Overview
This role supports project teams by identifying, assessing, quantifying, monitoring and communicating project risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle. Working closely with project leadership, estimating, scheduling, preconstruction and operations teams, the Project Risk Analyst helps strengthen risk-informed decision making and supports the organization’s risk management processes.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate project risk reviews
- Support quantitative cost and schedule risk analyses
- Develop three-point estimates
- Map risks to cost accounts and schedule activities
- Assist with uncertainty, correlation, sensitivity and Monte Carlo analyses
- Prepare risk dashboards, heat maps, trend reports and executive-level presentations
- Track mitigation activities and emerging exposures
- Communicate key risk drivers, mitigation status, emerging exposures, and potential impacts to project objectives
- Continuously improve risk-management procedures, tools, training, metrics and reporting
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Project Management, Finance, Business Analytics, Economics or a related field; equivalent education and relevant experience may be considered
- 2–5 years of experience in project risk management, project controls, estimating, scheduling, preconstruction, cost analysis, construction operations or a related field
- Understanding of project cost, schedule and risk concepts, including contingency and uncertainty
- Ability to interpret project data and communicate key findings across technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills
- High level proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across project teams and leadership
- Ability to travel as required for project meetings, risk workshops and trainings
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting large or complex construction, infrastructure, energy, utility, transportation, marine or industrial projects
- Experience developing or supporting quantitative cost and schedule risk analyses
- Familiarity with three-point estimating, Monte Carlo simulation, uncertainty modeling, correlation and sensitivity analysis
- Experience with Primavera P6 and/or Safran Risk Manager
Compensation & Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package (subject to eligibility requirements), including:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Legal plan
- Identity theft and monitoring plan
- Paid time off: 15 to 25 days annually
- Paid holidays: 8 annually
- The organization invests an average of $5,000 per employee on training each year
Location
Not specified.
Equal Employment Opportunity
AA/EOE/M/W/Vet/Disability