Risk Management Lead

Turner & Townsend•Houston, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Turner & Townsend seeks a Risk Management Lead to lead risk management services for key client accounts and support the growth of risk management services. The position is based in Houston, Texas, with up to 20% travel to Eunice, New Mexico. The role undertakes end-to-end risk management across multiple projects and programs, integrating risk activities with project controls, cost and schedule management, change control, and reporting. It also includes construction-stage contract and claims management, contractual advice, cost control, and support for bids and proposals. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs. SOX control responsibilities may apply where relevant.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field.
At least 12 years of relevant risk management or risk program controls experience.
At least 2 years managing high-performing risk management services and teams in a consulting environment.
Deep knowledge and experience in risk identification facilitation and techniques.
Strong communication, analytical, and negotiation skills.
Experience conducting risk management training sessions.
In-depth understanding of construction contracts, commercial models, and delivery methods.
Proficiency in process mapping, root cause analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
Familiarity with web-based database tools such as ARM, Predict, and Tableau.
Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer-centric approach.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including presentation, verbal, written, and organizational skills.
Ability to demonstrate collaborative behaviors.
Organized and thorough approach.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering.
Experience in formulating, setting up, procuring, and administering target cost contracts.

Responsibilities

Maintain visibility of threat and opportunity trigger points to support risk cost profiling, timely use of risk budgets, and retirement of threats or opportunities.
Use risk data to inform investment planning; monitor overall risk exposure against the remaining risk budget.
Work with contractors to assess contractor-held risks and their views on client-held risks that affect them.
Produce timely risk reports communicating threat and opportunity status.
Conduct quantitative cost and schedule risk assessments to inform project contingency levels, including QCRA and QSRA processes.
Ensure delivery of best-practice risk management activities and report to the Head of Department.
Proactively review, develop, and improve the risk management service provided to the client.
Undertake end-to-end project risk management across multiple projects and programs.
Create risk management plans and processes in accordance with client requirements, processes, policies, and frameworks.
Lead workshops with internal and external stakeholders; conduct regular risk reviews, identify and analyze risks, determine response plans, and monitor and report project and program risk profiles.
Integrate risk management into program and project controls, with links to cost and schedule management, change control, and reporting.
Collaborate with program and project control teams to eliminate redundancies and identify improvement opportunities.
Facilitate knowledge transfer within the risk team, the wider project controls team, and the client through discussions and presentations.
Create value stream maps to quantify pain points and develop solutions that reduce waste in speed and cost.
Develop improved operating procedures and best practices for wider client use to reduce turnaround times, amendments, and queries.
Align recommendations with project needs, delivery type, contract models, and contract negotiation phase.
Collaborate on supplier performance management, including collecting performance metrics and tracking supplier improvement action plans.
Support expert witnesses in arbitral or litigation processes.
Lead and manage construction-stage contract and claims management.
Provide strategic, critical, and professional advice on contractual issues, disputes, and resolution matters.
Assess contractual claims in accordance with the contract and evaluate delay recovery measures.
Carry out change management and construction-stage cost control.
Supervise measurement and valuation of completed works and variations.
Manage settlement of final accounts with contractors.
Perform other relevant contract management and administration tasks to support on-time, on-budget project completion.
Prepare and support bid proposals in collaboration with Senior Management and the wider Turner & Townsend team.
Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.