Risk Manager - Defence & Security

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

We are looking for an experienced Risk Manager, to join our expanding Defence and Security Sector to work on some of the UK's most critical endeavours. You'll have the opportunity to work with some exciting clients from the Defence and Security Sector, including public clients, Prime Contractors and Tier 1 Contractors as well as an opportunity to spend time in other challenging Industries.

Working closely with project and programme teams to implement effective risk management processes, ensuring full integration with project and programme management and control disciplines.

Provide support to the Service Capability Leader for Risk Management in development of service capability supporting with risk analyses, quality assurance and drafting reports whilst delivering scope of work in line with budgetary, compliance, regulatory and planning controls.

As a Risk Manager within the Defence and Security Sector you will be required to;

• Depending on your experience, Lead, support and/or assist in delivering risk management services to clients in compliance with client assurance and governance processes and objectives.
• Undertake day-to-day risk management activities including identification, assessment, management, review and reporting of risks and opportunities.
• Produce periodic risk reporting which may include profiled risk expenditure, impacted risk / contingency drawdown and risk exposure changes.
• Develop Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) including Cost, Schedule and integrated analyses, to enable robust forecasting and tracking of risk exposure.
• Use knowledge and experience to ensure identification and management of all significant risks to achievement of project and programme objectives.
• Deliver discrete risk interventions and embedded risk management services.
• Act as an ambassador for risk management, coaching others in the requirements, processes and benefits of risk management.

Arcadis is seeking expert Risk Management professionals with significant expertise in risk management and recognised expertise in project and programme management, with the following required and desirable criteria.

Required;

• Ability to attain BPSS
• Ability to attain SC Clearance
• A relevant professional qualification (or working towards) such as APM Risk Certificate or IRM Certificate
• Experience in the application of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) techniques and tools, for Primavera Risk Analysis (previously Pertmaster), Safran including the analysis of complex logic-linked cost-loaded schedules
• Knowledge of Enterprise Risk Management tools, for example, Active Risk Manager (ARM), Predict! and Xactium
• Understanding of the relationship between Risk Management and controls/management functions including project/programme management, change control, planning, scheduling, cost and commercial management and reporting.
• Collaborative working and consulting style approach to clients
• A logical approach and ability to think through complex issues to co-ordinate multi-faceted aspects of projects
• Experience delivering Risk Management at Programme or Strategic levels.
• Time served Risk Management experience in the Nuclear or Defence industries, with strong communication and line management skills.
• Working Awareness of Cost, Commercial, Estimating, Planning, Reporting & Quality disciplines in a Project / Programme lifecycle.
• Experience in ensuring timescales / deadlines are realistic and met, with attention to detail and quality.
• Previously worked as a Risk Manager within the Nuclear or Defence industry.
• Experience delivering projects within the Nuclear / Defence sector, if not then within another regulated environment (i.e. water, rail, energy etc.) would be acceptable.
• Ability to attain DV clearance

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We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

• Job Identification 37057
• Job Category Cost & Commercial Management
• Posting Date 01/14/2026, 06:57 PM
• Locations 16th Floor, Birmingham, B3 3AG, GB