Senior Risk Manager

Turner & Townsend; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 335,000 - 603,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is supporting the implementation of an integrated Risk Management process for a large-scale infrastructure project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role includes planning, facilitating risk workshops, and producing risk reports to communicate threats and opportunities effectively.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in a relevant discipline with extensive risk management experience on large programmes, excellent communication skills, and preferably an APM/IRM certification.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline with a minimum of 10-15 years of experience.
• Understanding of an integrated risk management process (cost and schedule) on large programmes or projects.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• APM/IRM risk certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan design and implement risk management processes that are tailored to client needs and align with industry best practice.
• Articulate the benefits of risk management.
• Assist in risk activities to actively manage risk and seek efficiencies across clients' 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.
• Produce risk reports to support 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 suitable with the clients' needs and requirements.
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling and 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.

Skills

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Workshop Facilitation

Mentoring

Cost/Schedule Risk

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Tools

APM/IRM Certification

Job description

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

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

• 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 clients 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 clients 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

• 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

Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Full-time