Risk Manager

Turner & Townsend•Austin, TX

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced risk professional to join its growing team and support large-scale construction projects. The role provides end-to-end risk management across multiple projects and programs, with a focus on infrastructure and transit and project/program experience at an $8 billion scale. It includes risk planning, assessment, monitoring, reporting, and integration with project controls, as well as construction-stage contract, claims, change, and cost management. The role may also include SOX control responsibilities where applicable. On-site presence and requirements may change according to client needs. The Risk Manager works with client, contractor, supplier, and project-control stakeholders to manage threats and opportunities, inform investment planning, assess contingency and risk budgets, and communicate risk status. The position also supports knowledge transfer, process improvement, supplier performance management, and contractual advice concerning claims and disputes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field.
Minimum 3 years of applicable experience.
Relevant construction project risk management experience.
Demonstrated experience in a Program Management or Program Controls environment.
Deep knowledge and experience with FTA risk procedures, risk identification and mitigation, facilitation, and techniques.
Strong communication, analytical, and negotiation skills.
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.
Excellent communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Procore PMIS, Oracle, and Bluebeam.

Responsibilities

Maintain visibility of threat and opportunity trigger points to support risk-cost profiling, timely risk-budget drawdown, and retirement of threats and opportunities.
Use risk data to inform investment planning, monitor overall risk exposure, and assess the remaining risk budget.
Work with contractors to assess contractor-held risks and contractor views on client-held risks that affect them.
Produce timely risk reports to communicate threat and opportunity status.
Conduct quantitative cost and schedule risk assessments to inform project contingency levels.
Proactively review, develop, and improve risk management services for the client.
Undertake end-to-end project risk management across multiple projects and programs.
Create risk management plans and processes that adhere to client requirements, processes, policies, and frameworks.
Conduct regular risk reviews; identify and analyze risks, determine response plans, and monitor and report project and program risk profiles.
Lead comprehensive, schedule- and cost-effective QCRA and QSRA processes.
Integrate risk management with program and project controls, including cost and schedule management, change control, and reporting.
Collaborate with program and project controls teams to eliminate redundancies and identify improvement opportunities.
Facilitate knowledge transfer within the risk team, the wider project-controls team, and the client, through informal discussions and formal presentations.
Create value-stream maps to quantify pain points and develop solutions that reduce waste in speed and cost.
Collaborate on supplier performance management, including collecting performance metrics and tracking supplier improvement action plans.
Support expert witnesses in arbitral or litigation processes.
Lead, manage, and carry out construction-stage contract and claims management.
Assess contractual claims in accordance with the contract.
Provide strategic and contractual advice on disputes and related resolution issues.
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.