Senior Risk Manager - Construction Programs

RK&K; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Student loan match

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Insurance benefits

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Career development

Job summary

RK&K's Construction Management Division is seeking a Risk Management Professional to support risk management across major capital programs and complex infrastructure projects. You will work with clients, project teams, and technical disciplines to identify, assess, quantify, and manage risks, integrating with cost and schedule controls.

You may lead risk management teams and advise clients and leadership, contributing to methodologies, tools, and staff development within RK&K's growing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or related field.
• Experience in mid-career or senior risk management and project controls.
• Experience identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks on complex projects.
• Experience working directly with clients and 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.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and leadership skills.

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 project and program leadership.
• Prepare risk reports, dashboards, presentations, and recommendations for project teams, clients, and executive-level stakeholders using tools such as Power BI and other risk management and reporting software.
• Support evaluation of project changes, claims, procurement strategies, delivery approaches, and other project decisions from a risk management perspective.
• Lead or support the development of risk management methodologies, standards, tools, and best practices for RK&K and its clients.
• Supervise, mentor, and provide technical direction to junior risk management and project controls staff, as applicable based on experience.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or related field

Tools

Power BI

@RISK

Primavera Risk Analysis

Deltek Acumen

Safran

Job description

RK&K's Construction Management Division is seeking a Risk Management Professional to support risk management across major capital programs and complex infrastructure projects. You will work with clients, project teams, and technical disciplines to identify, assess, quantify, and manage risks, integrating with cost and schedule controls.

You may lead risk management teams and advise clients and leadership, contributing to methodologies, tools, and staff development within RK&K's growing