Summary
Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a Risk Manager for large-scale infrastructure projects, with the location listed as Dibah. The role leads risk governance, workshops, assessments, risk registers, mitigation plans, reviews, and reporting across project lifecycle phases. Candidates need a relevant bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of risk management experience, ideally on major infrastructure projects and in a PMC or consultancy environment. A master’s degree or professional risk certification is preferred.
The posting
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Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive risk management plan tailored to large scale projects, aligned with client and contractual requirements.
- Establish risk governance, risk appetite and tolerance levels, escalation procedures, and reporting protocols.
- Ensure risk frameworks comply with international standards (e.g., ISO 31000) and client risk requirements.
- Lead risk identification workshops with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors, and stakeholders to proactively identify potential risks across project lifecycle phases.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessments using recognized tools and techniques (e.g., risk scoring, Monte Carlo simulation).
- Maintain and regularly update detailed risk registers, ensuring all risks are categorized, prioritized, and tracked.
- Develop scalable, practical risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans to reduce impacts on project cost, schedule, quality, HSE, and reputation.
- Monitor risk treatment plans and controls to ensure measures are implemented effectively and risks are being actively managed.
- Facilitate ongoing risk reviews, update risk dashboards, and provide scenario planning support to enable informed decision-making by senior management.
- Prepare and present risk reports, dashboards, and briefings for senior leadership, clients, and governance committees.
- Communicate project risk status, trends, and emerging issues clearly and proactively.
- Integrate risk insights into broader project controls, planning, and delivery frameworks.
- Prepare and present risk reports, dashboards, and briefings for senior leadership, clients, and governance committees.
- Communicate project risk status, trends, and emerging issues clearly and proactively.
- Integrate risk insights into broader project controls, planning, and delivery frameworks.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Risk Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Master’s degree or professional risk certification (e.g., PMI-RMP, IRMCert, ISO 31000 Practitioner) is preferred.Strong working experience in international and/or GCC environments is an asset.
- Demonstrated expertise in delivery of multiple complex infrastructure programs.
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in risk management, ideally with a focus on large infrastructure projects (roads, bridges, tunnels).
- Proven experience working in a PMC / consultancy environment delivering major infrastructure risk services.
- Working exposure to GCC / Middle East markets is an advantage.
- Strong familiarity with risk frameworks, assessment methodologies, and industry standard tools (e.g., ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis).