Risk Manager

About SYSTRA

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

The Risk Manager is responsible for leading the identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of risks across transport and infrastructure projects. The role ensures that strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, safety, and project risks are effectively managed to support project objectives, maintain compliance and promote resilient decision making.

This position plays a key role in embedding a strong risk management culture across the project, ensuring that risks are understood, reported clearly, and managed proactively throughout the lifecycle.

With a focus on the design of high-speed rail infrastructure, the Risk Manager may also support other markets in the UK and overseas.

Missions/Main Duties

• Develop and maintain project risk management frameworks, policies, processes and procedures.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and report project operational and compliance risks.
• Facilitate risk workshops and risk reviews to ensure risks and opportunities are identified and assessed.
• Maintain and update risk registers, ensuring risks, controls, actions and owners are clearly recorded.
• Track mitigation actions and monitor the effectiveness of risk controls and treatment plans.
• Escalate significant, emerging or unmanaged risks to senior management where appropriate.
• Provide risk analysis, insight and recommendations to support informed decision-making across projects.
• Prepare accurate risk reports, dashboards and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support project teams and clients in developing practical solutions to manage and reduce risk exposure.
• Work closely with project leadership, engineering teams, technical specialists, 3S teams and other stakeholders on risk-related matters.
• Ensure risk management activities are aligned with project objectives, governance requirements and delivery priorities.
• Support incident reviews, lessons learned activities and business continuity planning where relevant.
• Promote risk awareness and provide guidance and training to embed good risk management practice across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, industry standards and contractual requirements.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with clients, contractors, and other external stakeholders to support successful project delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement in risk management processes, tools and reporting.
• Demonstrate behaviours that support collaboration, respect, excellence and empowerment.