Senior Project Risk Lead for Large-Scale Capital Projects

Compa-Industries; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

COMPA Industries in Berkeley, CA seeks a Senior Project Risk Manager to lead the ALS-U risk program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This hands-on role covers technical, cost, schedule, procurement, and external risks, reporting to project leadership.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and at least eight years of capital-project risk management experience, with strong skills in Monte Carlo analysis, risk registers, and executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and eight+ years in project risk management, controls, cost estimating, scheduling, or complex capital projects.
• Experience leading risk management for large, technically complex programs.
• Proficiency with Monte Carlo risk analysis, contingency assessment, and schedule risk.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Risk Management Plan, risk taxonomy, scoring criteria, and governance cadence.
• Maintain the project risk register with ownership, triggers, mitigation, and residual exposure.
• Facilitate risk reviews, risk workshops, and executive-level risk briefings.
• Develop cost/schedule risk models and run Monte Carlo simulations.
• Coordinate risk with P6 activities, MS, and contingency forecasts.
• Track mitigation actions and escalate material concerns when needed.

Skills

Risk management leadership

Quantitative risk analysis

Monte Carlo simulation

Risk registers

Stakeholder facilitation

Integrated schedule

EVMS familiarity

PMI-RMP / PMP

DOE project experience

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, economics, applied mathematics, statistics, or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Safran Risk Manager

Job description

COMPA Industries in Berkeley, CA seeks a Senior Project Risk Manager to lead the ALS-U risk program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This hands-on role covers technical, cost, schedule, procurement, and external risks, reporting to project leadership.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and at least eight years of capital-project risk management experience, with strong skills in Monte Carlo analysis, risk registers, and executive communication.