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# Senior Risk Manager at Cooper Moss Rutland

- **Company:** Cooper Moss Rutland
- **Location:** Suffolk, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2025-11-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cmr.london/a50ed0c0-a99c-45dd-b6d9-3263915ab1d6

## Job description

🌟 Position: 230CMR: Senior Risk Manager

📍 Location: Hybrid (3 days Remote working / 2 days Suffolk based office)

💼 Type: Full-time

📅 Start Date: Immediate

💰 Salary: £70k-£85K

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Senior Risk specialist to join our Project Controls team and play a key part in supporting our clients. As a Senior Risk Manager you will support the development and implementation of the overall risk management and reporting capability within CMR and our clients.

About us: CMR is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. We are a progressive & dynamic consultancy offering tailored project controls services across a range of industries.

Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.

Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

🔹 What’s in it for you?

- At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.
- If you demonstrate the capability, our merit based system will enable you to develop fast.
- We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas.
- Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.
- We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough

🔹 You’ll

- Collaborate with the Project Management and Commercial Teams in delivering effective risk management to enable the project to deliver its objectives;
- Facilitate risk workshops to ensure the relevant exposure is captured across the project.
- Manage and maintain risk registers by guiding team members on defining risk causes, events, and impacts; assessing the likelihood and impact of the risks; development of appropriate, cost-effective, and timely responses to risks.
- Support the production of monthly reports through the provision of intelligent information and analysis;
- Establish and foster working relationships with all appropriate stakeholders to ensure a mature risk culture is developed across the organization

🔹 We’re looking for:

Essential

- Relevant experience within a project management or project controls environment.
- Experience in major construction projects.
- Detailed understanding of risk methodologies, mitigation processes & techniques within an enterprise environment.
- A technically minded individual to comprehend technical approaches and concepts and to articulate these to a wider audience.
- An Individual who is comfortable with challenging assumptions and processes to constantly improve the delivery of performance data.

Desirable

- Recognised project management qualification such as Association of Project Management (APM) or Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
- The ability to use quantitative risk analysis tools for cost and schedule risk analysis (e.g. @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, ARM, Safran)

🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that have the same beliefs as we do! You can find out more about us here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

📍 Requirements and Location:

- Full right to work in the UK
- Working from home and in the Suffolk site office (3 and 2)

📦 Salary & Benefits

- 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- Comprehensive Private Healthcare (Inc Dentist and Optician)
- Life Assurance (x4 Salary)
- Pension: employers' contribution of 4%
- Company and personal performance-based bonus
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Long Service Leave
- Training and professional development
- Regular social events
- Perkbox – employee experience platform

➡️ Next Steps

To apply to our vacancy please submit a copy of your CV for consideration. As we receive many applications to our roles, please include a short summary explaining why you want to join us and what you think you can bring to the team.

We look forward to hearing from you!

CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.

## About Cooper Moss Rutland

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cooper Moss Rutland (CMR) is an independent project controls consultancy that helps clients overcome complex challenges across infrastructure, building, defence, and energy sectors.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Partnership)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Kevin Cooper, Danny Moss, Neill Rutland

## Core Business
- **Industries**: Project controls, infrastructure consulting, construction, energy, defence, rail, highways, water, nuclear
- **Target Customers**: B2B – large infrastructure programmes (megaprojects) as well as small and medium-sized companies
- **Mission**: “To re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, be the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.”

## Products & Services
CMR offers tailored project controls solutions, not packaged products. Key service lines include:
- **Planning & Scheduling**: End-to-end schedule development, 4D planning, and baseline management.
- **Cost Management**: Estimating, cost control, commercial management tool development.
- **Risk Management**: Quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, risk register setup.
- **Change Management**: Process design, trend management, change control.
- **Forensic Delay Analysis**: Expert analysis for disputes and claims.
- **Reporting & Data & Business Intelligence**: Dashboard creation, reporting function setup, data-driven insights.
- **Document Control**: Systems and processes for document management.
- **Project Controls Team Setup**: Building and embedding controls capability within client organisations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private partnership)
- **Key Metric**: 49 employees (as of mid-2025, +15.8% YoY growth); awarded **Global Project Controls Small Business of the Year 2025**
- **Notable Clients/Partners**: HS2, Crossrail (Elizabeth line), Thames Tideway Tunnel, Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, Lower Thames Crossing, Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal, Ministry of Defence, EDF Energy, Jacobs, Tideway, and many others
- **Growth Signals**: Expanded into Canada (Toronto) and France; 51 active job postings (+131.8% YoY); LinkedIn followers grew 21% yearly

## Competitive Advantages
- **Independent & specialist**: Not tied to a large contractor, allowing unbiased, tailored solutions.
- **Integrated approach**: Combines planning, cost, risk, change, and reporting into a cohesive controls framework.
- **People-first culture**: Merit-based progression, focus on development, and a “be human” ethos that attracts top talent from major programmes.
- **Digital lens**: Emphasis on modern digital tools and data analytics rather than outdated manual methods.
- **Deep sector experience**: Founders and team have decades of hands-on experience on the UK’s largest infrastructure projects.

## Strategic Focus
- **International expansion**: Growing presence in Canada and France, building on UK foundation.
- **Digital transformation**: Re-imagining project controls through data, analytics, and automation.
- **Talent development**: Investing in people with structured career progression, training budgets, and chartership support.
- **Serving both megaprojects and SMEs**: Providing scalable solutions that fit clients of all sizes.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Merit-based, collaborative, and inclusive – “diverse together.” Emphasis on ownership, bias for action, and continuous improvement.
- **Benefits**: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, buy/sell/carry-over holiday, long service leave; comprehensive private health insurance; 40% gym discount; whole life insurance (x4 salary); 24/7 GP and mental health support (WeCare); MyStrength wellbeing app; Toothfairy dentist on demand; cycle to work scheme; pension; annual equity bonus; referral bonuses; enhanced maternity & paternity leave.
- **Work Environment**: Pet-friendly office; regular social events including family and partners. Likely office-based with some flexibility (roles advertised across UK and Canada).
- **Career Growth**: Annual training budget, professional body membership & chartership support, goal-setting framework, knowledge network events. With 51 open roles and high growth, there are clear advancement opportunities.
- **Project Exposure**: Work on the most significant infrastructure programmes in the UK and Canada, from nuclear power stations to high-speed rail.

## Sources
1. [cmr.global](https://cmr.global/) – Company overview, services, experience, awards
2. [cmr.global/who-we-are](https://cmr.global/who-we-are/) – Founders, leadership, culture
3. [cmr.global/careers](https://cmr.global/careers/) – Benefits, holiday policy, compensation
4. [cmr.global/our-experience](https://cmr.global/our-experience/) – Client list, industries, service details
5. [linkedin.com/company/cooper-moss-rutland-llp](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/cooper-moss-rutland-llp) – Employee count, growth, tech stack, job postings
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/cmr.london](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cmr.london) – Current vacancies (51 open positions)

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