Associate Director- Construction Risk

Turner & Townsend • Sacramento, CA

14h • Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director- Construction Risk to join our team to lead risk management services for key client accounts and support the growth of risk management services. This individual will be immediately support large-scale infrastructure construction projects and programs. The role focuses on supporting comprehensive risk management efforts, maintaining risk reporting tools, and collaborating with key stakeholders to enhance program risk oversight.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or a relevant discipline plus.
• 10+ years in related risk management roles.
• Strong understanding of risk management processes and methodologies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and analytical skills.
• Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification facilitation and techniques.
• Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
• Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau.
• Experience working on large-scale programs or multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities.
• Knowledge of risk management practices in infrastructure construction prefered.

Responsibilities

• Assist the team in establishing and maintaining cost and schedule baselines to assess risk exposures
• Support input required for external stakeholders, grant applications, and program reporting
• Develop and maintain risk reporting tools for cost and schedule risk analysis
• Manage the Authority’s risk register, ensuring proper coordination between program-level and project-level risks
• Maintain and update the Authority’s Program Risk Management Plan and prepare quarterly risk management reports
• Provide guidance and templates for project risk management, including qualitative risk registers and quantitative risk assessments
• Support project teams in implementing risk management strategies and maintaining project risk contingency plans
• Review and challenge project-level risk assessments to ensure accuracy and effectiveness
• Collaborate with Enterprise Risk personnel to align with overall risk management goals
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Benefits

• We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
• We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager