Strategic Project Risk Leader

Turner & Townsend International Limited; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 331,000 - 514,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend International Limited is seeking a Project Risk Manager to establish and maintain comprehensive risk management across complex programmes, ensuring risks to scope, schedule, cost, safety, and environment are identified and mitigated.

The role collaborates with project leadership, delivery teams and executives to support informed decisions, protect objectives, and improve delivery certainty. A proactive, risk-aware culture is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related engineering or project discipline.
• Professional certification in risk management (PMI-RMP, PMP, APM, IRM, MoR, PRINCE2).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project risk management frameworks, strategies, and governance.
• Lead risk workshops and assess threats and opportunities across project phases.
• Perform QSRA and QCRA and support contingency and reserves.
• Integrate risk with planning, scheduling, cost management and change control.
• Track risk actions and produce dashboards and executive summaries.
• Engage stakeholders and communicate risk exposure to leadership and governance bodies.
• Support audits, governance, assurance reviews, and continuous improvement of risk processes.

Skills

Risk management leadership

Stakeholder management

Quantitative risk analysis

Project controls integration

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management or related discipline

Job description

Turner & Townsend International Limited is seeking a Project Risk Manager to establish and maintain comprehensive risk management across complex programmes, ensuring risks to scope, schedule, cost, safety, and environment are identified and mitigated.

The role collaborates with project leadership, delivery teams and executives to support informed decisions, protect objectives, and improve delivery certainty. A proactive, risk-aware culture is essential.