Assystem

Risk Analyst

Warrington, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid · Full-time

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  • EmployerAssystem
  • LocationWarrington, England, United Kingdom
  • Work styleHybrid
  • Employment typeFull-time
  • Employer posted

Location - Warrington

Hybrid - 2/3 days in Warrington office

Contract (Inside IR35) Only

The Risk Analyst supports successful project delivery by identifying, assessing and managing risks and opportunities, with a focus on developing and maintaining risk-informed project schedules.

Working within the Project Controls and wider delivery team, the role helps integrate risk information with schedules to provide a clear view of uncertainty and its potential impact on project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

🔍 Identify, assess and manage project risks and opportunities.

📅 Develop and maintain risk-based project schedules.

🤝 Support risk reviews and workshops with project teams and stakeholders.

🗂️ Maintain accurate risk information across relevant systems and registers.

⚠️ Assess schedule uncertainty and potential impacts on milestones and completion dates.

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📈 Carry out quantitative schedule risk analysis to support forecasting and decision-making.

🔗 Work closely with planners, Project Controls and delivery teams to integrate risk into schedules.

🛠️ Support risk response, mitigation and monitoring activities.

📊 Produce clear reports highlighting key risks, schedule drivers, uncertainty and emerging trends.

🚀 Support continuous improvement of project risk processes, tools and techniques.

Essential Experience

📊 Proven project risk management experience within a project or programme environment.

📅 Experience developing and analysing risk-based schedules.

📈 Experience with quantitative schedule risk analysis and interpreting results.

🤝 Experience supporting risk reviews and workshops.

🔗 Strong understanding of risk, scheduling, project controls and forecasting.

💻 Experience using risk management and scheduling software.

🗣️ Able to analyse information and communicate risk impacts clearly.

Essential Qualifications

📚 Relevant qualification or equivalent experience in risk management, project controls, project management, engineering or a related field.

📖 Working knowledge of recognised risk management principles and techniques.

⭐ Desirable Experience

🏗️ Experience in engineering, construction, infrastructure or complex projects.

☢️ Experience in nuclear or other highly regulated industries.

💰 Experience integrating risk with cost and schedule information.

🎯 Experience supporting risk workshops and scenario modelling.

🤝 Experience working with contractors and supply chains.

📊 Experience producing risk information for reviews, forecasting and decision-making.

🏆 Desirable Qualifications

🎓 APM Project Risk Management or equivalent.

📋 MoR Practitioner or equivalent risk qualification.

📚 Relevant project controls or project management qualification.

🏅 Membership of a relevant professional body.

Additional Information

🎯 The role focuses on applying risk management to support project planning, scheduling and delivery.

📅 A key requirement is developing and maintaining risk-based schedules that reflect risks, opportunities and uncertainty.

🤝 You’ll work closely with project managers, planners, Project Controls and stakeholders to keep risk information aligned with the current project position.

💡 The role supports decision-making through risk analysis but does not own project delivery or individual project risks.

⚙️ Project-specific systems, tools, reporting and governance will be defined for each assignment.

Whilst we encourage applications from all nationalities, Assystem within the UK are subject to security and export control restrictions due to the nature of work to be undertaken.  

These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES ON RECRUITMENT FRAUD - We are committed to safeguarding candidates from fraudulent activity associated with our recruitment process. Please note that we will never offer specialist CV writing services, request payment or ask for sensitive personal information during the recruitment process.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

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