Risk Manager (Sizewell C)
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Risk Manager
Sizewell C
Location: London
Contract: Permanent, full-time.
Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2026
Location: London – hybrid, full time, minimum 3 days per week in the office
Salary: Circa £90,000 depending on experience
Bonus: 5% annual incentive
Pension: Up to 7.5% employee contribution / 15% employer contribution
Holiday: 28 days plus bank holidays
Impact:
SZC Project Controls 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.
Your role will be to 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.
Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions
As Risk Manager you will:
Support the Senior Risk Manager in operating Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
Support with tasks directed by the Senior Risk Manager, and the ability to deputise at key delivery programme meetings.
Support the Senior Risk Manager with the planning & co-ordination 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.
Knowledge & Skills
Proven facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate workshops within programme.
Good technical skills; able to independently deliver QRAs, spanning Cost QRAs and Schedule QRAs
Linked capability to integrate/ support breadth of project controls/ project delivery/ business support processes (e.g. Finance)
Good engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of: Range of project and corporate professionals
Qualifications & Experience
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
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.
The Sizewell C Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.#SZCJobs
Risk Manager
Sizewell C
Location: London
Contract: Permanent, full-time.
Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2026
Location: London – hybrid, full time, minimum 3 days per week in the office
Salary: Circa £90,000 depending on experience
Bonus: 5% annual incentive
Pension: Up to 7.5% employee contribution / 15% employer contribution
Holiday: 28 days plus bank holidays
Impact:
SZC Project Controls 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.
Your role will be to 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.
Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions
As Risk Manager you will:
Support the Senior Risk Manager in operating Integrated Project Controls (Risk) processes.
Support with tasks directed by the Senior Risk Manager, and the ability to deputise at key delivery programme meetings.
Support the Senior Risk Manager with the planning & co-ordination 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.
Knowledge & Skills
Proven facilitation skills; able to independently facilitate workshops within programme.
Good technical skills; able to independently deliver QRAs, spanning Cost QRAs and Schedule QRAs
Linked capability to integrate/ support breadth of project controls/ project delivery/ business support processes (e.g. Finance)
Good engagement skills; able to independently engage teams of: Range of project and corporate professionals
Qualifications & Experience
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
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.