Principal Risk Specialist
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About the Role
Hatch is seeking a Principal Risk Specialist to join their Project Delivery Group in Abu Dhabi. The role involves providing independent risk expertise to clients, facilitating risk workshops, and supporting the global Risk Management Practice.
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Responsibilities
- Develop effective relationships with clients, Pursuit and Engagement Managers and teams
- Develop project specific risk management plans
- Plan and facilitate risk workshops and risk reviews
- Plan and facilitate quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis
- Plan and facilitate hazard studies (HAZAN, HAZOPs) and other safety studies
- Maintain project risk register and ensure risk response actions are executed
- Provide timely assessment of risk status to Engagement Managers and Business Unit Directors
- Communicate and train team members in risk management processes
- Assist with development of risk management procedures and functional guides
- Contribute to knowledge sharing culture and participate in risk knowledge networks
- Assist Global Director Risk Management with business development and proposal development
Requirements
- Post secondary degree from a recognized university, ideally in engineering or business
- Minimum 10 year experience in a risk management role
- Expert knowledge in International Risk Management Standards (ISO 31000, ISO 31010, etc.)
- Expert knowledge of quantitative models of cost and schedule (e.g., @Risk, Safran, PRA)
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English
- Ability to travel to other Hatch offices or project sites as required
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Position Summary
- Reporting to the Engagement Manager and functionally to the Global Director, Risk Solutions, the Principal Risk Specialist will work closely with clients and engagement teams in different regions to strengthen their approach to risk management across their organizations and capital investments.
- The role provides independent, unbiased risk expertise that enables clients to make confident, risk‑informed decisions—from strategic planning through design, execution, and operations.
- In addition, the role will support the Global Director, Risk Solutions in advancing and expanding the global Risk Management Practice, while also contributing to raising the profile and effectiveness of the Risk Management function within the AIM region.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop effective relationships with clients, Pursuit and Engagement Managers and teams, Business Unit and Business Practices Directors
- Develop project specific risk management plans
- Plan and facilitate risk workshops and risk reviews
- Plan and facilitate quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis
- Plan and facilitate hazard studies (i.e. HAZAN, HAZOPs) and other safety studies or hazard assessments (i.e. LOPA, SIL, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis)
- Plan and facilitate decision analysis and value engineering workshops
- Maintain project risk register to ensure all risks and their characteristics are appropriately and accurately documented; ensure risk response actions are being developed, executed, updated and completed as planned
- Guide the engagements and business units through appropriate steps of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment and prepare realistic and actionable risk treatment plans
- Provide Engagement Managers and Business Unit Directors with timely assessment of the current status of all risks
- Communicate and train engagement and business unit team members in risk management processes and procedures
- Assess the effectiveness of risk management processes across the organization and advise on enhancements
- Assist with the development of risk management procedures and functional guides
Qualifications And Requirements
- Post secondary degree from a recognized university, ideally in engineering or business. A professional risk or project management designation is desirable (i.e., CRM, PMI RMP, GARP, PMP etc.); MBA, PhD is nice to have
- Minimum 10 year experience in a risk management role, workshop facilitation involving large groups of people, leading hazard study workshops (HAZAN, HAZOP, Construction and Commissioning Safety Studies) and other technical analysis techniques (i.e. LOPA, SIL, machine guarding)
- Expert knowledge in the application of International Risk Management Standards, i.e. ISO 31000, ISO 31010, IEC 62198, PRAM and PMI
- Expert knowledge of the risk management process and know how to adapt it to the client and project needs
- Expert knowledge with bow tie analysis and related software
- Expert knowledge of quantitative models of cost and schedule, including quantitative risk analysis tools (i.e. @Risk, Safran, PRA)
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications; Working experience with modern risk management information systems and software (i.e. Predict!, CURA, ARM, etc.)
- Good understanding of and experience with project management, cost estimating and project scheduling principles, tools and techniques
- Strong team player with excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills in English. Similar skills in a second language such as French, Spanish, Portuguese or Chinese are desirable
- Ability to oversee the risk management programs of concurrent multiple projects
- Ability to manage competing priorities effectively
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external clients
What We Offer
- Work with great people to make a difference
- Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions
- Top employer
- Flexible work environment
- Long term career development
- Think globally, work locally
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