Construction Risk Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

Provide oversight, analysis, and management of program and project risks during the planning, design, solicitation, construction, and activation stages of project development for a mega-project in heavy civil construction including transit, highway and public works in Los Angeles. Identify, analyze, track, manage and provide guidance to the owner and team with respect management and mitigation of project and program risks.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Will review and approve BIM procedures and processes provided by the Owner’s Lead E/A and CM/GC and ensure that client BIM standards and processes are being maintained by the entire team throughout the project. Will audit BIM throughout the design and formally at the 35%, 65%, 95% and final design, providing the necessary review and comments.
• Develop and manage a program risk identification and management plan.
• Identify, analyze, track, record and provide guidance with respect to actions to manage and/or mitigate risks.
• Assist the owner in the review of program and project risks during all program stages of project development and project construction execution.
• Coordinate with the program and project teams and stakeholders to facilitate the identification of risks and develop risk reports and registers, and associated risk response actions. Guide efforts to identify project risks to include but not limited to using brainstorming sessions, interviewing experienced project participants and subject matter experts, root-cause analysis, and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis.
• Develop risk identification checklists based on historical information and knowledge accumulated from similar previous programs/projects and from other sources of information.
• Record of identified risks in the appropriate program/project risk register to achieve an increasing level of awareness of risk over time. Assist with the prioritization of risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining the probability of occurrence and impact. Considers factors such as timely response and the program leadership’s risk tolerance associated with the construction program constraints associated with cost, schedule, scope, safety and quality.
• Develop and utilize the program’s established Probability and Impact Matrix to rate each risk on its probability of occurrence and impact on an objective if it does occur.
• Utilize risk register criteria for the combination of probability and impact to assign a classification of high risk, medium risk and low risk for assessed risks.
• Assist construction and project managers by developing an effective plan to lessen the impact of the risk. Categorize risk by sources of risk, the area of the project affected, or other useful categories such as root causes.
• Recommend to the person responsible for risk response an appropriate response for the significance of the risk, cost to address, feedback of individuals responsible for any influenced processes and other relevant factors.
• Assist construction and project managers to control the risk process by continuously monitor efforts for new, changing, and outdated risks.
• Apply techniques, such as variance and trend analysis, which require the use of performance information generated during program/project execution. Assist in the control of the risk process by assisting program and project managers with the choosing of alternative strategies, executing a contingency or fallback plan, taking corrective action, and modifying the program management plan.
• Monitor risk response periodic reports assessing the effectiveness of the plan, any unanticipated effects, and recommends corrective actions needed to handle the risk appropriately.
• Update the programs process assets, including project lessons learned databases and risk management templates, for the benefit of follow-on programs/projects.
• Monitor and analyze risk trends and variances and resolution of risk response actions.
• Assist the Government with verification that risk responses have been appropriately addressed. Recommend execution of contingencies and/or modifications to the program management plan.

REQUIRED BACKGROUND AND SKILLS

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED

• Have demonstrated experience and technical competence as a Risk Manager for mega-projects and programs in the Architectural, Engineering and Construction industry. LA Metro transit and Caltrans District 7 Highway projects are preferred
• Must show risk register evidence from 10 significant projects

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, FORMAL TRAINING

Bachelors’ degree in technical field preferred

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Demonstrated knowledge of cost control, quality control, and compliance with performance schedules
• Knowledge of group dynamics, project and program management tools
• Ability to apply analytical methods and techniques to risk
• Must be able to guide, motivate, and coordinate the work of professionals in a matrix organization
• Skilled in utilizing effective, constructive, employee and team feedback for the purpose of improving performance, and knowledge of group dynamics, project and program management tools are required
• Experienced in the use and application of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.), Microsoft Access, SharePoint and possess ability to adapt to new software. Prefer experience with Primavera, CostWorks, Success Estimator.
• Must have strong people skills and the ability to interact with the design team
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our culture is a must
• Candidates who reside locally in the Los Angeles area and have experience with LA Metro are preferred