Senior Project Risk Analyst – Infrastructure Development Projects

As an industry leader in program management and construction management for large capital programs, AECOM oversees activities ranging from planning, coordination, scheduling, and cost control, to design, construction, and commissioning. From concept through completion, we provide necessary technical and administrative services to help our clients meet their program objectives. We function as an extension of our clients’ staff, protecting their interests as our own.

AECOM is looking to hire a Senior Project Risk Analyst for the Program and Project Management (PPM) Practice, Canada Region. This role will directly report to the Risk Consulting Practice Lead, within PPM. This position will support AECOM’s Business Line Project Managers and Client’s Project Management Teams with risk management responsibilities. The role includes coordinating and facilitating group and individual project risk assessment and review meetings; performing qualitative and quantitative project risk modeling and analysis; and developing risk mitigation strategies.

Major Responsibilities: 

• The Risk Manager will be responsible for the delivery of risk management services to our clients’ various infrastructure development projects.

• Essential functions of the job include:

• Developing and/or implementing project specific risk management plans for risk identification, risk analysis, risk response planning, and monitoring.

• Coordinating and conducting risk interviews and group risk assessment workshops to gather requirements, identify and prioritize risks, and gain consensus for effective risk response strategies and actions.

• Where required, support lesson learned reviews, schedule critical reviews, and scrutinize cost estimates, to identify and understand areas of uncertainty.

• Advising and assisting project teams in implementing appropriate risk treatment plans and communicating risks to avoid surprises with key stakeholders.

• Integrating project-wide risk data to inform and support day-to-day management of risks, program and/or project assurance, and decision-making processes.

• Conducting project schedule risk workshops/reviews and Quantitative Schedule Risk Assessments (QSRA) to forecast the cumulative effect of risks on project schedule and identify effective risk response strategies to minimize exposure.

• Conducting project and program-level cost risk workshops/reviews and Quantitative Cost Risk Assessments (QCRA) to forecast the cumulative effect of risks on project cost and identify effective risk response strategies to minimize exposure.

• Preparing and providing periodic risk communications (memos), assessment reports, and risk profile presentations to Project Leadership and Teams.

• Maintaining a program-wide register of identified and/or emergent risks and opportunities for use on future projects.

• Maintaining and continuously improving AECOM’s risk management tools to meet the requirements of Client Projects.

• Undertaking advisory role on projects in Risk Management, when and how to do a formal risk assessment, develop and organize risk mitigation plans and develop tracking mechanisms to controls effectiveness of risk management.