Risk Engineer (Sizewell C)

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Risk Engineer
Sizewell C
 

Closing date:  Wednesday 26th August 2026
Location: London – hybrid, full time, minimum 3 days per week in the office
Salary: Up to £70,000 depending on experience
Bonus: 5% annual incentive
Pension: Up to 7.5% employee contribution / 15% employer contribution
Holiday: 28 days plus bank holidays
 

Impact:
 

As Risk Engineer, you will work as part of the SZC Project Controls team and will serve as a centre of excellence, managing and strategically using delivery performance management information. Our team will enable successful delivery of SZC Project through proactive Project Controls that drives forward-looking solutions to continuously improve performance. As a Risk Manager, you will be working within the Project Management Office (PMO) and will support/ be deployed with one of SZC’s delivery programmes.

The post holder will support the operation of all PMO risk processes across SZC, reporting to a Senior Risk Manager. This will entail supporting the ownership, deployment, and continuous improvement of all the PMO risk process elements of one of SZC’s delivery programmes whilst helping to ensure we operate and deliver controls within the SZC governance structure, organisation and delivery model. They will help ensure PMO risk activities being carried out in an efficient manner in accordance with calendars and deadlines established on SZC.
 

The candidate should have experience of working in a large-scale project environment, as well as experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
 

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

• Supporting the Senior Risk Manager within one of the SZC capital delivery programmes.
• Support the Senior Risk Manager in operating Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
• Support with tasks directed by the Senior Risk Manager.
• Support the Senior Risk Manager with the delivery of risk activities such as EAC update, ERR preparation, Integrated-QRA development etc.
• Support the Senior Risk Manager with progress reporting including monthly risk dashboard updates, forecast to complete, variance identification, delivery process insights and opportunities for improvement.
 

Experience, Knowledge, & Qualifications
 

• Relevant sector experience/ broader sector experience
• Good facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate workshops within programme.
• Good engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of:
• Range of project and corporate professionals
 

Desirable

• Project management and broader project controls experience desirable.
• Good technical skills; able to deliver QRAs with support, spanning Cost QRAs and Schedule QRAs
• Linked capability to integrate/ support breadth of project controls/ project delivery/ business support processes (e.g. Finance)
• Possible risk management/ other technical/ capital-intensive sector-specific management qualifications
• Good client/ contactor/ consultancy/ government experience
• Good major project/ corporate experience
 

Why Join Us  

• A major infrastructure project with national impact  
• Hybrid working with flexibility built in  
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits  
• Clear progression and development opportunities  
• Supportive, collaborative team environment   
 

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For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.