Senior Risk Management Lead for Infrastructure Programs

RK&K; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Health insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

RK&K’s Construction Management Division is seeking a Risk Management Professional to support risk management activities across major capital programs and complex infrastructure projects. The role sits within RK&K's Project Controls practice and collaborates with clients, project teams, and technical disciplines to identify, assess, quantify, and manage project risks.

The position develops risk management processes, integrates risk with cost and schedule controls, and provides leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in project or program risk management, project controls, construction management, or related discipline, with mid-career or senior professional experience.
• Experience identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks on complex projects or programs.
• Experience presenting risk information, analysis, and recommendations to project and program leadership.
• Experience integrating risk management with project cost, schedule, forecasting, and other project controls functions.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and familiarity with risk modeling methodologies.
• Experience using Power BI and risk management or project controls software such as @RISK, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran, Deltek Acumen, or similar software.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of project and program risk management plans, processes, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Facilitate risk identification, assessment, and mitigation workshops with clients, project teams, contractors, and technical stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain risk registers, risk matrices, risk management plans, mitigation strategies, and associated documentation.
• Evaluate project risks across cost, schedule, scope, procurement, contracting, design, construction, funding, stakeholder, operational, and other areas.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, including probabilistic cost and schedule analysis, contingency evaluation, and risk-adjusted forecasting.
• Integrate risk management activities with project controls, including cost estimates, schedules, forecasts, contingency management, change management, and project performance reporting.
• Monitor emerging risks, mitigation actions, residual risk, and overall program risk exposure; identify trends and communicate material risks to leadership.
• Prepare risk reports, dashboards, and presentations for project teams, clients, and executive-level stakeholders using tools such as Power BI and other risk management software.

Skills

Risk management

Project controls

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Power BI

@RISK

Primavera Risk Analysis

Safran

Deltek Acumen

Job description

RK&K’s Construction Management Division is seeking a Risk Management Professional to support risk management activities across major capital programs and complex infrastructure projects. The role sits within RK&K's Project Controls practice and collaborates with clients, project teams, and technical disciplines to identify, assess, quantify, and manage project risks.

The position develops risk management processes, integrates risk with cost and schedule controls, and provides leadership