Senior Risk Manager - Infrastructure

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

The Senior Risk Manager provides strategic leadership and oversight of risk management activities across the program. The role holder is responsible for designing, embedding and continuously improving the risk management framework to ensure proactive identification, assessment and mitigation of risks that could impact project delivery, compliance, or reputation. The Senior Risk Manager works closely with executive leadership, delivery teams and external stakeholders to ensure that risk is effectively integrated into decision-making processes and that appropriate controls and mitigation strategies are in place. The role holder establishes alignment with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices, while fostering a strong risk-aware culture across the organisation. 

• Lead risk reporting to governance bodies, supports assurance reviews, and provides expert guidance on complex or emerging risk issues. 

• Lead the development and implementation of risk management frameworks tailored to the project, ensuring alignment with program objectives, regulatory requirements, and international best practices. 

• Oversee the identification, evaluation, and management of complex and emerging risks across the organisation. 

• Liase with executive leadership, delivery teams, and external stakeholders to embed risk-informed decision-making across all phases of the project lifecycle. 

• Provide high-level risk reporting and insights to senior management, governance boards, and external regulators, ensuring transparency and accountability in risk posture. 

• Design and facilitate advanced risk workshops and capability-building programs to elevate risk maturity across the organisation. 

• Ensure risk management practices remain compliant with evolving legislation, standards (e.g., ISO 31000), and internal policies, while driving continuous improvement. 

• Direct the development and governance of program-wide risk registers, ensuring strategic risks and mitigation actions are accurately captured, escalated, and monitored. 

• Provide expert advice and guidance on risk management to project teams and stakeholders. 

• Lead regular risk assessments, peer reviews and audits to identify potential issues and areas for improvement. 

• Collaborate cross-functional with other departments to ensure risk controls are embedded in daily operations.  

• Perform additional tasks, activities or other duties as may be required or assigned as part of the role. 

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 8 degree (or equivalent) in relevant subject area e.g., Civil Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration etc.    

• Project Management Institute – Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) or equivalent 

• Completed/ in the process of completing IRM Diploma 

Experience 

• 7 plus years’ experience in risk management activities and a proven track record of handling such activities in high value infrastructure projects or projects of a similar scale / complexity.   

• Knowledge of quality management and process improvement practices and systems is desirable, preferably within the construction sector. 

• Previous experience in a similar role. 

• Experience in the development of complex risk models in a Capital Project Environment. 

• Experience using Risk Tools such as @risk, pra, riskhive, ARM etc. 

Skills