Senior Transit Risk & Project Controls Leader

HNTB; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Risk Manager – Risk Focus to lead risk management for major transit programs. This role develops and implements risk processes, mentors junior staff, and partners with program teams to identify, assess, and mitigate risks.

You will support cost and schedule risk analyses, maintain risk registers, and provide contingency recommendations, while guiding project controls activities across scheduling, estimating, and PMIS.

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain project risk policies, procedures, and plans.
• Lead risk workshops and stakeholder meetings with internal and external teams.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update program and project risk registers.
• Lead risk workshops, interviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Develop risk models and provide contingency recommendations for major projects.
• Collaborate with estimating, scheduling, procurement, and project controls teams.
• Ensure quality and consistency of risk management deliverables.

Skills

Risk management

Monte Carlo simulations

Cost control

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

Safran Risk

Lumivero @Risk

Primavera Risk Analysis

Oracle Crystal Ball

Job description

HNTB in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Risk Manager – Risk Focus to lead risk management for major transit programs. This role develops and implements risk processes, mentors junior staff, and partners with program teams to identify, assess, and mitigate risks.

You will support cost and schedule risk analyses, maintain risk registers, and provide contingency recommendations, while guiding project controls activities across scheduling, estimating, and PMIS.