Construction Project Risk Consultant (Full-Time)
About The Position
MBP is seeking a project risk consultant to support qualitative and quantitative risk management for design and construction projects across federal, state and local government, education, healthcare, and transit sectors. The role involves leading and supporting risk management assignments throughout the full project lifecycle, from inception through final completion, and collaborating with construction managers, contractors, owners, designers, project teams, and other stakeholders. The consultant helps develop risk management plans; identifies, analyzes, tracks, and reports risks; facilitates interviews, workshops, and recurring risk meetings; and develops risk registers and response actions. The role also includes using probability and impact matrices, performing quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, prioritizing risks for further analysis, and supporting ongoing monitoring and mitigation efforts. This is a non-supervisory position requiring the ability to work independently while seeking guidance when needed.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in qualitative risk management.
- Experience developing project risk management plans.
- Experience facilitating project risk interviews, workshops, and update meetings.
- Experience formulating risk mitigation strategies.
- Experience maintaining project risk registers.
- Demonstrated familiarity with quantitative risk analysis.
- Bachelor’s degree in an industry-related field.
- Detailed knowledge of construction, construction management principles, and project controls.
- Recent experience or technical competence in risk identification, analysis, and management for projects and programs of similar scope.
- Knowledge of scheduling, cost estimating, documentation, contract administration, and construction techniques.
- Ability to develop strong relationships with project stakeholders.
- Interpersonal, communication, verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Ability to lead a team to complete tasks.
- Ability to apply analytical methods and techniques to risks.
- Ability to initiate, organize, and facilitate risk interviews and workshops with diverse subject matter experts.
- Organizational skills to maintain and communicate risk register information.
- Demonstrated skills in Microsoft Excel and other risk register platforms.
- Ability to work independently and seek guidance and direction when required.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree.
- AACE Project Risk Management Professional (PRMP) certification.
- PMI Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) certification.
- Certified Construction Manager (CCM) certification.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Familiarity with CPM scheduling software applications such as Primavera P6.
- Familiarity with quantitative risk analysis applications such as @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Risk, Safran Risk, or RiskyProject.
Responsibilities
- Lead or support project risk management assignments from inception through final completion, following the full risk management lifecycle.
- Support development of project risk management plans.
- Coordinate with project teams and stakeholders to identify risks and develop risk reports, registers, and response actions.
- Facilitate risk interviews, risk workshops, and regular risk meetings.
- Develop and use Probability and Impact Matrices to rate risks by likelihood and potential impact.
- Perform quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis.
- Assist in prioritizing risks for further analysis.
- Identify, analyze, track, record, and provide guidance on actions to manage or mitigate risks.
- Help construction and project managers control the risk process by continuously monitoring for new, changing, and outdated risks.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance for individual employees.
- 401(k) profit-sharing plan.
- Health savings account with company contributions.
- Competitive compensation with opportunities for semi-annual bonuses.
- Generous paid time off.
- Tuition assistance.
- Student loan repayment.
- Annual gym reimbursement.
- Pet insurance.
- Paid volunteer time.
- Mental health resources.
- Company-wide wellness activities.
- Training and development to support professional growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
