Project Risk Manager (West Alton)

Ameren • Saint Louis, MO

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Risk Manager owns the end-to-end risk-management process for the West Alton project. Reporting to the Manager of Project Controls, this role ensures project risks are identified, quantified, assigned, and mitigated, and that contingency reflects a defensible view of project exposure. The role owns the project risk methodology and tools and is accountable for the quality of quantitative risk analysis.

The position leads risk-register management, risk reviews, quantitative cost and schedule analysis, contingency management, and risk reporting. It partners with project controls, cost engineering, planning and scheduling, project leadership, the Engineer of Record, and constructor counterparts to keep risk, cost, schedule, and contingency information aligned. The role also provides technical direction to risk and controls analysts and strengthens processes, standards, lessons learned, and governance.

Upon hire, the position is hybrid at Ameren’s Development Resource Center in St. Louis for approximately 18–24 months. After that period, it is planned to transition to a full-time onsite position at the West Alton Energy Center.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• At least eight years of relevant experience in estimating, budgeting, forecasting, construction management, project scheduling, risk analysis/management, or project management.
• Experience must include project risk management or project controls on large capital projects.
• Hands-on quantitative cost and schedule risk modeling experience, such as Monte Carlo analysis.
• Effective oral and written communication skills are preferred.
• Ability to adapt to multiple requests and work in a team environment is preferred.
• Experience with standard office, financial, project controls, and risk/probabilistic modeling software is preferred.
• Knowledge of contingency methodologies is preferred.
• Knowledge of power generation plant systems and related maintenance, operations, and construction practices is preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Construction Management, finance, or a related field.
• Power-sector or non-lump-sum delivery experience.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to multiple requests and work in a team environment.
• Experience with standard office, financial, project controls, and risk/probabilistic modeling software.
• Knowledge of contingency methodologies.
• Knowledge of power generation plant systems and related maintenance, operations, and construction practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project risk-management process for West Alton, maintaining the risk register, facilitating regular risk reviews, assigning risk ownership, tracking mitigation actions, and ensuring risks are identified, assessed, quantified, and managed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership and subject-matter expertise in quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, including probabilistic modeling, Monte Carlo analysis, contingency methodologies, and risk-adjusted forecasting.
• Manage project contingency by sizing and allocating it, tracking drawdown, and validating assumptions against the current risk profile, project changes, and input from internal subject-matter experts.
• Partner with Project Controls, Cost Engineering, Planning/Scheduling, the Project Manager, Project Director, Engineer of Record, and constructor counterparts to keep risk, cost, schedule, and contingency data aligned and reflected in project reporting.
• Develop and deliver risk reports, dashboards, and recommendations for project leadership and governance groups, including action triggers and visibility into top risks, contingency exposure, and mitigation progress.
• Lead, mentor, and provide technical direction to risk and controls analysts; prioritize their work, evaluate technical proficiency, and recommend development opportunities to department leadership.
• Identify and implement process improvements, lessons learned, standards updates, and governance practices that strengthen risk management, cost/risk tracking, reporting accuracy, and compliance with Ameren and regulatory requirements.

Benefits

• Medical coverage on date of hire.
• 100% employer-paid cash balance pension plan.
• 401(k) with company match, fully vested on date of hire.
• Minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and 12 paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave.
• Annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance may be available.

What This Job Offers

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