Director of Project Risk Management

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Turner & Townsend has an exciting opportunity for a Director Risk Management to join our USA Infrastructure team, and work on a large-scale rail construction program based in New York City, Baltimore, Denver, Houston or other large metropolitan areas where we do business. The role involves maintaining visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity, and using risk data to inform investment planning. The Director will monitor overall risk exposure, assess against the remaining risk budget, and work with contractors to assess contractor held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them. The position requires producing risk reports, conducting quantitative risk assessments, and ensuring the delivery of best practice risk management activities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling.
• 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.
• Produce risk reports as required to support 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.
• Undertake end-to-end project risk management practice on multiple projects/programs.
• Create risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements.
• Lead workshops with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct risk reviews at regular intervals, identify and analyze, determine response plans.
• Lead and run a comprehensive schedule and cost qualitative risk assessment process.
• Establish integration of the risk management function within the program and project controls team.
• Work proactively and collaboratively with program and project control teams.
• Provide opportunities to facilitate the transfer of knowledge within the immediate risk team.
• Create value stream mapping to quantify pain points and develop solutions.
• Create improved operating procedures and best practices for wider use in the client organization.
• Align recommendations to the respective needs of each project.
• Collaborate on the supplier performance management program.
• Demonstrate support to expert witnesses in arbitral or litigation processes.
• Lead, manage, and carry out 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.
• Prepare and support on bid proposals.

Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years post-graduate experience working on major construction projects preferably in infrastructure.
• Relevant construction project procurement and contract management experience.
• Bachelor's 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.
• Experience conducting risk management training sessions.
• In-depth understanding of construction contracts, commercial models and delivery methods.
• Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
• Familiarity with web-based database tools - ARM, Predict, Tableau.
• Highly self-motivated, 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.

Benefits

• Healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.