Turner & Townsend
Project Risk Manager - Energy & Natural Resources
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Project Risk Manager - Energy & Natural Resources
Risk Manager – Natural Resources Team
About the Opportunity
At Turner & Townsend, our award-winning Controls & Performance team drives innovation to enhance client capabilities, improve programme performance, and deliver better outcomes. We are proud of our growing national team of over 600 professionals across Controls & Performance, offering unparalleled opportunities for career growth and knowledge exchange through shared expertise and diverse client engagements.
Our Natural Resources business is expanding rapidly, growing 35% in the last 9 months and aiming to triple in size over the next three years. We are seeking a skilled Risk Manager to join our expanding Natural Resources & New Energies team—a dynamic group tackling high-profile projects and programmes. This role offers the chance to innovate, collaborate, and learn from our experienced and award-winning Risk Management community, alongside a broader Controls & Performance network.
Explore our purpose and culture here.
Key Responsibilities
As part of the Natural Resources risk management team, your role will include—but is not limited to—the following activities:
- Planning, designing, and implementing risk management processes tailored to clients’ needs while adhering to best practice.
- Facilitating risk workshops with subject matter experts to identify and evaluate risks effectively.
- Creating and maintaining risk registers, along with associated risk intelligence for proactive decision-making.
- Questioning risk information to ensure data is robust, accurate, and commercially sound.
- Driving the execution of mitigation actions across projects to minimise identified risks.
- Developing measurable and specific management responses to support post-mitigated positions.
- Conducting Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA): performing cost and schedule impact analyses to gauge project risk exposure using techniques such as Monte-Carlo simulation.
- Producing timely, professional risk reporting leveraging tools including Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Power BI.
- Aligning risk insights with the Project Controls disciplines (scheduling, cost control, change control).
- Collaborating with the supply chain to assess and incorporate supply-side risks, ensuring clients are well-insulated against potential supplier disruptions.
- Where required, adhering to SOX compliance responsibilities.
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Requirements
Skills and Behaviours
- Strong communication skills to effectively deliver complex risk insights to diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to adapt risk strategies and processes in response to evolving project conditions.
- A proactive, problem-solving approach with strategic awareness to evaluate risk scenarios critically.
- Confident and sorable stakeholder manager supporting smooth collaboration across functions while balancing strategic and operational impact.
- Skill in interpreting client requirements and managing stakeholder expectations effectively.
- Dedication to monitoring industry trends, emerging risks, and industry best practices.
- Willingness to embrace challenges and deliver positive change for clients.
- A UK driving licence or the ability to furnish approval to travel to client sites across the region as needed.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Proven expertise in managing risk across multiple projects/ programmes or equivalent experience in a risk management role.
- Familiarity with at least one risk standard/approach, including (but not limited to):
- ISO 31000
- APM risk methodology
- Orange Book
- IPA (Disciplined Agile Risk Management)
- Familiarity with at least one risk management tool.
- Essential awareness of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) techniques, including Monte-Carlo simulation.
- Understanding of Project Controls (scheduling, cost control, change control) and how it integrates with risk management.
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Desirable:
- A risk-focused qualification, such as:
- APM Risk Certificate Level 2
- Management of Risk (MoR)
- Experience with NEC contracts working with owners, contractors, and programme teams.
About Turner & Townsend
We are a leading consultancy with 110+ offices globally, providing end-to-end professional services on major, complex projects across:
- Infrastructure
- Defence
- Natural Resources
- Real Estate
Our clients value our proactive approach, technical expertise, and integrity. As public goods consultants, we are uniquely positioned to unlock value, reduce risk, and deliver excellence—making meaningful impacts through some of the world’s most ambitious projects.
Our Commitment
✅ Equality & Diversity: An equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. ✅ Work-Life Balance: Our flexible and supportive culture prioritises well-being while fostering productivity. ✅ Future-Focused: Join a forward-thinking industry leader shaping the transformation of infrastructure and sustainable resources globally.
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Disclaimer: No recruitment agency or candidate should ever pay a fee in connection with our recruitment process. Should you require further details, please reach out to the Turner & Townsend recruitment team directly.
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