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Project Risk Manager

Frontier Resourcing · Birmingham, West Midlands

Type
Full-time
Posted
10 days ago

Overview

Your multi-agency coordination, contingency planning and threat assessment experience in policing translates directly to project risk management.

About this role

Frontier Resourcing is delighted to be partnering with a growing Consultancy that supports the successful delivery of some of the UK's most complex and high-profile programmes across the Infrastructure, Rail, Civil Engineering, Nuclear and Defence sectors.

Due to continued growth, we are seeking experienced Risk Managers to join the team in Birmingham or London. This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside industry-leading Project Controls professionals, providing specialist project risk management expertise across major infrastructure and capital delivery programmes.

This role is working on a hybrid basis of 3 days a week on site.

Responsibilities

  • Guide project teams through qualitative risk assessments and support the development of practical, cost-effective and timely mitigation plans.
  • Work collaboratively with other teams to deliver effective project risk management throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Facilitate risk identification workshops to ensure project risks and opportunities are captured, assessed and managed appropriately.
  • Develop, maintain and continuously improve project risk registers, ensuring risks are clearly defined with appropriate causes, events, impacts, ownership and mitigation strategies.
  • Produce risk reporting, analysis and insights to support monthly project and programme reporting.
  • Monitor project risk exposure, identify emerging risks and communicate findings to key stakeholders.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong understanding of project risk management methodologies, mitigation techniques and enterprise risk management processes.
  • Experience using quantitative risk analysis tools for cost and schedule risk assessments
  • Previous experience working within a Project Management, Project Controls or Project Risk Management environment.
  • Ability to maintain detailed project risk registers and provide high-quality risk analysis and reporting.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Desirable Skills

  • Professional qualification such as Association for Project Management (APM) or Institute of Risk Management (IRM).
  • Experience working within the Nuclear, Rail, Infrastructure, Civil Engineering or Defence sectors.
  • Knowledge of wider Project Controls disciplines, including planning, scheduling and cost management.

What's on Offer

  • Opportunity to work on major infrastructure, rail, nuclear, defence and civil engineering projects.
  • Hybrid working arrangements
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
  • Ongoing professional development and support towards industry-recognised qualifications.
  • Clear opportunities for career progression within a growing consultancy that values collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement

About risk & resilience roles for ex-police

Risk management, business continuity and emergency-planning roles. Contingency planning, threat assessment and multi-agency coordination experience from policing is directly transferable.

See all risk & resilience jobs in Birmingham

Why this fits a police background — match score 70/100

  • Risk & threat assessment

What risk & resilience roles pay ex-police

Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026

Resilience / BC analyst£35,000–£48,000
Business continuity / resilience manager£50,000–£70,000
Crisis management lead£65,000–£85,000
Head of resilience£80,000–£110,000+
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