Risk Manager - Aviation

Overview

As a Risk Manager supporting a major London airport capital programme, you will implement and operate an integrated risk framework across a complex portfolio. You’ll identify threats and opportunities, track risk triggers, and inform investment decisions with data-driven insights. You’ll work with contractors and cross-functional teams to drive measurable responses and monitor risk exposure against budgets. This role blends technical risk modelling with practical delivery oversight in a high-stakes environment.

Pay / Benefits

• great place to work
• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• inclusive and equal opportunity environment

Responsibilities

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the sub-programme
• Maintain visibility of risk triggers for cost profiling and risk budget management
• Lead or assist with recording measurable risk responses and assess post-mitigation positions
• Monitor overall risk exposure and compare with remaining risk budget
• Drive completion of management responses to deliver target positions
• Collaborate with contractors to assess contractor-held risks and client-held risks impacting them
• Produce timely risk reports to communicate threat and opportunity status
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels
• Demonstrate competence with PRA, @risk, Safran and familiarity with ARM Predict Tableau

Key requirements

• Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment skills
• Understanding of an integrated risk management process for large programmes (risk, cost, schedule)
• Risk workshop facilitation
• Threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation
• Probabilistic modelling (@risk, PRA and P6 proficiency or equivalent)
• Proven risk delivery experience on major projects/programmes
• APM/IRM risk certification preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Degree qualification in a construction-related subject preferred
• Proven ability to deliver in aviation/infrastructure environments

• excellent communication
• problem solving
• continuous improvement
• PRA
• @risk
• Safran

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