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Risk Manager - Defence (Construction)

CompanyTurner & Townsend
LocationBarrow-in-Furness
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJune 8, 2026
About The Company
We're Turner & Townsend – a global programme manager. For more than 80 years, we’ve helped deliver the projects that define how people live, work and connect. From shaping resilient cities to advancing clean energy, we approach every challenge with the same goal – to make a meaningful and lasting impact. Partnering closely with our clients, we plan, manage and deliver complex projects and portfolios. Our teams bring the leadership, commercial expertise and independent advice that unlocks performance and protects investment. From the metro systems moving millions of people to the data centres powering the digital economy, we bring ambitious plans to life and deliver outcomes that matter.
About the Role

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.


Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.


Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.


We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
 

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

 

Job Description

We have exciting opportunity for a QRA capable Risk Manager to join our busy and expanding, Barrow-based Real Estate team, who are undertaking duties on a range of high construction profile projects.

Owing to the complex nature of the works involved, this role will suit Risk Manager from a construction or defence background with proven experience and understanding of the processes.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

Implement or support the implementation of an integrated risk management framework across a major construction programme. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the sub-programme.     
  • Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
  • Use risk data to inform investment planning.                                                     
  •  Assist with the identification and recording of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post mitigated positions.                                                                    
  • Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining Risk budget.                                                                                                             
  • Proactively manage the completion of management responses to help deliver target positions.                                                                    
  • Work with contractors to assess contractor held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them.                                                                       
  • Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.                                           
  • Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
  • Candidates will be expected to demonstrate experienced levels of competence with tools such as PRA, @risk, Safran or similar.
  • Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau                                                                  

Qualifications

In order to be able to carry out the duties of the role as required, candidates will be expected to demonstrate the following capabilities: Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk, a working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk, cost and schedule) on a large programme, risk workshop facilitation, threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation, probabilistic modelling (@risk, PRA and P6 proficiency – or equivalent). We are looking for candidates with proven experience in a risk delivery role on major projects/programmes. APM/IRM risk certified candidates preferred.

Further, candidates are expected to have excellent communication skills (oral and written) and be genuinely committed to finding new and more effective ways of working.

Qualifications

  • Candidates will ideally be degree qualified in a construction related subject.
  • We are looking for candidates with proven experience in a risk delivery role on major construction projects/programmes. APM/IRM risk certified.

Owing to the specialist and sensitive nature of the work that we carry out for a number of our clients, candidates will ideally hold security clearance or be able to obtain & maintain security clearance.  

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. 

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.  

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ 

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

  • Department: Real estate
  • Key Skills
    Quantitative Risk AssessmentQualitative Risk AssessmentRisk Workshop FacilitationProbabilistic ModellingThreat MitigationOpportunity ExploitationCost ProfilingInvestment PlanningRisk ReportingSecurity ClearanceProject Contingency PlanningStakeholder Communication
    Categories
    ConstructionManagement & LeadershipConsultingEngineeringSecurity & Safety
    Benefits
    Flexible Working EnvironmentWork-life Balance
    Job Information
    📋Core Responsibilities
    Implement and support an integrated risk management framework across a major construction programme. This includes facilitating risk identification, conducting quantitative risk assessments for cost and schedule, and monitoring overall risk exposure against budgets.
    📋Job Type
    full time
    📊Experience Level
    5-10
    💼Company Size
    17887
    📊Visa Sponsorship
    No
    💼Language
    English
    🏢Working Hours
    40 hours
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