Senior Risk Manager - Construction

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Maintain visibility of threat and opportunity trigger points and support risk cost profiling and risk budget management.
• Use risk data to inform investment planning and monitor overall risk exposure.
• Assess contractor-held risks and their impact on client-held risks.
• Produce timely reports on threat and opportunity status.
• Conduct quantitative cost and schedule risk assessments to inform contingency levels.
• Develop risk management services, plans, processes, and response plans across multiple projects and programs.
• Integrate risk management with cost, schedule, change control, and reporting within project controls.
• Collaborate with project control teams to identify improvements and eliminate redundancies.
• Transfer risk management knowledge to the risk team, project controls team, and clients.
• Support expert witnesses in arbitration or litigation processes.
• Lead construction-stage contract and claims management, including claims assessment and dispute advice.
• Manage change control, construction-stage cost control, measurement and valuation, and final accounts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a related construction field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of applicable experience.
• Construction project procurement and contract management experience.
• Experience in a Program Management or Program Controls environment.
• Deep knowledge of risk identification, facilitation, and risk management techniques.
• Strong communication, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of construction contracts, commercial models, and delivery methods.
• Proficiency in process mapping, root cause analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
• Familiarity with web-based database tools including ARM, Predict, or Tableau.
• Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer-centric approach.

Workplace

• On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.

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