Project Risk manager - Construction Consultancy

🌟 Position: Risk Manager 📍 Location: Working from home and in the London office 3 days a week 💼 Type: Full-time 📅 Start Date: Immediate We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Risk Manager to join our Project Controls team and play an important role in supporting our clients across a range of major construction projects. As a Risk Manager, you will work closely with our Project Controls, Project Management and Commercial teams to support the effective identification, assessment and management of project risks. You will help ensure that risks are understood, appropriately mitigated and effectively communicated to project stakeholders. About us CMR is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. We are a progressive and dynamic consultancy offering tailored project controls services across a range of industries. Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry. Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention. 🔹 What’s in it for you? At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before. If you demonstrate the capability, our merit-based system will enable you to develop quickly. We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas. Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference. We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough. 🔹 You’ll Support the Project Management and Commercial Teams in the effective identification, assessment and management of project risks. Facilitate and support risk workshops, ensuring key risks, opportunities and exposures are identified and appropriately captured. Maintain project risk registers, ensuring risks are clearly defined in terms of causes, events, impacts and appropriate mitigation actions. Work with project teams to assess the likelihood and impact of identified risks and support the development of effective and proportionate responses. Monitor risk mitigation actions and work with stakeholders to ensure agreed actions are progressed and closed out. Support the production of monthly project reports, providing accurate risk information, analysis and insight. Assist with qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to help project teams understand potential cost and schedule exposure. Identify trends, emerging risks and areas of concern, escalating these to senior members of the team where appropriate. Build strong working relationships with project and client stakeholders, helping to promote a positive and proactive risk culture. Contribute to the continuous improvement of CMR's risk management processes, tools and ways of working. Support Senior Risk Managers and Project Controls Leads in delivering high-quality risk management services to our clients. 🔹 We’re looking for: Essential Relevant experience within a project management, project controls or risk management environment. Experience working on major construction or infrastructure projects. A good understanding of risk management methodologies, mitigation processes and techniques. Experience in developing and maintaining project risk registers. Experience facilitating or supporting risk workshops with project stakeholders. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret project information and identify potential areas of risk. A technically minded individual who can understand technical concepts and communicate them clearly to a wider audience. Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions and ask the right questions. A proactive approach to identifying opportunities to improve project performance and risk management. Desirable Recognised project management or risk qualification such as Association for Project Management (APM) or Institute of Risk Management (IRM). Experience of quantitative risk analysis and/or cost and schedule risk analysis. Experience using risk management or quantitative risk analysis tools such as @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, ARM or Safran. Experience working within a project controls environment. 🔹 At CMR We have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that share our values and ambitions. We’re proud that 96% of our team say CMR is a “Great Place to Work” — a reflection of our supportive culture, focus on people, and drive to do things differently. 👉 Learn more about us here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/ 📍 Requirements and Location Full right to work in the UK. Working from home and in the Birmingham office 3 days a week. 📦 Salary & Benefits 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays) Comprehensive Private Healthcare (including Dentist and Optician) Life Assurance (x4 Salary) Pension: employer contribution of 4% Company and personal performance-based bonus Salary Sacrifice Scheme Long Service Leave Training and professional development Regular social events Perkbox – employee experience platform ➡️ Next Steps To apply for our vacancy, please submit a copy of your CV for consideration. As we receive many applications to our roles, please include a short summary explaining why you want to join CMR and what you think you can bring to the team. We look forward to hearing from you! CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives. Find Jobs in United Kingdom on Arbeitnow