Risk & Change Manager

KBR, Inc.; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D

Flexible spending account

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) seeks a Risk & Change Manager to lead risk and change management for major capital projects. Youll identify threats and opportunities, administer processes, and ensure changes are integrated into cost and schedule forecasts.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field and 15+ years in project controls, risk or change management on large projects, with experience in cost, schedule, and risk analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in project controls, risk management, change management, or project management on major capital projects.
• Experience implementing and administering project risk and change management processes.
• Experience evaluating cost and schedule impacts, contingency requirements, and forecast risks.
• Extensive experience with qualitative and quantitative risk assessment processes related to capital construction projects.
• Strong understanding of project controls, forecasting, cost management, and scheduling principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project's risk and change management programs, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Administer the project change management process and ensure changes are evaluated and incorporated into cost/schedule forecasts.
• Facilitate risk reviews, trend analysis, quantitative risk assessments, and contingency management activities.
• Coordinate with all PMC workstreams to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and potential impacts to project objectives.
• Maintain risk registers, change logs, and performance metrics with recommendations to leadership.
• Support forecasting and decision-making through analysis of project risks and their cost and schedule impacts.
• Promote risk and change management best practices across the project team.

Skills

Risk management

Change management

Forecasting

Cost management

Scheduling

Project controls

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or related discipline

Tools

Qualitative risk analysis tools

Quantitative risk analysis tools

Forecasting software

Job description

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

KBR is looking for a Risk & Change Manager to administer the program's risk management and change management processes. Working closely with all PMC workstreams, this role identifies potential threats and opportunities, facilitates risk mitigation planning, tracks trends, and ensures project changes are evaluated, approved, and incorporated into cost and schedule forecasts in a controlled manner.

Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Lead the project's risk and change management programs, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Administer the project change management process and ensure changes are evaluated, approved, and incorporated into cost and schedule forecasts.
• Facilitate risk reviews, trend analysis, quantitative risk assessments, and contingency management activities.
• Coordinate with all PMC workstreams to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and potential impacts to project objectives.
• Maintain risk registers, change logs, and performance metrics while providing recommendations to project leadership.
• Support forecasting and decision-making through analysis of project risks, changes, and their associated cost and schedule impacts.
• Promote risk and change management best practices across the project team.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in project controls, risk management, change management, or project management on major capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and administering project risk and change management processes.
• Experience evaluating cost and schedule impacts, contingency requirements, and forecast risks.
• Extensive experience with qualitative and quantitative risk assessment processes related to capital construction projects.
• Strong understanding of project controls, forecasting, cost management, and scheduling principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or other regulated manufacturing projects.
• Experience in an Owner's Representative, PMC, EPCM, or Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) environment.
• Experience supporting large projects with multiple phases exceeding $500 million TIC.
• Experience with quantitative risk analysis and schedule/cost risk assessment tools.

Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.