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Risk Manager - Rail

Turner & Townsend
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Description

Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced QRA capable Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding London-based rail team. You will work on a range of high-profile rail projects across London and the South East of England. The main purpose of this role is to implement or support the implementation of an integrated risk management framework across a major capital programme. Key responsibilities include facilitating the identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the sub-programme; maintaining visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to support risk cost profiling and timely drawdown or retirement of risk budgets; using risk data to inform investment planning; assisting with the identification and recording of measurable and specific management responses; monitoring overall risk exposure against the remaining risk budget; proactively managing completion of management responses to achieve target positions; working with contractors to assess contractor-held risks and their impact; producing timely risk reports to communicate threat and opportunity status; and conducting quantitative risk assessments (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels. Candidates should demonstrate competence with tools such as PRA, @risk, Safran or similar, and familiarity with web-based database tools like ARM, Predict or Tableau.

Requirements

Experience
Proven experience in a risk delivery role on major projects or programmes. Competence in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, integrated risk management processes (risk, cost and schedule), risk workshop facilitation, threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation. Experience with probabilistic modelling tools such as @risk, PRA and P6 or equivalent is essential.

About you
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. A genuine commitment to finding new and more effective ways of working. Ability to work collaboratively within a team and with contractors to manage risk effectively.

Qualifications
Degree qualified in a construction-related subject is preferred. APM or IRM risk certification is highly desirable.

Expiry date: 11/12/2026
Risk Manager - Rail
Company:
Turner & Townsend
Job Type:
Full-time
Location:
London