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Risk Manager
Company Description
Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.
Every day, our 7,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their expertise to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.
We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.
Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors with strict security and safety requirements, we provide:
- Engineering and project management services
- Digital solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle
Currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering, our goal is to ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.
About the Role
Job Title: Risk Manager (Defence Programme) Contract Type: Permanent
Your Mission
Join this Defence project, providing risk expertise through a Joint Project Team delivering an infrastructure programme.
We’re seeking a Risk Manager to:
- Lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle.
- Report to the Programme Delivery Lead.
- Work across client sites and industry partners.
- Navigate risk management in a complex, fast-paced environment.
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Responsibilities
Your role will require:
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Lead the delivery of:
- Risk management processes
- Risk management roadmap
- Target Operating Model (TOM)
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Facilitate:
- Monthly risk reviews
- Risk workshops
- Maintain risk registers and optimised dashboards
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Support:
- Quantitative Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA)
- Quarterly reporting
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Coordinate:
- Project assumptions
- Master Data & Assumptions List (MDAL)
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** Monitor**:
- Mitigation plans
- Deliver risk actions
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Collaborate with:
- Project leads
- Suppliers
- Stakeholders
- Partners
- To manage risks, avoid duplication, and drive delivery
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Early supply chain performance tracking and risk emergence detection (🚀)
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Ensure compliance with client processes and infrastructure requirements.
Requirements
Essential Qualifications
✔ SC Clearance held and available to work on client site 3-4 days/week.
✔ Demonstrable expertise in:
- Whole-life risk processes and management
- Data analysis, trend identification, and risk forecasting
✔ Infrastructure project risk experience.
✔ Strong:
- Leadership capabilities
- Organisational skills
- Stakeholder management experience
✔ Proficiency in IT skills.
Desirable Qualifications
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⭐ Industry expertise, including awareness of competitors & adversaries.
⭐ Executive-level communication fluency.
⭐ Agile and adaptable mindset.
⭐ Experience in high-stakes, live operational environments.
⭐ Ability to collaborate across multi-agency teams.
Why Join Assystem?
Employee Benefits
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Career opportunities across our five business lines:
- Operations
- Project
- Technical
- Sales
- Support Functions
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Global project exposure
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Employee Assistance Programme with:
- Confidential 24/7 support (phone/text)
- Free mindfulness, health, and wellbeing resources
- Discounts on:
- Days out
- Restaurants
- Eye tests & glasses
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
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Enhanced sick pay
Diversity & Commitment
We are committed to:
- Equal treatment of all candidates.
- Fostering diversity in all forms, believing that innovation thrives on diverse perspectives.
- Equally valuing:
- Skills
- Talent
- Ability to dare
Your unique contributions help shape meaningful futures.
Recruitment Fraud Notice
We strictly safeguard candidates from any fraudulent activity in our recruitment process:
- We never:
- Ask for CV writing services
- Request payments
- Solicit sensitive personal information
- Ask for CV writing services
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