Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.
The Defence Infrastructure Cost Centre provides support to projects that range in complexity and size with our service offerings spanning across Programme and Project Management, Project Planning, Cost Engineering, Risk Management, and Commercial Disciplines.
We provide support to the full project lifecycle both pre-contract and post contract, delivering infrastructure projects on behalf of our clients, that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £200M.
We are actively looking to expand the team due to client requirements and have talented individuals join us who will support our Defence client portfolio, whilst further developing their career, working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.
Job Description

We are looking for individuals who can fully demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Industry experience within a project/programme environment in the Defence, Nuclear, Infrastructure, or Construction industries
• Expertise in developing and implementing comprehensive risk management frameworks in line with ISO31000, ensuring integrated risk solutions across portfolios, programmes, and projects to enhance resilience and performance.
• Experience with Risk Management Software such as ARM, @Risk, Safran, Primavera Risk Analysis etc.
• Proficiency in conducting Quantitative Risk Analysis, either autonomously or in collaboration with the Lead Risk Manager, ensuring the accurate generation of insightful reports to support data-driven decision-making.
• Strong understanding of interconnected disciplines within Project Controls, including cost management, scheduling and change management, ensuring seamless integration and effective project executio

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Risk Identification & Assessment: Identify threats and opportunities through risk workshops. Proactively analyse potential threats and opportunities, evaluating their impact on project/programme scope and objectives
• Strategic Risk Mitigation: Identify, develop and implement robust risk management strategies to minimise disruptions and enhance project stability.
• Risk Register & Reporting: Maintain up-to-date project/programme risk registers, ensuring clear documentation and transparency across teams and leadership. Produce and present fit for purpose risk reports, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status and required action by the client organisation
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with project managers, clients, and senior leadership to align risk strategies with business objectives.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilise risk analysis tools and Quantitative Risk Analysis modelling to identify project/programme exposure and inform contingency
• Process and Procedure: Production of risk and opportunity management plans across multiple projects and/or large-scale programmes ensuring alignment to business processes and industry standards
• Risk Workshops & Training: Lead educational sessions to increase awareness and build a proactive risk management culture within teams.

Qualifications

We are looking for individuals who can fully demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Industry experience within a project/programme environment in the Defence, Nuclear, Infrastructure, or Construction industries
• Expertise in developing and implementing comprehensive risk management frameworks in line with ISO31000, ensuring integrated risk solutions across portfolios, programmes, and projects to enhance resilience and performance.
• Experience with Risk Management Software such as ARM, @Risk, Safran, Primavera Risk Analysis etc.
• Proficiency in conducting Quantitative Risk Analysis, either autonomously or in collaboration with the Lead Risk Manager, ensuring the accurate generation of insightful reports to support data-driven decision-making.
• Strong understanding of interconnected disciplines within Project Controls, including cost management, scheduling and change management, ensuring seamless integration and effective project execution