Risk Manager
Systems Engineering and Assessment Limited
Bristol · posted 11 August 2026
Salary
£50,000 a year
Location
Bristol, Bristol
Category
Banking and Financial Services
About The Role
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
Engineered to Protect, thats our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.The Programme Risk Manager is responsible for providing specialist risk management capability across SEA programmes, projects and bids, supporting delivery teams to identify, assess, manage and report threats and opportunities across the full lifecycle.
Risk Manager will be based at either our Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple sites. This role allows for flexible working.
The salary for this role is up to £53k, depending on experience.
Whatyoullbedoing Establish and maintain robust risk management governance, including risk reviews, risk workshops, escalation routes, and decision-ready risk reporting
Maintain high-quality risk, opportunity, assumption, issue and dependency information, ensuring risk exposure is understood and actively managed against programme objectives, cost, schedule and OQOTOC commitments
Support qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including cost and schedule risk inputs, to improve delivery confidence, contingency planning and evidence-based decision making
About our company
At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.
We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.
What we offer
At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so were always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:
Work life balance Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell
Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
Half day Fridays
Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave
Family & wellbeing Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
Health Cash Plan
All Staff Bonus
Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution
Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing Centre
Sports & Social activities
Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
Life assurance policy
Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
Facilities & resources Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
Private seated lunch areas
Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
Onsite showers and toiletries provision
Free onsite parking
Theskills you need Relevant P3M, project controls or risk management qualification, with formal APM accreditation such as PMQ, MoR or equivalent desirable; candidates actively working toward relevant accreditation will be considered
Significant experience managing risk in complex systems Programmes within the defence/engineering sectors, or similar high-assurance engineering sector
Practical experience facilitating risk workshops, maintaining RAIDO/risk registers, developing mitigation plans and producing decision-ready risk reporting for senior stakeholders
Working knowledge of integrated project controls, including how risk, schedule, cost, change, assumptions and dependencies interact across the programme lifecycle
Experience supporting bids and live delivery programmes, including risk inputs to estimates, schedules, governance reviews and management reporting
Competence with Microsoft Excel and project/risk management tools; experience with Microsoft Project, Power BI, ARM, @Risk, PRA, Safran or equivalent tools would be advantageous. xwzovoh
Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
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All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
Engineered to Protect, thats our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.The Programme Risk Manager is responsible for providing specialist risk management capability across SEA programmes, projects and bids, supporting delivery teams to identify, assess, manage and report threats and opportunities across the full lifecycle.
Risk Manager will be based at either our Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple sites. This role allows for flexible working.
The salary for this role is up to £53k, depending on experience.
Whatyoullbedoing Establish and maintain robust risk management governance, including risk reviews, risk workshops, escalation routes, and decision-ready risk reporting
Maintain high-quality risk, opportunity, assumption, issue and dependency information, ensuring risk exposure is understood and actively managed against programme objectives, cost, schedule and OQOTOC commitments
Support qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including cost and schedule risk inputs, to improve delivery confidence, contingency planning and evidence-based decision making
About our company
At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.
We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.
What we offer
At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so were always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:
Work life balance Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell
Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
Half day Fridays
Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave
Family & wellbeing Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
Health Cash Plan
All Staff Bonus
Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution
Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing Centre
Sports & Social activities
Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
Life assurance policy
Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
Facilities & resources Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
Private seated lunch areas
Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
Onsite showers and toiletries provision
Free onsite parking
Theskills you need Relevant P3M, project controls or risk management qualification, with formal APM accreditation such as PMQ, MoR or equivalent desirable; candidates actively working toward relevant accreditation will be considered
Significant experience managing risk in complex systems Programmes within the defence/engineering sectors, or similar high-assurance engineering sector
Practical experience facilitating risk workshops, maintaining RAIDO/risk registers, developing mitigation plans and producing decision-ready risk reporting for senior stakeholders
Working knowledge of integrated project controls, including how risk, schedule, cost, change, assumptions and dependencies interact across the programme lifecycle
Experience supporting bids and live delivery programmes, including risk inputs to estimates, schedules, governance reviews and management reporting
Competence with Microsoft Excel and project/risk management tools; experience with Microsoft Project, Power BI, ARM, @Risk, PRA, Safran or equivalent tools would be advantageous. xwzovoh
Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.