Risk Manager (Infrastructure)

Location: Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global delivers infrastructure and construction projects across Europe. The role supports the Ferrovial Construction / BAM UK & Ireland Infrastructure segment joint venture delivering approximately 140 miles of HS2 track infrastructure between London and the West Midlands.

What you will do

• Own and implement the HRS15 Risk and Opportunity Management process in line with JV procedures and the Project Controls Execution Plan.
• Lead identification, assessment, quantification, management, reporting, and mitigation of risks and opportunities across commercial, planning, design, engineering, procurement, delivery, quality, safety, environment, interfaces, and stakeholder management.
• Maintain integrated links between risk registers, early warning notices, compensation events, assumptions, constraints, changes, and programme activities.
• Prepare, update, assure, and obtain internal approval for PMU4, reconciling it with PMU2, PMU8, EAC, the accepted programme, and commercial forecasts.
• Lead QSRA and QCRA, maintain risk and opportunity registers, and prepare time-phased risk-cost forecasts for project and financial reporting.
• Lead risk reviews and workshops with HS2, senior risk owners, clients, auditors, and project stakeholders.

Requirements

• Substantial risk-management experience on a major infrastructure, railway, civil engineering, or complex construction project.
• Demonstrable experience with both QSRA and QCRA, probabilistic risk modelling, and Monte Carlo simulation.
• Strong understanding of programme risk, critical path analysis, milestone confidence, and schedule contingency.
• Experience with Primavera P6 schedules and programme data; direct P6 operation is desirable, with detailed programme support available from Planning.
• Experience integrating risk with cost forecasting, EAC, change management, and project reporting.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary risk and opportunity registers, leading risk workshops, and constructively challenging senior risk owners.
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual risk on target-cost or collaborative infrastructure contracts.
• Experience engaging with clients, auditors, and senior project stakeholders, and converting complex analysis into clear decisions, actions, and recommendations.
• Degree or equivalent professional experience in Risk Management, Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls, or a related discipline; advanced Excel skills; clear written and verbal communication.

Nice to have

• Previous experience on HS2 or another UK railway or major-infrastructure programme.
• Experience with NEC contracts and familiarity with CEMAR.
• Experience with Primavera P6 Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, Deltek Acumen Risk, or comparable risk software.
• Membership of APM, IRM, RICS, CICES, or an equivalent professional body.
• Recognised risk-management or project-management qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with family-friendly policies and an inclusive working environment.
• Company car, car allowance, or travel allowance.
• 8% matched pension contributions, private healthcare, and life assurance.
• 26 days of holiday, two wellbeing days, and one volunteering day.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.

Hiring process

• For further vacancy and project information, contact Zainab Rubbani, Recruiter at BAM UK & Ireland Infrastructure.
• Reasonable adjustments are available during recruitment and onboarding on request.