Senior Risk Manager - Large Civil Infrastructure Programs

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

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