About this role
Closing Date
2026-02-04Job Title: Senior Risk
Location: Falmer, Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours
Salary: salary to be discussed at interview stage
Are you ready to take the lead in managing risk for some of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the region?
About the role
Our Major Projects team is driving critical programmes that shape the future of our business and communities. As a Senior Risk Manager, you’ll implement and manage risk frameworks across complex projects, ensuring proactive identification, mitigation, and communication of risks. This is your opportunity to influence delivery confidence and make a real impact on projects that matter.
What you will be responsible for:
- Implement and manage risk management strategies, processes, and governance in alignment with corporate standards.
- Facilitate identification, assessment, and prioritisation of threats, opportunities, and issues.
- Set up and maintain risk registers in risk management software, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Work with risk owners to develop actionable mitigation strategies and track progress.
- Conduct Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis (QSRA/QCRA) and advise on mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with project controls teams to integrate risk impacts into schedules and forecasts.
Additional Requirements
- Expert user of risk management tools such as ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis, or Safran.
- Familiarity with NEC contracts and key clauses.
What you’ll bring to the role:
Essential
- Extensive experience in risk management within large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Professional certifications such as PMI-RMP, IRM, or APM Risk Practitioner.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret technical, commercial, and scheduling information.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Desirable
- Degree in Engineering, Risk Management, or Project Management.
Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britain’s water industry, investing significantly to enhance resilience, sustainability, and service excellence. With £7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.
You will be joining at a time of significant change, working alongside a highly skilled leadership team with a clear vision for the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact, influence major strategic decisions, and drive long-term value creation
At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.
If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com- Introduce Yourself)
Our Commitment to Diversity
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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Other facts
About Southern Water
We are one of the largest water and wastewater companies in the South East of England and thrive on the passion and hard work of more than 2,000 employees.
Together we supply 532 million litres of drinking water every day to more than two million customers and treat and recycle 717 million litres of wastewater for more than four million customers in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Water is essential to every aspect of our lives and we're proud to be at the heart of managing water and wastewater services. We drink it, cook with it and use it to clean. Our water supply faces big challenges - the population of the South East is growing fast, and climate change is bringing greater risk of droughts and more extreme weather. It’s a future of more people needing water and wastewater services, with less water to go around.
So, together with our customers and communities, we aim to provide a sustainable, high-quality water and wastewater service that helps us create a resilient future for water in the South East.
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What you'll do
- The Senior Risk Manager will implement and manage risk frameworks across complex projects, ensuring proactive identification, mitigation, and communication of risks. This role involves collaborating with project controls teams and developing actionable mitigation strategies.
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