Risk Manager

This Opportunity WSP is seeking a Risk Manager to join our Project Controls group in Washington DC.

Your Impact • Act as the risk management subject matter expert on assigned project, program, portfolio being accountable for the risk management performance on assigned commissions. • Develop effective risk management framework / strategy. • Plan, design, and implement risk management processes tailored to the client’s needs and aligned with best practice (e.g., AACE International, Project Management Institute, ISO 31000). • Facilitate structured discussions and workshops to elicit assumptions, quantify uncertainty, and validate economic risk drivers with technical and project stakeholders. • Develop and maintain project and/or program risk registers with input from project and client team members. • Develop and maintain quantitative economic risk models to evaluate the probability and impact of alternative project outcomes, including downside and upside scenarios. • Conduct quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis (QCRA/QSRA) using probabilistic and simulation based methods to evaluate forecast uncertainty and outcome distributions. • Analyze economic drivers of project risk, including market conditions, labor and commodity trends, productivity assumptions, and systemic risk factors. • Prepare economic risk assessments, forecasts, and scenario analyses to support project managers, executives, and clients in strategic decision making. • Advise project leadership on risk adjusted contingency and schedule reserve ranges based on quantitative economic analysis. • Prepare project and/or program risk reports as required. • Support project teams in developing and implementing appropriate internal and external response plans for critical risks. • Work with project teams to determine appropriate contingency and schedule reserve amounts. • Provide training to junior risk managers and other staff as required. • Strong attention to detail while maintaining a big-picture point of view. • Ability to manage challenging behaviors and maintain effective working relationships based on diplomacy while maintaining independence and not swayed in judgment or course of actions. • Demonstrate strong organizational, analytical, and multi-tasking skills (i.e., ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously). • Performs other duties as assigned. • Travel as required

Who You Are Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Economics, Finance, or relevant field • 10 years of experience in risk management; construction management; project management; and/or contract or change management • Knowledge of general risk management and project control standards and frameworks, (e.g., AACE International, APM, IRM, Project Management Institute, ISO 31000). • Experience in facilitating quantitative risk analysis (QRA) workshops on cost and schedule. • Experience in conceptualizing and developing risk models using analytical methods. • Working knowledge of cost risk analysis software (@Risk, Acumen Risk, Crystal Ball etc.) and schedule risk analysis software (OPC, Primavera Risk Analysis, etc.). • Experienced in development and management of diverse teams. • Experience in preparing risk reports and documentation • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies • Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures