Risk Analyst

Job description

Job Title

Risk Analyst Reporting to: Risk Manager Business Unit: GGP The Great Grid Partnership is a transformative infrastructure programme designed to modernise and expand the UK’s electricity transmission network. This initiative supports the transition to a low-carbon energy future, enabling cleaner, more secure, and more affordable power for homes and businesses. We are building a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement, where every team member contributes to delivering safe, efficient, and resilient outcomes.

Role Overview

As a Risk Analyst, you will support the Risk Manager in delivering effective risk management across a portfolio of major infrastructure projects. Working closely with project teams, delivery partners and key stakeholders, you will assist in identifying, assessing, monitoring and reporting project risks, opportunities, assumptions and exclusions to support successful project delivery and informed decision-making. You will be responsible for maintaining the ARM (Active Risk Manager) system, ensuring project risk registers and associated risk, opportunity, assumptions and exclusion logs are accurate and up to date.

You will support the monthly risk review process by coordinating risk reviews, facilitating risk workshops where appropriate, updating actions and producing reporting and analysis to support effective project governance and decision-making.

Responsibilities & Duties

Key Duties include, but are not limited to: Support the Risk Manager in delivering risk management activities across multiple projects. Maintain project risk registers and associated risk, opportunity, assumptions and exclusion logs withing the ARM (Active Risk Manager) system, ensuring information is accurate, current and complete. Work collaboratively with project managers, project teams, delivery partners and stakeholders to support the identification, assessment, and ongoing management of project risks, opportunities, assumptions and exclusions.

Coordinate and support monthly project risk review meetings, including preparing for risk reviews, facilitating workshops where appropriate, recording outputs and tracking actions. Ensure actions arising from risk reviews and workshops are monitored and progressed to completion. Support the preparation of the monthly risk reporting pack by collating, validating and maintaining project risk information. Support the preparation of risk information for project meetings, governance reviews and client reporting as required.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications: No formal risk management qualification is required. Relevant experience and a practical understanding of project risk management will be considered in place of formal qualifications.

Essential Experience

Experience working within a project environment, ideally within infrastructure, construction or the energy sector. Experience supporting project risk management, project controls, PMO or a similar project support function. Experience maintaining project risk registers or similar project governance documentation. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across several projects. Good communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Good analytical skills with excellent attention to detail. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

Desired Experience

Experience using ARM (Active Risk Manager) or similar enterprise risk management system. Experience supporting or facilitating project risk review meetings or workshops. Knowledge of project risk management principles and governance. General This is a flexible based role with frequent travel to site and attendance at project progress meetings as required throughout the UK, therefore a full UK Driving Licence is a requirement of this role.

Interfaces and relationships with key stakeholders

• Project managers and Project teams
• Delivery partners
• Business Unit General Manager
• Clients and customers
• Team members Values In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must possess the following qualities: Team Spirit & Generosity – able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support and drive performance.

Trust and Empowerment – enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally. Integrity and Responsibility – enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high-quality results. Innovation & Entrepreneurship – continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.