National Practice Consultant - Risk Management

HNTB Corporation•San Jose, DC

About The Position

HNTB is seeking a National Practice Consultant to serve as its national technical leader for risk management on major transit, rail, and other complex infrastructure programs. The position provides technical direction, strategic advice, and hands-on support throughout the project lifecycle. It establishes and improves risk and contingency management frameworks, facilitates executive- and project-level risk workshops, leads qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and turns analysis into recommendations that protect scope, cost, schedule, funding, and delivery outcomes. The consultant works across offices, market sectors, practices, and disciplines to support client engagements, strategic pursuits, and 4for4 delivery. The role partners closely with program and project management, project controls, estimating, scheduling, procurement, contracting, finance, and technical teams. It also mentors risk professionals, advances consistent tools and standards, and strengthens HNTB’s national thought leadership and market position in infrastructure risk management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 12 years of relevant experience; in lieu of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience.
15 or more years of directly relevant experience, including leading risk management services for major infrastructure programs as an owner’s representative, PM/CM consultant, designer, contractor, or integrated delivery-team member.
Demonstrated expertise developing and implementing a risk management system for a major, complex transit, rail, or infrastructure program.
Advanced knowledge of cost risk, schedule risk, contingency management, risk governance, and risk-informed decision-making.
Ability to lead high-stakes workshops and build alignment among owners, operators, designers, contractors, regulators, funding partners, and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
Ability to translate complex quantitative analysis into clear executive-level insights, options, and recommendations.
Strong consulting judgment, client presence, facilitation, writing, presentation, and quantitative analysis skills.
Ability to independently manage major workstreams, prioritize competing demands, and maintain quality across multiple programs and geographies.
Working knowledge of project controls, estimating, scheduling, change management, procurement, contracting, claims avoidance, and PMIS environments.
Commitment to quality, technical excellence, collaboration, mentorship, and consistent application of national best practices.
Experience across planning, environmental review, design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, startup, and post-construction phases.
Experience with U.S. Department of Transportation risk and oversight processes, including FTA, FRA, FHWA, and FAA practices; familiarity with the FTA Cost Risk Assessment framework and cost-risk model.
Hands-on proficiency with one or more quantitative risk tools such as Safran Risk, Lumivero @RISK, Primavera Risk Analysis, or Oracle Crystal Ball, plus advanced Excel capability.
Experience integrating quantitative risk analysis with Primavera P6 schedules, cost estimates, contingency drawdown, change control, and executive dashboards.
Demonstrated success supporting business development, strategic pursuits, client relationships, and thought leadership.

Nice To Haves

AACE International Project Risk Management Professional (PRMP), PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), or equivalent risk credential.
An established professional network and active participation in risk, project controls, program management, transit, rail, or infrastructure industry organizations.

Responsibilities

Provide technical input and possible leadership on complex projects within the practice area.
Identify, pursue, and execute high-level projects with assigned departments, agencies, and programs.
Manage client relationships and guide the application of HNTB services within the practice area to serve client and HNTB interests.
Support successful contracting and project execution in partnership with regional HNTB staff and office leadership.
Partner with National Practice Leaders to develop and promote technical knowledge and applicability of the practice area.
Establish and improve risk and contingency management frameworks.
Facilitate executive- and project-level risk workshops and lead qualitative and quantitative risk analysis.
Translate risk analysis into recommendations that protect project scope, cost, schedule, funding, and delivery outcomes.
Work across offices, market sectors, practices, and disciplines to support client engagements, strategic pursuits, and 4for4 delivery.
Partner with program and project management, project controls, estimating, scheduling, procurement, contracting, finance, and technical teams.
Mentor risk professionals, advance consistent tools and standards, and strengthen HNTB’s national thought leadership and market position.
Perform other duties as assigned.