Project Risk Controls Analyst - Michels Preconstruction Services, Inc.

Overview

This role supports project teams by identifying, assessing, quantifying, monitoring, and communicating project risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle. Work is conducted closely with project leadership, estimating, scheduling, preconstruction, and operations teams to support the employer’s risk management approach and strengthen risk-informed decision making.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate risk reviews and support ongoing risk management activities
• Support quantitative cost and schedule risk analyses
• Develop three-point estimates and apply risk analysis methods
• 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
• Help 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 risk drivers, mitigation status, emerging exposures, and potential impacts to project objectives
• 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 paid holidays annually

Location

Travel as required for project meetings, risk workshops, and trainings.

Equal Opportunity

AA/EOE/M/W/Vet/Disability