Senior Project Risk Engineer

About This Role

A seasoned construction and project management professional with a strong background in pre-construction management, including contract administration, procurement, tendering, estimating, and cost control. Possesses a comprehensive understanding of project scheduling and the full lifecycle of construction projects, from pre-design and design development through to construction and closeout.

Experienced in managing and overseeing all aspects of project planning, development, and implementation across a diverse portfolio of projects. Adept at facilitating collaboration between clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams to identify, assess, and mitigate risks at every stage of the project lifecycle.

Skilled in developing and implementing robust risk management plans, including risk identification, evaluation, and mitigation strategies. Brings expertise in cost management, claims handling, change order administration, and conflict resolution, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Demonstrates strong analytical capabilities in forecasting financial exposure and potential liabilities using data from multiple stakeholders. Committed to maintaining compliance with quality, environmental, safety, and occupational health standards, while consistently aligning with organizational project management methodologies and best practices.

• Has a strong background in pre-construction management including contract management, procurement, tendering, estimating, and cost. Should have good working knowledge of schedule management, sequence of activities from pre-design to design development to construction and closeout.

• Manage and oversee all aspects of project planning, development and implementation for a range of projects. Facilitate meetings with clients, consultants, and contractors to identify, assess, and evaluate risk issues arising from different phases in the project lifecycle.

• Prepare and implement a risk management plan for construction projects outlining the processes to mitigate risks. These plans should include risk identification procedures, risk evaluation procedures, and risk mitigation procedures.

• Frequently facilitate meetings with clients, consultants, and other management teams.

• Predicting potential financial liability for the Division from data provided by collieries, relevant authorities and the Division itself.

• Handling costs, claims associated with cost and time, change order management, and conflict resolution.

• Ensure project outcomes are achieved on time, on budget, to quality standards and within agreed scope in line with established agency project management methodology.

• Informs themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures in place within Hill International, and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.

• Bachelor in engineering / management from an accredited university.

• Minimum 15 years’ experience in engineering and/ or project management including having worked as the risk manager on large-scale projects.

• Experience and demonstrated skills in identifying problems, assessing alternatives and determining solutions.

• The reliability and initiative to deliver success without immediate supervision.

• Proven experience and understanding of commercial risk management practice and procedures, preferably within the relevant cluster context.

• Proven experience of risk quantification (cost / schedule / quality / safety).

• Proven experience of maintaining risk management databases (e.g. ARM).

• Proven experience of corporate risk management procedures.

• Experience of working internationally (preference KSA experience).