Risk Manager
Full Job Posting
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline. A postgraduate qualification in risk management is an advantage.
- Minimum 15 years in risk management, including business continuity delivery on infrastructure, utility or industrial portfolios.
- Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification in ISO 22301, plus an ISO 31000 risk management credential.
- PMI-RMP, IRM or equivalent risk credential is an advantage.
- Experience running Monte Carlo simulations for quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, using @RISK, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, Acumen Risk or equivalent. Preferred rather than essential.
- Ability to translate probabilistic output into contingency and decision recommendations that non technical stakeholders can act on.
- Experience facilitating risk appetite and business impact workshops at executive level.
- Continuity plans you produced that were adopted operationally, with evidence of drills run against them.
- Understanding of utility interdependencies such as power to pumping, power to lighting networks and water supply to fire systems.
- Fluent in English and Arabic
Full Job Posting
- Define risk criteria, scoring methodology and evaluation approach, aligned to the client existing enterprise risk framework.
- Build credible failure scenarios across power distribution, potable water, sewerage, stormwater, street lighting, road networks, and fire and life safety systems.
- Assess likelihood, consequence and the effectiveness of existing controls, and set inherent and residual risk ratings.
- Map interdependencies between utility systems and identify single points of failure across the network.
- Lead business impact analysis to establish minimum service levels, maximum tolerable outage and recovery time objectives for each critical service.
- Prepare heat maps, impact summaries and decision material, then facilitate risk appetite and tolerance agreement with executive stakeholders.
- Develop risk treatment options, set target residual risk levels and agree them through structured workshops.
- Run quantitative risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulation to model cost and schedule exposure, test mitigation options and produce confidence based outputs for management decisions.
- Set the distribution assumptions, correlation and iteration basis behind each simulation, and defend them to client stakeholders.
- Present probabilistic results as S-curves, tornado diagrams and contingency recommendations at defined confidence levels, typically P50 and P80.
- Author the business continuity plan covering governance, activation triggers, escalation pathways, role profiles, resource requirements and communication flow.
- Write scenario based operational playbooks with initial response, stabilization and recovery steps, timelines, task owners and interdependency notes.
- Define resource requirements including vendor and contractor call out arrangements, temporary service provision and logistics.
- Support integration of continuity tasks into client SOPs, service level agreements and vendor obligations.
- Design the training needs analysis and training modules, deliver role based training and oversee emergency drills.
- Produce drill reports and lessons learnt reports, and refine the plan against findings.
- Provide peer review on risk outputs produced by the wider team and confirm risk ratings are applied consistently across sites.
- Lead knowledge transfer and handover of the continuity framework to client operational teams.
- Contribute to bids, methodology development and technical proposals within the risk and continuity service line.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline. A postgraduate qualification in risk management is an advantage.
- Minimum 15 years in risk management, including business continuity delivery on infrastructure, utility or industrial portfolios.
- Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification in ISO 22301, plus an ISO 31000 risk management credential.
- PMI-RMP, IRM or equivalent risk credential is an advantage.
- Experience running Monte Carlo simulations for quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis, using @RISK, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, Acumen Risk or equivalent. Preferred rather than essential.
- Ability to translate probabilistic output into contingency and decision recommendations that non technical stakeholders can act on.
- Experience facilitating risk appetite and business impact workshops at executive level.
- Continuity plans you produced that were adopted operationally, with evidence of drills run against them.
- Understanding of utility interdependencies such as power to pumping, power to lighting networks and water supply to fire systems.
- Fluent in English and Arabic Egis Advisory Service Line is at the forefront of managing large-scale developments for some of the most prestigious clients in the region, including giga projects, municipalities, and other significant urban and real estate ventures. With expertise in engineering, architecture, and technology, Egis shapes the future of urban spaces and infrastructure. The position will play a key role in driving these visionary projects forward, focusing on the strategic and technical aspects that lay the foundation for successful developments.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Egis Group
MEP Manager
, UAE
Egis is seeking an experienced MEP Manager to lead mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and ELV systems across infrastructure projects. Candidates need a relevant engineering degree, at least 15 years of MEP experience, and
Intern, Fisheries Technician
Oshawa, CAN
Egis is seeking fisheries technician interns to support aquatic monitoring through field sampling, fish identification, laboratory-style sample processing, and data recording. Applicants must be enrolled in or have gradu
Procurement Engineer
Abu Dhabi, UAE
MEP Manager
Dubai, UAE
Head of Airport Multi-Disciplinary Design
London, GBR
MEP Manager
, UAE
Hydrology - Engineer
Bengaluru, IND
Mechanical BIM Modeler
Bengaluru, IND
Project Manager – Water and Wastewater
Dubai, UAE
Intern, Fisheries Technician
Oshawa, CAN