Project Risk Manager

Role purpose

Risk governance and analysis

• Develop and maintain project risk frameworks, procedures, methodologies, and reporting standards.
• Maintain project risk registers and ensure risks and opportunities are identified, assessed, assigned owners, and managed throughout the lifecycle.
• Facilitate risk workshops and reviews; align practices with corporate governance and international best practices.
• Monitor risk-management maturity and drive continuous improvement.
• Support decisions through qualitative and quantitative analysis, scenario planning, and risk-based decision support.

Treatment, leadership, and reporting

• Ensure stakeholders implement agreed risk treatments and escalate unresolved issues.
• Advise project and senior leadership on risk exposure and mitigation; engage clients, consultants, subcontractors, and joint-venture partners.
• Prepare executive reports, dashboards, heat maps, and trend analyses; present risk assessments and recommendations.
• Monitor key risk indicators and project performance; support audits, reviews, and assurance activities.
• Benchmark risk practices and recommend improvements based on lessons learned and industry practice.

Experience and knowledge

• At least 15 years of construction industry experience, including 10 years in dedicated project risk management and 5 years in managerial positions.
• Hands-on project delivery experience in construction engineering, site engineering, planning, scheduling, cost engineering, or cost control.
• Experience with large-scale Design & Build, EPC, infrastructure, industrial, and civil mega projects from a contractor perspective.
• Knowledge of project controls, planning, scheduling, cost management, engineering, procurement, construction, and contract administration.
• Advanced expertise in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, SRA, CRA, Monte Carlo simulation, contingency modelling, and risk-based decision support.

Education and certification

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction engineering, project management, or a related discipline.
• PMI-RMP certification is mandatory.
• A relevant master’s degree is preferred.
• PMP, CCP, PSP, MRICS, or equivalent certifications are advantageous.

Technical skills and tools

• Project risk framework development; risk registers; risk mitigation planning and implementation; contingency assessment and management.
• Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA), Cost Risk Analysis (CRA), Monte Carlo simulation modelling, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Executive risk reporting and dashboard development.
• Tools listed: Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, RIB Candy, and advanced Microsoft Excel and data analytics.
• Stakeholder management, facilitation, leadership, negotiation, and strategic decision support.

Industry and domain