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Posted 16 August, 2026

Risk Engineer

M Group
Caldicot, WLS, GB Full Time

Job Description

Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.Where will you be working?At M Group Energy, were enabling the energy essential to support our lives.We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.This role will be within our Substation & Renewable Connections team.We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.What will you be doing?As a Risk Engineer youll support our major M&E projects by working across contracts with our key clients in the transmission sector. Reporting directly to the Risk Manager and alongside our project teams, you will contribute to a culture of proactive risk management that safeguards our people, protects programme performance and supports our reputation for delivering complex infrastructure on time and within budget. Youll be instrumental in identifying, quantifying, and mitigating threats and supporting opportunities to improve project performance across our portfolio of substations.We're looking for someone based in the South West or South Wales due to our projects being in these locations with our main office being in Newport. This is a Hybrid position. Maintain package risk registers through risk reviews, risk workshops and health checking, working collaboratively with the project teamsFacilitate structured risk workshops with project teams, supply chain partners, and client representatives using recognised methodologiesEnsure mitigations are SMART and are kept under review as to their effective and efficient performance to manage risk to required levelsPrepare Quantified Risk Analysis (QRAs) throughout the project lifecycle and in readiness for stage-gate reviews, embedding techniques and toolson all projects alongside the project teams.Model interdependencies between programme elements and advise on optimal contingency allocationsSupport the Early Warning Register (EWR) process, ensuring timely identification and communication of compensation events and project risksContribute to Risk Reduction Meetings and Programme Risk ReviewsProvide support to the Risk Manager, Project Managers, and Project teamsUtilise and champion digital risk tools and support the adoption of data-driven risk analytics and predictive modelling techniquesWhat youll bring Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, or related disciplineProficient in QRA processes and its application on construction projects and possess a strong aptitude for schedule, Cost, Risk, Change management activities as well as analytical reportingDemonstrable experience in risk management, understands the need to adapt risk information to different audiences and can interact well with people across the organisation - able to build relationships internally within M Group and with clientsKnowledge and experience of applying of risk management best practices, e.g.; ISO 31000Understand the risk contribution to the monthly reporting processFormal Risk Management qualification (e.g. BA, MA, IRM Certificate / Diploma, APM Risk, or similar)Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., IRM, ALARM, APM or similar)Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel between project sitesWhats in it for you? 25 days annual leave plus bank holidaysPrivate health care and health care cash planCompany car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose fromMatched or contributory pension schemeOnline GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a yearEmployee assistance programmeLife assuranceCycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemesEnhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leaveTPBN1_UKTJ