Summary
Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a Risk Manager in Riyadh to lead risk management for road, bridge, and tunnel infrastructure projects. The role covers risk governance, workshops, qualitative and quantitative assessments, risk registers, mitigation plans, dashboards, and reporting to senior leadership and clients. Applicants should have a relevant bachelor's degree and at least 15 years of risk management experience, ideally on major infrastructure programs and in a PMC or consultancy environment. A master's degree or professional risk certification is preferred; GCC or Middle East experience is an advantage.
The posting
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Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive risk management plan tailored to road, bridge, and tunnel infrastructure 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 15+ 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).