Senior Project Risk Analyst – Infrastructure Development Projects

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Job Description

As an industry leader in program management and construction management for large capital programs, AECOM oversees activities ranging from planning, coordination, scheduling, and cost control, to design, construction, and commissioning. From concept through completion, we provide necessary technical and administrative services to help our clients meet their program objectives. We function as an extension of our clients’ staff, protecting their interests as our own.

AECOM is looking to hire a Senior Project Risk Analyst for the Program and Project Management (PPM) Practice, Canada Region. This role will directly report to the Risk Consulting Practice Lead, within PPM. This position will support AECOM’s Business Line Project Managers and Client’s Project Management Teams with risk management responsibilities. The role includes coordinating and facilitating group and individual project risk assessment and review meetings; performing qualitative and quantitative project risk modeling and analysis; and developing risk mitigation strategies.

Major Responsibilities: 

• The Risk Manager will be responsible for the delivery of risk management services to our clients’ various infrastructure development projects.
• Essential functions of the job include:
• Developing and/or implementing project specific risk management plans for risk identification, risk analysis, risk response planning, and monitoring.
• Coordinating and conducting risk interviews and group risk assessment workshops to gather requirements, identify and prioritize risks, and gain consensus for effective risk response strategies and actions.
• Where required, support lesson learned reviews, schedule critical reviews, and scrutinize cost estimates, to identify and understand areas of uncertainty.
• Advising and assisting project teams in implementing appropriate risk treatment plans and communicating risks to avoid surprises with key stakeholders.
• Integrating project-wide risk data to inform and support day-to-day management of risks, program and/or project assurance, and decision-making processes.
• Conducting project schedule risk workshops/reviews and Quantitative Schedule Risk Assessments (QSRA) to forecast the cumulative effect of risks on project schedule and identify effective risk response strategies to minimize exposure.
• Conducting project and program-level cost risk workshops/reviews and Quantitative Cost Risk Assessments (QCRA) to forecast the cumulative effect of risks on project cost and identify effective risk response strategies to minimize exposure.
• Preparing and providing periodic risk communications (memos), assessment reports, and risk profile presentations to Project Leadership and Teams.
• Maintaining a program-wide register of identified and/or emergent risks and opportunities for use on future projects.
• Maintaining and continuously improving AECOM’s risk management tools to meet the requirements of Client Projects.
• Undertaking advisory role on projects in Risk Management, when and how to do a formal risk assessment, develop and organize risk mitigation plans and develop tracking mechanisms to controls effectiveness of risk management.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

In order to be considered for this position, candidates must possess, at a very minimum: 

• University Degree in project management, engineering, or related discipline plus no less than 6 years of experience in development and implementation of risk management practices, risk identification, risk mitigation, and strategies on large construction projects/programs.

Note this is just the bare minimum to be considered. See preferred qualifications below. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced in the facilitation of risk workshops and comfortable coordinating large groups of stakeholders.
• Familiarity and experience in the application of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) techniques and tools, i.e. ACUMEN, SAFRAN, @RISK, PRIMAVERA.
• Knowledge of risk management activities and deliverables during various stages of a project lifecycle, including investment decision points, and milestone-based assurance reviews.
• Experience working in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction advisory environment, specifically in the development of public infrastructure or other industrial projects.
• Experience in creating and delivering reports and presentations in both Excel and PowerPoint and performing various analytic tasks to support project leadership decision making process.
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure development projects, project delivery processes, and related activities to inform risk assessment and management.
• Understanding of the interfaces between risk management and other project management process areas, i.e. cost and schedule planning and control, change management, quality management, reporting, and commercial management.
• Experience using Enterprise Risk Management tools, for example, Active Risk Manager (ARM)
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple consulting engagements.
• Demonstrate strong verbal, written communications, and facilitation skills.
• Collaborative working style and behaviours, able to influence and engage stakeholders in managing risks.
• Able to collaborate with multiple stakeholders - including business customers, subject matter experts, project managers and other stakeholders - to balance demands.
• Certified Risk Management Lead (CRM) or similar designation is an asset.
• Membership of a professional body an asset (e.g. AACE, PMI) 

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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