Strategic Risk Manager – Construction & Projects

Turner & Townsend; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Risk Manager to join our growing team. The ideal individual will be an experienced risk professional that has supported large scale construction projects.

The successful candidate will bring experience supporting the delivery of construction and capital projects within markets including data centers, critical infrastructure, aviation, life sciences, and energy & natural resources. Exposure to complex projects and multidisciplinary teams is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
• Minimum 3 years of applicable experience
• Relevant construction project procurement and contract management experience.
• Demonstrated experience within a Program Management or Program Controls environment
• Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification, facilitation and techniques.
• Strong communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
• In-depth understanding of construction contracts, commercial models, and delivery methods.
• Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
• Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau
• Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer centric.

Responsibilities

• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
• Use risk data to inform investment planning.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess the remaining risk budget.
• Work with contractors to assess contractors held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them.
• Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat and opportunity status.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
• Initiate a proactive approach to the review, development and improvement of risk management services for the client.
• Undertake end-to-end project risk management practices on multiple projects/programs.
• Undertake the creation of risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements, processes, policies, and frameworks.
• Conduct risk reviews at regular intervals, identify and analyze, determine response plans, ensure that project and program risk profiles are being monitored and reported.

Skills

Risk management

Contract management

Communication

Analytics

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management/engineering

Tools

ARM

Predict

Tableau

Job description

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Risk Manager to join our growing team. The ideal individual will be an experienced risk professional that has supported large scale construction projects.

The successful candidate will bring experience supporting the delivery of construction and capital projects within markets including data centers, critical infrastructure, aviation, life sciences, and energy & natural resources. Exposure to complex projects and multidisciplinary teams is preferred.