Associate Director - Risk Management

Rps Incorporated; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary Package

Flexible/Hybrid work arrangements

Professional Membership reimbursement

Defence Reservist Leave

Parental and Partner Leave

Active Lifestyle Allowance

Job summary

RPS is seeking an Associate Director - Risk Management to lead the risk practice on a major Defence project in Western Australia. You will own the risk register, develop plans, and work with project teams to deliver timely, high-quality outcomes.

The role requires a hands-on risk practitioner with 10+ years of experience, familiarity with Monte Carlo tools such as @Risk, and the ability to facilitate workshops for internal and client stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years delivering risk management in projects.
• Experience in defence project delivery is advantageous.
• Ability to develop risk plans and run workshops with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the risk management function and risk registers.
• Develop and implement risk management plans and frameworks.
• Identify risks and opportunities and lead mitigation actions with owners.
• Facilitate internal and external risk workshops with thorough prep.
• Provide monthly qualitative updates and periodic deep dive reviews.
• Collate Monte Carlo inputs and guide modelling inputs for reliability.
• Support project reporting with data, commentary and visuals.
• Collaborate with cost control, planner/scheduler and other teams.

Skills

Risk management

Monte Carlo analysis

Workshop facilitation

Client reporting

Risk register management

Tools

@Risk

Job description

Associate Director - Risk Management

About Us

RPS, a Tetra Tech company, represents an exciting new chapter in our business. Since joining Tetra Tech in January 2023, we’ve become part of a global team of 27,000 employees across more than 550 offices in over 120 countries. Together, we’re a leading provider of consulting and engineering services, solving some of the world’s most complex problems.

About The Role

To manage and lead assignments, and provide support to Clients, Technical Directors and RPS Management to achieve the goals of the company, RPS is currently seeking an Associate Director - Risk Management with a minimum of 10 years+ in delivering risk management in projects. This includes supporting growth of the project controls services, client-side service delivery and supporting team to achieve timely, high-quality client outcomes which are profitable for the business.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

Risk Management

• This role requires an experienced risk practitioner with a hands‑on approach to risk management.
• Your role will be to take ownership of the risk management function, adhere to, and maintain, the project Risk Management Plan, if established; or develop an appropriate Risk Management Plan and framework.
• Your role is to support the Planning and Delivery teams in identifying project risks and opportunities and then developing a risk mitigation (or opportunity action) with the respective risk owner, and then regularly follow‑up to record accurate status and effectiveness of those actions.
• To perform your role, you will need to facilitate both internal and external risk workshops that require a high degree of preparation to efficiently utilise the workshop attendee’s time.
• At the core of your role is maintaining the project risk register with monthly qualitative updates and also managing a quantitative ‘deep dive’ risk review every 3‑4 months, or as the project requires.
• You will be able to collate Monte Carlo quantitative inputs and provide guidance to team members on the appropriateness of their inputs to model the quantitative risk and generate a reliable and defendable output.
• You will be able experienced in the use of quantitative Monte Software such as @Risk, or similar.

Reporting

• Your role will require you to provide inputs, both data and written commentary, to the projects internal and external client reporting. Project reporting consists of both regular monthly reporting cycles and ad‑hoc reporting requests.
• Supplementing the written reports, you will be required to generate presentation material and graphics to illustrate the project risk metrics.

Working with Cost Control and Planner/Scheduler

• You will work alongside the project cost controller(s) and project planner/scheduler who will support you with inputs to your quantitative Monte Carlo model.
• Guide these, and other, subject matter experts to develop meaningful time or cost estimate inputs to the qualitative risk register and quantitative Monte Carlo model.
• You will have an appreciation of the relationship between the project budget and the estimated value of residual risk on the project.

Collaboration and Communication

• A key characteristic you will bring to your role is your ability to develop relationships with the entire project team, including the wider project team, external contractors and designers, to create a collaborative environment and mindset to work through complex problems to find the optimal solution, being mindful of the client’s needs.
• Your communication skills, both verbal and written, are extremely important to gain both the project team and client’s confidence in your technical ability and the quality of output.
• Presenting and facilitating workshops are key to your success in this role.
• You are a commercial thinker and contribute strategically.

In Summary:

• The primary role is to work on a prominent Defence project as the Risk Manager. Prior experience within the Defence sector, specifically in delivering projects for Capital Facilities and Infrastructure Branch (CFI) is extremely advantageous.
• This role reports to a WA Practice Lead. The Project Controls team is an imbedded capability within the wider Planning & Delivery team providing Project Management & Contract Administration (PMCA) services to the client.
• You are an Australian citizen either possessing Baseline or NV1 security clearance or will be able to obtain it.
• Due to the increased security vetting requirements of this project placement, there are additional restrictions that relate to country of origin and dual citizenship.
• You have comprehensive industry knowledge with a broad level of experience within your chosen discipline and experience in matters beyond your chosen discipline.
• In summary, we are looking for a 10 year plus experienced project practitioner who enjoys the risk management component of large projects.

What's On Offer

RPS is a market‑leading project management team that specialises in the delivery of large complex projects. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the most influential and talented leaders in the industry. This is a chance to take your career to the next step into a major project, while being supported and mentored by a caring team. We are a growing team with opportunities for future growth, strong career development and collaborative culture. You will also benefit from:

• Competitive Salary Package
• Flexible/Hybrid work arrangements
• Professional Membership p.a. reimbursement
• Defence Reservist Leave
• Parental and Partner Leave
• $250 Active Lifestyle Allowance p.a. plus many more health and well being initiatives
• Additional leave options, such as additional day anniversary leave, purchase leave, and public holiday swaps.
  Professional and technical development programs incl, study assistance and online learning
  Active social clubs, Employee Assistance Program, Service Recognition and more++

Our Approach

Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.
Stronger together is one of our five core behaviours and it is key to building a collaborative workplace. We encourage everyone to bring their best and to support others to do the same. By sharing knowledge, challenging each other to think differently, and fostering an environment of trust and respect, our people can learn, grow and thrive – and share in our success.

Recruitment Agencies

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