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Risk Engineer

Business Unit:  Strategic Infrastructure
Requisition Number:  9042

About The Role

 

As a Project Risk Engineer, you will take a leading role in managing risk on one of National Grid’s major Strategic Infrastructure projects, working across complex delivery in a regulated environment. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced risk professional to apply strong technical judgement, lead high-quality risk discussions, and shape how project risk is understood, analysed and managed through the development of risk registers, treatment strategies and quantitative analysis.

 

You will also support broader portfolio understanding by providing clear insight to the Regional Risk Lead and Cross-Regional Risk Manager on key trends, exposure and interdependencies. Working closely with project teams, partners and project controls colleagues, you will help ensure risks to cost, schedule and business objectives are understood and managed in line with the Strategic Infrastructure framework, standards and assurance requirements, supporting better project outcomes for the business and ultimately for consumers.

 

Our Onshore delivery projects are major undertakings and our Risk Engineers are expected to lead the risk management activity for these large-scale projects. Synonymous job titles in other Sectors or Businesses could be: Senior Risk Analyst, Risk Specialist, Senior Risk Specialist, Project Risk Manager or even Senior Project Risk Manager. 

 

We are looking for 7 Risk Engineers across the UK, this role is hybrid working and you will be expected to be in office 2 days a week. You may be expected to travel to Project locations throughout your working week based on project demands.

About You

 

 

You will be an experienced risk professional who is confident operating in a major project environment and comfortable working with people from a wide range of technical and delivery backgrounds. You will know how to build credibility quickly, ask the right questions, and turn complex discussions into clear, practical risk insight that supports good decision-making.

 

You will bring strong analytical skills, sound judgement and a collaborative approach, with the confidence to engage project teams and senior stakeholders alike. Just as importantly, you will be able to guide and train non-risk colleagues in the practical application of risk management, helping to build understanding, ownership and maturity within projects.

 

Your risk management experience

 

You will have experience of conducting risk management activities on large, complex projects and/or leading risk activities across projects; including facilitating risk identification and review, maintaining high-quality risk registers, conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis, developing treatment actions, and producing clear reporting for governance and decision-making. You should also have a good understanding of how risk connects to cost, schedule, change and wider project controls in a delivery environment.

 

Desirable industry experience

 

Experience of working on major infrastructure projects or programmes would be advantageous, particularly in a regulated environment. Experience of NEC contracts, or similar collaborative delivery models, would also be beneficial.

What You'll Do

 

As the Project Risk Engineer for a major Strategic Infrastructure project, you will lead the day-to-day application of project risk management in line with the SI Management System, Risk Operating Procedures and Work Instructions. You will work across functional, delivery and project controls interfaces to ensure risks are identified, understood, analysed, reported and managed effectively through the project lifecycle.

 

  • Risk register ownership and quality – Maintain a high-quality project risk register, ensuring risks are clearly described, correctly categorised and updated in a timely way, with robust ownership, causes, consequences and response strategies.
  • Risk identification and stakeholder engagement – Lead risk interviews, workshops and ongoing engagement with project teams, partner organisations and subject matter experts to identify, review and challenge project risk exposure.
  • Risk assessment and analysis – Support effective qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, working with project controls colleagues on QCRA, QSRA, risk modelling and interpretation of outputs to improve decision-making.
  • Risk treatment and control – Support the development and monitoring of practical treatment actions, helping to ensure risks are actively managed through the lifecycle and aligned to project priorities. Including supporting the contingency and drawdown processes with the change management and finance teams.
  • Reporting, assurance and governance – Produce clear risk reporting and maintain risk products to the required standard, supporting project boards, governance forums, assurance activity and stage gate submissions.
  • Portfolio insight and escalation – Provide clear insight on trends, exposure and interdependencies, escalating significant risks and emerging themes to support regional and portfolio understanding.
  • Partner integration, capability building and continuous improvement – Support the integration of contractor and partner risk information, guide project teams in the practical application of risk management and contribute to improved ways of working across the Onshore PMO risk function. This includes supporting risk training for non-risk professionals and helping to develop risk champions within projects to strengthen local ownership and maturity.
  • Submission and regulatory support – timely support to regulatory teams, providing accurate and persuasive risk inputs to project submissions.

 

What You'll Get

 

A competitive salary between £54,000 -£65,000 – dependent on capability.

 

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About Us

 

 

The British Energy Security Strategy set out the Government's ambition to connect up to 50GW of offshore generation to the electricity network by 2030. Facilitating this ambition will require significant reinforcements to the onshore electricity transmission network. National Grid Strategic Infrastructure will make this happen.

 

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

 

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via the Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

 

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More Information

 

This role closes on 29th June 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

 

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. 

 

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

 

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider 

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