Director Risk Management- Civil Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend has an exciting opportunity for a Director Risk Management to join our USA Infrastructure team and work on a largescale rail construction program based in New York City Baltimore Denver Houston or other large metropolitan areas where we do business.

• 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 against 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.
• Ensure the delivery of best practice risk management activities and report to the Head of Department. 
• Initiate a proactive approach to the review development and improvement of the risk management service to the client.
• Undertake endtoend project risk management practice on multiple projects/programs.
• Undertake the creation of risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements processes policies and frameworks.
• Lead workshops with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.  
• 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 qualitative 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 so as to eliminate redundancies and identify opportunities for improvement.
• 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 oneoneone 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).
• Create improved operating procedures and best practices for wider use in the client organization to reduce turnaround times amendments and queries.
• Aligns recommendations to the respective needs of each project delivery type contract models and phase of contract negotiation.
• Collaborate on the supplier performance management program including the collection of performance metrics and tracking of supplier improvement action plans.   
• Demonstrate a level of support to expert witnesses in arbitral or ligation processes.
• Lead manage and carryout construction stage contract and claims management.
• Provide strategic critical and professional advice on contractual issues.
• 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.
• Perform all other pertinent contract management and administration tasks with a view to achieving project completion on time and within budget. 
• Prepare and support on bid proposals and work closely alongside Senior Management and the wider Turner & Townsend team.

Qualifications :

Onsite presence is required. Requirements may change depending on our clients needs.

• Minimum of 10 years postgraduate experience working on major construction projects preferably in infrastructure.
• Relevant construction project procurement and contract management experience.
• Bachelors Degree in engineering or equivalent in relevant discipline
• Demonstrated experience within a Program Management or Program Controls environment.
• Project / Program Risk Management experience with over 5 years working knowledge of risk analysis.
• Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification facilitation and techniques.
• Strong communication analytical and negotiation skills.
• Has conducted risk management training sessions.
• Indepth understanding of construction contracts commercials models and delivery methods.
• Proficient in process mapping root causes analysis problem solving and valuestream mapping.
• Familiarity with webbased database tools ARM Predict Tableau.       
• Highly selfmotivated analytical and customer centric. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills including great communication.
• Ability to demonstrate collaborative behaviors.
• Organized and thorough individual.
• Experience in the formulation setting up procurement and contract administration of target cost contracts will be an added advantage.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime