Orion Group
Operational Risk Lead
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Operational Risk Lead
Our client is a North Sea operator currently recruiting for the position of Operational Risk Lead based in Aberdeen. This is a staff role with hybrid working options.
About the Role
Managing risk effectively is fundamental to protecting our people, assets, environment and business performance. As Operational Risk Lead, you will play a key role in strengthening the way operational and functional risks are identified, understood and managed across our portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Leadership and Framework Management: Reporting to the Process Safety, Risk & Assurance Manager, you will provide leadership for the Company’s operational risk framework, ensuring a consistent and practical approach to risk management that supports informed decision-making at every level of the organisation.
- Risk Communication and Translation: This is a highly visible role that sits at the intersection of operations, engineering, HSE, assurance and business leadership. Through strong Communication, you will translate complex risk information into clear insights, helping leaders understand emerging threats, control effectiveness and mitigation priorities.
- Culture of Empowerment & Accountability: You will foster a culture of Empowerment & Accountability, encouraging robust risk ownership while providing constructive challenge to improve the quality of risk assessments, governance and reporting. Your ability to influence without direct authority will be key to building alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Continuous Improvement and Learning: We are looking for someone who embraces Learning and continuous improvement, using assurance findings, operational performance data and industry good practice to enhance risk visibility and organisational resilience. Above all, you will lead with Respect, building trusted relationships that support open dialogue, sound judgement and effective risk-based decision making.
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Roles & Responsibilities:
- Maintain and continuously enhance the Company’s operational risk management framework, tools and processes.
- Support assets and functions in identifying, assessing and managing material operational risks.
- Analyse and consolidate risk information to identify trends, emerging threats and cross-functional exposures.
- Produce high-quality risk reporting and insights for management, executive and governance forums.
- Promote effective risk ownership, control assurance and mitigation action tracking across the business.
- Build risk management capability through coaching, stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree-qualified in Engineering, Risk Management or a related discipline, with a recognised risk management qualification desirable.
- Experience in operational risk, enterprise risk, assurance, audit, HSE, operations or engineering within oil and gas or another high-hazard industry. Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, governance processes and control effectiveness principles.
- Proven ability to interpret complex information and communicate clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders.
- Experience preparing executive-level reports, risk reviews and governance papers.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing and facilitation skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively.
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Job Details:
- Position Type: Permanent
- Location: Aberdeen
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more, then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: PR/083596
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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.
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