk Advisor

1 week ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Turner & Townsend Group Full time
About Turner & Townsend

We are a global professional services company delivering solutions for owners, investors, developers and contractors. Our people have a deep understanding of the complexities of the built environment and we have a reputation for delivering better outcomes.

Our Work

We help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 110 offices worldwide. Our expertise spans the entire project lifecycle from strategy to delivery, helping our clients to realize their potential.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for Risk Managers / Senior Risk Managers within our Project Controls Team, based out of our Glasgow office. As Risk Manager / Senior Risk Manager, you will be an integral member of the team, undertaking duties on high-profile infrastructure projects across various sectors including energy, renewables, defence, rail, and utilities.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Facilitate the identification, assessment, and prioritization of threats, opportunities, and issues.
  • Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
  • Assist with the development of management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post-mitigated positions.
  • Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining risk budget and timeline.
  • Produce and present fit-for-purpose risk reports in a timely manner to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status and required senior management action.
  • Understand quantitative risk assessment (cost, schedule, and integrated) to inform project contingency and time risk allowance levels. Demonstrate basic to practitioner competency with tools such as Safran, @risk, PRA, or similar.
Requirements
  • A minimum of experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes or blue-chip clients.
  • Project experience within energy, renewables, defence, rail, and utilities will be an advantage.
  • Attainment or working towards IRM / APM risk certified candidates preferred.

The salary for this position is approximately £60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience. We offer a competitive benefits package and opportunities for career growth and development.



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