Risk Analyst

Turner & Townsend

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Glasgow, UK, gb on site Until 9/29/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted July 31, 2026 Last posted July 31, 2026
Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

We take pride in being one of the leading consultancy providers to the infrastructure sector where we use our skills, processes, and knowledge to provide industry leading services to our clients.  We are looking to further bolster our Project Controls Team with the addition of Assistant Risk Managers to work within our Glasgow office.  Join our best in industry team to have the opportunity to work on high profile construction infrastructure projects across a variety of sectors including energy, renewables, defence, rail and utilities.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues
  • Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity
  • Assist with the identification and development of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post mitigated positions
  • Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining risk budget and timeline
  • Produce and present fit for purpose risk reports, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status and required senior management action.
  • Understand quantitative risk assessment (cost, schedule and integrated) to inform project contingency and time risk allowance levels. Demonstrate basic to practitioner competency with tools such as Safran, @risk, PRA or similar.
  • Familiarity with web-based database/reporting tools – ARM, Xactium, Predict, Tableau, PowerBI.

We are looking for individuals who can fully demonstrate the following capabilities:

  • Industry experience such as; construction, infrastructure, engineering, automotive or within a management consultancy
  • A working understanding of a developing and implementing integrated risk management solutions across portfolios, programmes and projects
  • Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk (QRSA's and QCSA's) including probabilistic modelling (@risk, PRA, Safran or equivalent). However, industry leading training will be provided.
  • Risk and Scenario Analysis workshop facilitation
  • Development of proactive threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation,
  • Broad understanding of Project Controls methodology and risk management interactions

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

About this role

Summary

Assess and manage risks for infrastructure projects, develop reports and support mitigation strategies

Job title

Risk Analyst

Experience level

mid level

Industry

professional services

Location requirements

Glasgow, UK, role involves onsite work with flexible options

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

risk managementqualitative assessmentquantitative assessmentproficiency in risk tools

Preferred skills

web-based reporting toolsscenario analysisfacilitation

Specializations

risk managementquantitative analysisproject controlsdata reporting
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Glasgow, UK

On-site City