Risk Manager

Brentford, England, United Kingdom

7/25/2025

RISK MANAGER

Location: Brentford, London

Contract duration: 6 month contract - PAYE

Project: Various projects (Chemical / Oil & gas / energy transition)

Recruitment Partner: Airswift

Airswift Recruiter: Robert Caldwell

Keywords: Risk Management, Risk Analysis, Schedule Risk, Quantitative Risk, EPC & Engineering

Our Company

One of the largest Engineering design, Procurement and Construction Management companies in the world employing 50,000 people across the globe and provides project delivery and consulting services to the resources and energy sectors, and complex process industries.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation.

As a global leading provider of engineering, procurement and construction management expertise to the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors, we are proud to be able to expand our team in Brentford and we are global partners with Airswift who support and deliver our recruitment needs.

We are currently recruiting for a Risk Manager to be placed in Brentford and would be on a 6 month contract with the possibility of extension. The main function will be to ensure application of Risk Management process to assigned projects throughout their full lifecycles, including pre-contract phase.

Responsibilities

• Actively establish and maintain Risk Management activities on projects, seeking any potential opportunities for improvement
• Delivery of a range of Risk Management services to project teams, facilitating the identification and analysis of risks on projects at all stages as required, interpreting risk outputs, and communicating too relevant stakeholders as appropriate
• Maintain, monitor, and assess all project risk related processes and activities, report and rectify any variances or issues
• Support Project / Contract Manager(s) with any contract specific reporting or risk related tasks, including the ongoing continual improvement of Risk Management systems and procedures
• To ensure the timely issue of accurate, updated Risk Management Plans and associated documents at the agreed intervals
• To provide guidance to Project personnel in defining Risk Management objectives based on project objectives and support application of the risk process
• To utilise several risk identification techniques in order to facilitate risk identification sessions
• To develop and implement risk assessment criteria as part of a project risk register
• To assist Risk Owners with the selection of appropriate risk response strategies and development of action plans to address identified risks
• To assist project or functional personnel in the familiarisation and consistent application of Risk Management software tools and associated process
• To facilitate Risk workshops and develop project Risk Registers which act as repositories for all risk related information.
• To conduct Cost / Schedule Risk Analysis Workshop sessions, facilitating workshops, building bespoke models and interpreting associated outputs for communication / review
• To support and encourage managers and business units in the use of Decision Analysis on projects where applicable
• To ensure the timely issue of accurate, updated reports and associated documents at the agreed intervals
• To regularly engage with project teams, attending and contributing to project meetings as deemed appropriate
• To provide input to development and continual improvement in project Risk Management tools and processes as part of Global network
  
  

Skills / Qualifications

• Higher National Diploma / Associate Degree / Advanced Diploma etc. (in relevant discipline). IRM International Certificate in Risk Management (or an alternative risk qualification or equivalent in experience
• BA or BSc degree (min. 2:1) in Risk Management, alternative subjects considered can include: Project Management, Engineering, other analytical discipline
• Previous Risk experience i.e., responsible for large project or multiple smaller projects concurrently
• Specialist knowledge in Risk Management software (i.e., MCS software) and experienced with quantitative cost & schedule risk analysis Demonstrable involvement / history in the relevant project industry and / or cross-over experience from a comparable technical industry.
• Extensive working Risk related knowledge of the industry / business line.
• Knowledge of various industry Risk Management software / applications available.
• Experience in internal project delivery processes and procedures.
• Personal Qualities, Aptitudes and Skills
• Ability to work as lead member of a team.
  
  

The next step

We have an exceptional team in place, and we are pleased to be able to appoint a further person to our growing business. We are aware that you may not ‘tick all the boxes’, but if you believe you can genuinely offer some valuable skills and experience to our business, please in the first instance contact our recruitment partner Airswift.