Senior Risk Manager - Life Science Construction

Turner & Townsend•Columbus, OH

60d•Hybrid

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Senior Risk Manager to join our growing team. The ideal individual will be an experienced risk professional that has supported large scale construction projects. Hybrid opportunity requiring 50% on site presence

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
Minimum 5-7 years of applicable experience
Relevant construction project procurement and contract management experience.
Demonstrated experience within a Program Management or Program Controls environment
Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification, facilitation and techniques.
Strong communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
In-depth understanding of construction contracts, commercial models and delivery methods.
Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau
Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer centric.
Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
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 their views on client held risks that impact upon them.
Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.
Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
Initiate a proactive approach to the review, development and improvement of risk management services for the client.
Undertake end-to-end project risk management practices on multiple projects/programs.
Undertake the creation of risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements, processes, policies and frameworks.
Conduct risk reviews at regular intervals, identify and analyze, determine response plans, ensure that project and program risk profiles are being monitored and reported.
Lead and run a comprehensive schedule and cost-effective risk assessment (QCRA & QSRA) process is delivered.
Establish integration of the risk management function within the program and project controls team, with direct touch points to cost and schedule management, change control and reporting.
Work proactively and collaboratively with program and project control teams to eliminate redundancies and identify improvement opportunities.
Provide opportunities to facilitate the transfer of knowledge within the immediate risk team, to the greater project controls team, and to the client. The transfer of knowledge may include informal one-on-one discussions with client stakeholders and more formal presentations to clients and colleagues.
Create value stream mapping to quantify pain points and develop solutions to minimize waste (both in terms of speed and cost).
Collaborate on the supplier performance management program including the collection of performance metrics and tracking supplier improvement action plans.
Demonstrate a level of support to expert witnesses in arbitral or ligation processes.
Lead, manage, and carry out construction stage contract and claims management.
Carry out assessment of 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 the measurement and valuation of completed works and variations.
Manage the settlement of final accounts with contractors
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.