Rail Risk Manager — Flexible, Hybrid UAE Role

Mace Consult; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Mace is a consultancy and construction partner delivering world-class infrastructure. We are seeking a Risk Manager to identify, analyse and report risks and opportunities across major rail and transport programmes in the UAE.

You will integrate risk management into governance, collaborate with project controls, planning, cost and PMO teams, and help drive net zero objectives in the delivery of complex projects.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience in the applicable discipline.
• Demonstrated experience on rail, metro, high-speed rail or comparable major infrastructure programmes.
• Strong client-facing, analytical, written communication and multidisciplinary coordination skills.
• Knowledge of relevant delivery processes, standards, systems and governance for the role.
• Professional membership, chartership or specialist certification preferred where applicable.
• UAE or wider GCC experience is advantageous but should not replace demonstrable technical and delivery competence.

Responsibilities

• Structured identification, analysis, treatment and reporting of programme risks and opportunities.
• Supports the implementation and application of risk management frameworks, processes and controls across assigned projects and programmes.
• Facilitates the identification, assessment and management of risks and opportunities, ensuring alignment with project objectives and delivery priorities.
• Coordinates risk workshops and stakeholder engagement activities, promoting proactive risk management and informed decision-making.
• Maintains risk registers, action plans and governance records, ensuring mitigation measures are tracked, monitored and regularly reviewed.
• Produces risk reports, dashboards and performance insights, highlighting key trends, exposures and emerging issues to project teams and clients.
• Supports qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including cost and schedule risk assessments, contingency reviews and forecasting activities.
• Collaborates with project controls, planning, cost and PMO teams to integrate risk management into wider programme governance and delivery processes.
• Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Written communication

Multidisciplinary coordination

Client-facing

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Mace is a consultancy and construction partner delivering world-class infrastructure. We are seeking a Risk Manager to identify, analyse and report risks and opportunities across major rail and transport programmes in the UAE.

You will integrate risk management into governance, collaborate with project controls, planning, cost and PMO teams, and help drive net zero objectives in the delivery of complex projects.