First Recruitment Group
Risk Manager
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Risk Manager
Devonport, Plymouth (3 days on site)
Initial 46-week contract
Active SC Clearance Required
40 hours per week
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Risk Manager to support the delivery of major infrastructure programmes within a highly regulated and complex environment.
Working as part of a Project Controls function, you will play a key role in identifying, analysing, managing and reporting project risks and opportunities across the project lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity for a risk professional with experience in infrastructure, construction, engineering, defence or nuclear projects to contribute to high-profile programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and facilitate risk identification, assessment and management activities across multiple work packages.
- Chair regular risk review meetings and workshops.
- Maintain and develop project risk registers and associated reporting.
- Produce risk dashboards and management information highlighting trends, key risks and mitigation effectiveness.
- Support the development of mitigation and opportunity management plans.
- Collaborate with project teams to ensure risk information remains accurate, relevant and actionable.
- Monitor and report on mitigation actions and risk reduction activities.
- Support Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and Quantitative Cost Risk Analysis (QCRA) activities.
- Contribute to Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) and Cost Risk Analysis (CRA) reporting.
- Support assumptions management and maintain project assumptions databases.
- Work closely with planning, change management and project controls teams to understand risk impacts.
- Provide strategic risk insight and forecasting to support programme delivery.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships across client, supplier and project teams.
- Ensure compliance with project governance, assurance and risk management processes.
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Essential Experience
- Active SC Clearance.
- Minimum 5 years' professional experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership or management capacity.
- Strong experience in project or programme risk management.
- Experience supporting major infrastructure, engineering, construction, defence or nuclear projects.
- Demonstrable experience facilitating risk workshops and risk reviews.
- Experience developing and maintaining risk registers.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience analysing complex project information and identifying trends.
- Good working knowledge of project controls processes and methodologies.
- Strong IT skills.
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Essential Technical Skills
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Project
- Risk Management Frameworks, Risk Registers, Risk Mitigation Planning and Risk Reporting and Dashboards
Company Information
At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.
As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.
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