Senior Risk Manager - Complex Capital Projects

Perfect Timing Personnel Services; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA seeks a Senior Project Risk Manager to lead risk management for the ALS-U upgrade. You will identify emerging risks, challenge assumptions, and guide critical project decisions through quantitative analysis and executive reporting.

Responsibilities include leading risk workshops, maintaining risk registers, conducting Monte Carlo simulations, integrating risk data with the schedule and cost estimates, and delivering actionable recommendations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in project risk management, project controls, or quantitative cost and schedule analysis supporting large capital projects.
• Experience developing and maintaining formal risk management processes, including risk registers, risk workshops, mitigation planning, and management reporting.
• Experience performing quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, including risk modeling, contingency analysis, and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Experience supporting large infrastructure, scientific, construction, aerospace, defense, utility, transportation, or other complex capital projects.
• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 and risk analysis tools such as Safran Risk Manager, Safran Risk, or similar platforms.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions and translate complex risk information into actionable recommendations for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead project-wide risk management processes, governance, and reporting.
• Facilitate risk workshops and maintain the project risk register.
• Develop and track risk mitigation strategies, ownership, action items, and residual exposure; escalation material risks when needed.
• Perform quantitative cost and schedule risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations.
• Partner with Project Controls to integrate risk data with the Integrated Master Schedule, cost estimates, forecasts, critical paths, and contingency planning.
• Prepare executive-level risk reports, presentations, and recommendations for project leadership.
• Support continuous improvement of risk management tools, processes, and training.

Skills

Risk management

Monte Carlo

Stakeholder communication

Project controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Safran Risk Manager

Job description

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA seeks a Senior Project Risk Manager to lead risk management for the ALS-U upgrade. You will identify emerging risks, challenge assumptions, and guide critical project decisions through quantitative analysis and executive reporting.

Responsibilities include leading risk workshops, maintaining risk registers, conducting Monte Carlo simulations, integrating risk data with the schedule and cost estimates, and delivering actionable recommendations