Senior Risk Specialist
// Role Summary
Shape the future of critical national infrastructure as a Senior Risk Specialist in Glasgow, leading risk and opportunity management for projects of national importance.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead risk and opportunity management across the full project lifecycle.
- Develop and implement risk management plans aligned with business and regulatory needs.
- Facilitate risk workshops and develop treatment plans.
- Produce insightful risk analysis and performance reporting.
- Manage contingency planning and financial objectives.
- Chair risk management reviews with senior stakeholders.
// Role Specification
Senior Risk Specialist - Glasgow
At Cavendish Nuclear, we are committed to creating a safe and secure world. As a Senior Risk Specialist based in our Glasgow site, you will play a pivotal role in delivering risk and opportunity management across projects of national importance. This is a full-time, permanent position contributing to critical national infrastructure.
The role involves hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week onsite, contracted to 37 hours per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead risk and opportunity management activities across all stages of the project lifecycle, from bid phase through to project close-out.
- Develop and implement project risk and opportunity management plans that align with business, commercial, and regulatory requirements.
- Facilitate risk identification workshops, assessments, and treatment planning to minimise threats and maximise opportunities.
- Produce insightful risk analysis and performance reporting, including recommendations for project and business leaders.
- Manage contingency planning and ensure risk management activities support financial, commercial and delivery objectives.
- Chair risk management reviews with senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Produce risk management dashboards.
Essential Experience:
- Exposure to infrastructure projects in areas including nuclear, defence, energy, engineering, or construction.
- Demonstrable experience in a specialist risk and opportunity management role.
- Experience supporting projects throughout the full project lifecycle; from bid development to completion.
- Experience with software including Primavera Risk Analysis (PRA) / Pertmaster, Active Risk Manager (ARM), and Excel-based platforms.
- Awareness of contract forms and commercial frameworks including NEC3 or NEC4.
- Experience working within an engineering, design, project controls, or project delivery environment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Risk Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Postgraduate qualification in Risk Management is desirable.
- Membership of a recognised professional body (e.g., IRM or APM) is an advantage.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
What We Offer:
- Attractive Salary + Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading scheme
- ‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering
- Excellent development opportunities and an employee assistance programme supporting wellbeing.
Cavendish Nuclear is part of Babcock International Group. We are a disability confident committed employer and welcome discussions about flexible working and reasonable adjustments during the application process.