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Employees also frequently highlight our positive work-life balance and the flexibility offered through hybrid working opportunities.\nWe know that diverse teams deliver better outcomes and we actively welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, and career journeys. If you're looking for a place where your voice is valued, your potential is supported, and your work has real impact, we'd love to meet you.\nOur Cost Centre, Programme Performance, combines practical transformation delivery with advanced risk insight to help organisations make better decisions, manage uncertainty, and deliver consistent programme performance. Our service offerings span Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital and AI, providing support across the full project lifecycle.\nHelp Deliver Some of the UK's Most Important Programmes\nAt Turner & Townsend, our risk specialists help clients understand uncertainty, make informed decisions and deliver successful outcomes across major UK programmes across infrastructure, government, defence, transport and energy sectors. As our portfolio grows, we are looking for talented risk professionals who want to build client relationships, work on major programmes and develop their careers in a supportive environment.\nImportant: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.\n The Opportunity\nYou will work with clients to identify, assess and manage risk throughout the project lifecycle, helping teams improve decision making and delivery confidence. Working across a variety of programmes, you will build sector experience while developing specialist expertise in project risk management.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nFacilitate risk workshops and stakeholder discussions \nDevelop and maintain project and programme risk registers \nAssess risks and opportunities against project objectives \nProduce clear and insightful risk reporting \nSupport risk management plans, frameworks and governance \nWork with project managers, project controls teams and senior stakeholders \nSupport qualitative and quantitative risk analysis \nDrive continuous improvement of risk processes and tools \nPromote proactive risk management cultures with clients \nPresent risk insights to senior client stakeholders \nInfluence project decisions through risk-based recommendations \nDeveloping Your Risk Career\nOur work spans the full spectrum of project risk management, including risk facilitation, risk and opportunity management, assurance and governance, reporting and visualisation, project controls integration, quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, and advanced risk modelling. Experience in quantitative risk analysis is beneficial but not essential; we welcome candidates keen to develop these skills.\n What We're Looking For\nWe are interested in candidates with experience in risk management, project controls, PMO, planning or project delivery, ideally within Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital or AI programmes.\nExperience applying risk management within project or programme environments. \nStrong knowledge of risk management frameworks aligned to ISO 31000, The Orange Book or similar recognised standards. \nExperience facilitating risk reviews and workshops, with the ability to translate risk information into clear insights for decision-making. \nPractical experience of quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and risk modelling, or a desire to develop these skills. \nFamiliarity with risk and project controls tools such as ARM, Safran Predict!, Primavera Risk Analysis, Power BI and advanced Excel. \nAn understanding of wider project controls disciplines including planning, cost, forecasting and change management. \nExperience working within major programmes across Defence, Rail, Infrastructure, Digital or related sectors. \nDegree qualified (or equivalent) with relevant professional qualifications such as APM PMQ, APM Risk Level 2, MoR, IRM certifications or similar being advantageous. \n Turner & Townsend recognises the importance of helping its employees harmonise their work and home life by offering hybrid working, that enable them to balance their working life with other priorities. At the same time T&T recognises that employee office and site attendance must always remain in line with the demands of the business and clients. Currently, we anticipate you being on client sites or Turner & Townsend offices 60% of your time, but this may flex depending on client and business requirements. The office is not the only place work gets done, but it is increasingly important for teams to be stronger together by learning, collaborating, and creating amazing work together.\nSecurity Clearance\nImportant: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC).\nMany of the clients and projects we support are subject to MoD security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, time out of country, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).\nOur inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.\nWe want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. \nTurner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.\nPlease find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/\nSOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.\nJoin our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:\nTwitter\nInstagram\nLinkedIn\nIt is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. \nAny unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. 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