Risk Manager

Luster National; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Paid holidays

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Luster National is seeking a seasoned Risk Manager in Los Angeles to lead risk management for large heavy-civil infrastructure programs, including highways, bridges, rail, and airports. You will develop risk plans, run workshops, quantify cost and schedule exposure, and defend contingency positions with data-driven analyses.

The role requires 10+ years of experience, proficiency with CPM scheduling and industry risk tools, and a collaborative, detail-oriented mindset to support funding and

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in civil engineering, construction management, construction engineering, or engineering management, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of risk management experience for large (> $500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience facilitating risk workshops and building and maintaining a program risk register across the project lifecycle.
• Experience running quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis and converting the results into contingency and mitigation recommendations.
• Working knowledge of CPM scheduling and cost forecasting practice to test exposure in the risk register.
• Experience with industry standard risk analysis and scheduling software (e.g., Primavera Risk Analysis, Deltek Acumen Fuse, @Risk, Primavera P6).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the program's risk management plan, process, and governance framework aligned with contract requirements and funding agency standards.
• Facilitate risk identification and assessment workshops with program staff, designers, and contractors, and keep the program risk register current with ranked threats and opportunities.
• Quantify cost and schedule exposure through Monte Carlo or comparable simulation, and convert results into contingency recommendations tied to a confidence level.
• Analyze baseline schedule and monthly updates for logic, calendar, and float integrity and evaluate exposure.
• Track mitigation actions to closure and escalate when needed.
• Evaluate change proposals, delay claims, and time impact analyses for program exposure and support the negotiating position with quantified findings.
• Review risk allocation in procurement and contract documents and recommend terms that assign risk appropriately.
• Reconcile risk with cost forecasts, schedule updates, and change logs; report exposure via dashboards and briefs.
• Coordinate risk across third-party interfaces and active facilities to keep operations running during construction.
• Prepare risk and contingency sections of funding submittals and board packages, defending assumptions behind them.
• Calibrate models against actual outcomes and improve risk processes over time.

Skills

Risk management

Workshop facilitation

Schedule analysis

Communication skills

Education

Civil/Construction Eng

Tools

Primavera Risk Analysis

Deltek Acumen Fuse

@Risk

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Job description

Los Angeles, California, United States

Position Title: Risk Manager

About the Positions

Were seeking Risk Managers to support large, complex heavy civil infrastructure programs, including highways, roads, bridges, transit (bus and rail), aviation (international airports), and water/wastewater projects delivered through both traditional and alternative delivery methods. Youll run risk management on your assigned program, keep the risk register honest, quantify the cost and schedule exposure actually being carried, and set contingency positions that hold up in front of funding agencies, oversight bodies, and a board. Most of the people who do this work well came up through scheduling, estimating, or construction management, so depth in one of those matters more here than a general risk background.

This post is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity that is available right now. We accept applications and conduct interviews in advance of upcoming hiring needs. When a candidate is selected, their profile is activated in our talent pool for this specialty area. We notify our talent pool candidates first whenever we have a project need.

Responsibilities

may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develop and maintain the programs risk management plan, process, and governance framework, and keep them aligned with contract requirements and funding agency standards.
• Facilitate risk identification and assessment workshops with program staff, designers, and contractors, and keep the program risk register current with ranked threats and opportunities.
• Quantify cost and schedule exposure through Monte Carlo or comparable simulation, and convert the results into contingency recommendations tied to a stated confidence level.
• Analyze the baseline schedule and monthly updates for logic, calendar, and float integrity, and evaluate whether the schedule carries the exposure the risk register says it does.
• Track mitigation actions to closure, hold action owners to their committed dates, and escalated where mitigation has stalled.
• Evaluate change proposals, delay claims, and time impact analyses for program exposure, and support the programs negotiating position with quantified cost and schedule findings.
• Review risk allocation in procurement and contract documents, and recommend terms that place each risk with the party best able to carry it.
• Reconcile the risk position against cost forecasts, schedule updates, and change logs so risk drivers trace to specific time and cost outcomes, and report exposure through dashboards and written briefs.
• Coordinate risk across third‑party interfaces, including utility owners, railroads, and adjacent contracts, and on active facilities that have to keep operating through construction.
• Prepare the risk and contingency sections of funding submittals, board packages, and independent oversight reviews, and defend the assumptions behind them.
• Calibrate models against actual program outcomes, benchmark contingency draw against comparable programs, and improve the risk process as the program produces lessons.

Attributes

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork, trust, and positive relationships.
• Natural curiosity, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in civil engineering, construction management, construction engineering, or engineering management, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of risk management experience for large (>$500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience facilitating risk workshops and building and maintaining a program risk register across the project lifecycle.
• Experience running quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis and converting the results into contingency and mitigation recommendations.
• Working knowledge of CPM scheduling and cost forecasting practice, enough to test whether a programs schedule and cost position reflects the exposure in the risk register.
• Experience with industry standard risk analysis and scheduling software (e.g., Primavera Risk Analysis, Deltek Acumen Fuse, @Risk, Primavera P6, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in civil engineering, construction management, construction engineering, or engineering management.
• Active professional certifications such as PMI-RMP or PMP (PMI), and/or DRMP or CCP (AACE).
• Experience leading the owners risk management function on a program exceeding $1B in construction value.
• Experience setting and defending contingency levels in front of executive boards, funding agencies, and independent oversight or audit bodies.
• Experience evaluating contractor delay claims and time impact analyses, including concurrent delay, and supporting the owners negotiation position.
• Experience managing risk on bridge and structures packages, on water and wastewater facilities, or across third‑party interfaces with railroads, utility owners, and airport or transit operations groups.
• Experience standing up a risk management process on a program that did not have one, and coaching project teams into using it.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.

Compensation Details

Expected Salary: $125k-$200k/year ($60-$96/hour). Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidates level and years of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education, certifications, licenses, geographic location, etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Just LOOK at the Benefits We Offer!

• Unlimited flexible time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
• 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
• Formal career planning and development program
• $2,500 annually toward professional development
• Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
• Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
• Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
• Free personal financial planning services
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Employee referral bonus

Specific plan details and coverage for each benefit noted above will be provided upon offer.

This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/protected veterans

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