Senior Risk Analyst

Pay: £450.00-£500.00 per day

Job description:

Senior Risk Analyst – Major Infrastructure Project

Location: Somerset / hybrid, with site presence required
Rate: Up to £500/day via Umbrella
IR35: Inside IR35
Right to Work: Must have unrestricted UK Right to Work

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Risk Analyst to join a major UK infrastructure project.

You will be responsible for providing high-quality risk management, analysis and insight across a complex, high-value programme. Working closely with project controls, programme teams and senior stakeholders, you will help identify, assess and manage risks and opportunities that could affect delivery.

This is a senior role requiring someone who can confidently challenge, influence and communicate risk information at all levels.

Key Responsibilities:

* Lead risk management activities across an allocated programme or project area.

* Maintain and assure risk and opportunity data within risk management systems.

* Analyse risk information and provide clear, insightful recommendations.

* Support risk reviews, workshops and scenario planning sessions.

* Challenge significant risks, issues and opportunities affecting programme objectives.

* Integrate risk information with cost, schedule, change and wider project controls.

* Support assessment of contractor-held and programme-level risks.

* Produce accurate risk reporting, dashboards and management information.

* Present risk insights to senior stakeholders and programme leadership.

* Support continuous improvement of risk processes, tools and reporting.

* Provide guidance and technical support to junior Risk Analysts.

* Support training and development in risk management processes and systems.

About You

You will ideally have:

* Significant experience in project risk management / project controls.

* Experience working on major or complex projects, ideally within infrastructure, construction, energy, nuclear, defence or another highly regulated environment.

* Strong experience with quantitative risk analysis (QRA/QSRA) and risk modelling.

* Good understanding of the relationship between risk, cost and schedule.

* Experience facilitating risk workshops and challenging risk owners.

* Excellent analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

* Confidence communicating complex risk information to senior and executive stakeholders.

* Experience working with contractors and multiple project disciplines.

* Ability to provide technical guidance to less experienced analysts.

Systems Experience:

Experience with some or all of the following would be highly advantageous:

* ARM

* Safran

* Power BI

* Advanced Excel / Microsoft Office

Qualifications:

A degree or equivalent qualification in project management, project controls, engineering, risk management or a related discipline is desirable.

Professional qualifications such as APM Risk, MoR Practitioner or equivalent are advantageous.

Important Information

* Must have unrestricted UK Right to Work

* Inside IR35 – Umbrella

* Up to £500/day

* Somerset / project site environment

* Major, complex infrastructure programme

If you are an experienced Senior Risk Analyst / Project Risk Analyst / Risk Manager with strong project controls experience, we would be keen to hear from you
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed