Risk and Change Manager

🚧 Risk & Change Manager - Major Infrastructure Project (Outside IR35) 🚧
📍 North East England | 📅 2-Year Initial Contract | 💼 Outside IR35
Principal Contractor | Converter Station Build | £££ Competitive Day Rate

Are you a seasoned Risk & Change professional ready to take on a career-defining challenge?

We're recruiting on behalf of a leading Principal Contractor delivering a 5-year Converter Station build in the North East - a critical part of the UK's energy infrastructure transformation. This is a high-profile, complex engineering programme requiring robust governance, proactive risk management, and agile change control.

This is a hybrid role based out of the Newcastle office.

As Risk & Change Manager, you'll be embedded within the project leadership team, responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining the project risk register and change control processes.
• Leading risk identification, assessment, mitigation and reporting across all workstreams.
• Managing change requests, impact assessments, and stakeholder approvals.
• Supporting strategic decision-making with clear risk insights and change analysis.
• Ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and governance frameworks.
  
  

• Proven experience in major infrastructure or energy projects.
• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks and change control processes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts and project controls tools.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment.
  
  

• Be part of a nationally significant infrastructure programme.
• Long-term contract with stability and autonomy.
• Outside IR35 engagement.
• Collaborative, forward-thinking project team.

Applicants must have previous experience within a Risk Management role.

Please APPLY below if interested and meet the criteria.

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Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales