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Senior Risk Manager – Infrastructure Projects
Location: Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle (Flexible hybrid working with regular travel to client sites)
Type: Permanent, Consultancy (Client-facing)
Salary: £55,000 – £63,000 per annum + car allowance and benefits package
We’re recruiting for a respected infrastructure consultancy looking for an experienced Senior Risk Manager to join their teams across Manchester, Leeds, and Newcastle. You’ll support major Transport, Utilities, Defence, and Infrastructure projects in the North, working on programmes that align with your background and expertise. The role offers flexibility with hybrid working and travel between sites as needed.
About the Role:
As a Senior Risk Manager, you will lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation strategies across live projects, working closely with delivery teams, planners, commercial leads, and clients. You’ll embed risk management into the heart of project delivery, ensuring risks and opportunities are clear, owned, and acted upon. Your work will directly influence project governance, forecasting, and decision-making, helping keep programmes resilient and on track.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead risk management across multiple major infrastructure projects
Develop and maintain detailed risk registers and mitigation plans
Facilitate risk workshops and engage teams to ensure risks are understood and owned
Provide insightful risk reporting to support programme assurance and planning cycles
Use tools such as ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis, or similar systems to support delivery
What We’re Looking For:
Proven risk management experience within infrastructure, transport, utilities, or defence sectors
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Confident with both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods
Understanding of how risk drives better project outcomes, not just compliance
Ability to work independently and lead multi-disciplinary teams
Why This Role:
Join a consultancy that puts delivery quality and professional development at its core. You’ll work in a supportive, flexible environment with competitive pay, car allowance, and a benefits package designed to help you grow your career. The role offers real influence over how risk is managed on complex, high-profile infrastructure programmes, alongside access to a tailored development and chartership support program.
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