ASKUSR0147520 Senior Project Risk Manager - ALS-U

Essnova Solutions, Inc.•Berkeley, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Essnova Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Project Risk Manager to support the Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U) Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. The role leads and administers the project's integrated risk-management program, providing senior-level oversight of technical, cost, schedule, procurement, installation, and operational risks. The manager works with engineering teams, project controls, senior leadership, and Department of Energy stakeholders to support informed decision-making and successful project execution. The position is primarily onsite, with limited remote work potentially authorized for quantitative analysis, report preparation, and related activities, subject to project approval. The candidate must be available for required onsite meetings, risk workshops, project reviews, and management briefings. This is a full-time contract role for 12 months, with potential for two additional one-year extensions. Compensation is $90.00 per hour.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, economics, applied mathematics, statistics, or a related field, with 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in project risk management, project controls, cost estimating, scheduling, or complex capital-project management; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated experience leading or administering risk-management programs for large, technically complex capital projects, scientific facilities, infrastructure programs, aerospace or defense programs, or comparable projects.
Experience developing and maintaining project risk registers.
Experience facilitating risk workshops and senior-level risk reviews.
Experience assigning risk ownership and tracking mitigation actions.
Experience performing or directing quantitative cost and schedule risk analyses.
Experience with Monte Carlo simulation, estimate uncertainty, schedule uncertainty, sensitivity analysis, and contingency confidence-level assessments.
Experience integrating risk assessments with master schedules, cost estimates, project performance reporting, and change-control processes.
Ability to prepare and present executive-level risk assessments and defend analytical methodologies and findings.
Strong analytical, written communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Strong documentation, records-management, and configuration-control practices.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting DOE Order 413.3B capital asset projects or comparable federally governed programs.
Knowledge of DOE Guide 413.3-7A or similar capital-project risk-management guidance.
Experience with Safran Risk Manager and Safran Risk.
Proficiency with Primavera P6.
Familiarity with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
Experience supporting project rebaselines, recovery plans, independent cost estimates, or external project reviews.
Experience with accelerator facilities, scientific user facilities, industrial construction, aerospace, defense, or highly integrated technical programs.
Professional certifications such as PMI-RMP, PMP, AACE, or equivalent.
Advanced degree in a relevant technical, analytical, or management discipline.

Responsibilities

Lead and continuously improve the project's integrated risk-management program.
Maintain the Risk Management Plan, project risk register, risk-scoring criteria, and governance procedures.
Facilitate Risk Management Board meetings, risk workshops, and senior-level project reviews.
Identify, assess, prioritize, and monitor technical, financial, schedule, procurement, and operational risks.
Establish risk ownership, mitigation strategies, and escalation procedures.
Develop and maintain integrated cost and schedule risk-analysis models.
Perform Monte Carlo simulations, sensitivity analyses, scenario assessments, and uncertainty evaluations.
Evaluate project contingency adequacy, confidence levels, and potential cost and schedule impacts.
Integrate risk assessments with Primavera P6 schedules, cost estimates, project baselines, and critical-path activities.
Identify key risk drivers and provide actionable recommendations to project leadership.
Conduct structured risk-identification workshops and technical risk assessments.
Evaluate risks associated with engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, staffing, and supply-chain dependencies.
Maintain risk registers documenting probability, impact, mitigation actions, ownership, and residual exposure.
Monitor mitigation effectiveness, identify emerging risks, and escalate significant concerns.
Assess the impact of project changes, recovery strategies, and acceleration plans.
Collaborate with project controls, engineering, procurement, and executive leadership.
Integrate risk information with the Integrated Master Schedule, Estimate at Completion, cost forecasts, and change-control processes.
Prepare monthly risk reports, executive briefings, and quantitative risk assessments.
Present findings to project leadership, DOE representatives, and independent review committees.
Support baseline-change proposals, recovery plans, independent cost reviews, and project performance assessments.
Maintain accurate, auditable risk-management records and documentation.