Risk Lead

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Project Overview:

Bechtel has been involved over the last 80 years in some of the world’s busiest and most complex airport projects, including Greenfield and Brownfield developments. In the GCC, we have held significant roles on King Khalid, King Fahad, Dubai, Hamad, and Muscat international airports. As we consider the future of aviation globally and in the GCC, we are very enthusiastic about the future of aviation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

We are currently considering candidates with aviation, other transportation or complex public accessible building project experience to provide project management consultancy services (including technical, commercial and construction management) for a major infrastructure project in Riyadh. 

Job Summary:

As a Project Risk Management professional at Bechtel, you will provide expert execution capabilities of project risk management activities. You will provide oversight, training and mentoring of project risk specialists and risk analysts toward project and corporate objectives. You will collate risk intelligence and associated best practices to distribute throughout the Bechtel enterprise. 
 

Major Responsibilities:

GBU

• Supports Corporate GBU Project Risk Managers in pre- and post-award project risk management (PRM) activities (e.g. proposal development, PRM program deployment) 
• Supports specialist Corporate PRM projects for cross-GBU benefit 
• Responsible for the development, deployment, and management of Corporate PRM data collection, dashboards, analysis tools and reports 
• Supports the enterprise analysis of project risks 
• Supports training and mentoring of junior project risk specialists and risk analysts (both on and off project resources) towards project and corporate objectives. 

Corporate

• Responsible for reviewing and updating the PRM team's System Admin (risk software) procedures and processes 
• Works on the deployment of risk software to new projects, identifying and understanding configuration requirements, deviations, advises of any constraints and agreed changes and provides administration services to the project deployment 
• Responsible for the management, maintenance, and development of risk software to include quarterly usage reporting, overseeing, and auditing the setup and maintenance of the risk software, managing contractual agreement and obligations with software supplier, managing license distribution across database instances and development and maintenance of reports 
• Provides support with updating and maintaining the PRM System Admin team documentation 
• Ensures continual and optimal risk software support for projects and training on the use of risk software 
• Responsible of software releases coordination, in conjunction with Bechtel IS&T and risk software vendor support team 
• Assists in the screen of the risk software market for due diligence, similar product analysis and existing vendor analysis

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10  years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience​

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent communication skills with multiple levels of Management Team player with ability to lead a multinational, multi¬dimensional organization
• Experience with the holistic approach of risk management on Portfolio and/or Program level. Experience and knowledge of all discipline's risks during all Project stages from feasibility till handover e.g. procurement/contractual, QHSE, reputational Risks, etc.
• Preferably previous experience with industry-standard software for risk management/analysis programs such as SAFRAN, ARM and @ Risk software
• Ability to work with limited supervision to meet multiple deadlines simultaneously under pressure.
• Strategic quick thinker with abilities to deliver messaging across all layers of the project team.
• Ability to work within a culturally diverse organization, recognizing and respecting differences.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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