Senior Risk Manager

Turner & Townsend; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Risk Management Specialist to support an infrastructure project. The role involves implementing tailored risk management processes, facilitating workshops, and conducting quantitative risk assessments. The ideal candidate should have a degree, 10-15 years of relevant experience, and strong communication skills. APM/IRM certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of relevant work experience in a risk management environment.
• Experience with integrated risk management on large programmes or projects.
• APM/IRM risk certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement risk management processes tailored to client needs.
• Facilitate risk workshops with clients and teams.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessments to inform project contingencies.

Skills

Communication skills

Risk management process understanding

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

To support the implementation of an integrated Risk Management process for a large-scale infrastructure project in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design and implement risk management processes that are tailored to client needs and that align with industry best practice.
• Actively articulate the benefits of risk management.
• Assisting in risk, (threats and opportunity) activities to actively manage risk and seek efficiencies across client’s projects and programmes.
• Facilitate risk workshops with clients and team members of allocated projects.
• Support the development of risk management processes and practices to aid our clients and their organisations
• Production of risk reports to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.
• Drive the implementation of mitigation actions against associated risks across projects and programmes.
• Assist with the identification and development of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post mitigated positions
• Develop and drive efficient risk contingency processes that are suitable with the client’s needs and requirements.
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of risks.
• Lead, guide, support and mentor risk specialists and wider roles to influence a large number of stakeholders throughout the organisation.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.

Qualifications

In order to be able to undertake the role as required, candidates will be expected to demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline with a minimum of 10-15years relevant work experience or previous proven experience in a risk management environment.
• A working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk, cost and schedule) on large programmes or projects
• Candidates are expected to have excellent communication skills (oral and written) and be genuinely committed to finding new and more effective ways of working
• APM/IRM risk certified candidates preferred

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