Risk Manager for our National Infrastructure Projects

1 month ago


Sydney, Australia Turner & Townsend Full time

Company Description

Are you interested in working on some of the world’s most exciting projects, with some of the world’s leading businesses?

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide.

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more. 

Due to significant growth and ongoing delivery success with our clients, Turner & Townsend's Infrastructure team in Sydney are looking for a Risk Manager with a wide range of experience from Aviation, Power, Utilities, rail and many more. 

Job Description

The Risk Managers primary focus is on the management and coordination of the risk management function, ensuring that all elements of risk to the project are identified, analysed, reported and solutions/mitigations developed and implemented.

The main duties of a Risk Manager is:

  • Management and coordination of risk management to ensure effective project delivery to and to the highest industry standards, on time and within allocated budgets.
  • Undertaking both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment to support informed and evidence based decision-making within the project.
  • Perform QRA for cost and prolongation risk related to time activities.
  • Building and promoting a risk-aware culture across the project which includes increase levels of awareness, understanding and commitment to risk management issues, facilitating risk workshops as required.
  • Ensuring a program of individual and small group risk reviews and reports are completed to facilitate an accurate understanding of actual and potential risk exposures across the project and assisting in providing solutions and mitigations, including any required controls and actions.
  • Completing risk reporting associated with monitoring project contingency and potential scope modifications made during the project.
  • Updating the risk register to facilitate the management of the project risk profile.
  • Providing subject matter expert advice to the project management team in relation to risk management.
  • Coordinating and reviewing project status reporting and assisting with arrangements for key governance meetings.
  • Supporting the project controls and contract management functions as required.

Qualifications

  • Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ experience working in complex, large scale multidisciplinary projects in the infrastructure industry (Aviation, power, utilties, rail, etc).
  • Experience in using risk databases and risk management systems including systems/software to support quantitative risk analysis e.g. CURA, @RISK
  • High level of attention to detail.
  • Able to anticipate and follow-through fully on tasks.
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills.
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to providing excellent service.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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