Commercial Construction Risk Manager

About the role

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with clients across real‑estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, the firm delivers outcomes that improve people’s lives. The company offers programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net‑zero and digital solutions. Turner & Townsend is majority‑owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real‑estate services and investment firm.

The Risk Manager will support large‑scale construction projects in key markets such as data centres, critical infrastructure, aviation, life sciences, and energy & natural resources. The role involves stakeholder management and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
• Use risk data to inform investment planning.
• Monitor overall risk exposure and assess the remaining risk budget.
• Work with contractors to assess contractors‑held risks and their views on client‑held risks that impact upon them.
• Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat and opportunity status.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
• Initiate a proactive approach to the review, development and improvement of risk management services for the client.
• Undertake end‑to‑end project risk management practices on multiple projects/programs.
• Undertake the creation of risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements, processes, policies, and frameworks.
• Conduct risk reviews at regular intervals, identify and analyze, determine response plans, ensure that project and program risk profiles are being monitored and reported.
• Lead and run a comprehensive schedule and cost‑effective risk assessment (QCRA & QSRA) process.
• Establish integration of the risk management function within the program and project controls team, with direct touch points to cost and schedule management, change control, and reporting.
• Work proactively and collaboratively with program and project control teams to eliminate redundancies and identify improvement opportunities.
• Provide opportunities to facilitate the transfer of knowledge within the immediate risk team, to the greater project controls team, and to the client.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer through informal one‑on‑one discussions with client stakeholders and formal presentations to clients and colleagues.
• Create value‑stream mapping to quantify pain points and develop solutions to minimize waste (both in terms of speed and cost).
• Collaborate on the supplier performance management program, including collection of performance metrics and tracking supplier improvement action plans.
• Support expert witnesses in arbitral or litigation processes.
• Lead, manage, and carry out construction‑stage contract and claims management.
• Assess contractual claims in accordance with the contract.
• Provide strategic and contractual advice on disputes and related resolution issues.
• Evaluate delay recovery measures.
• Carry out change management and construction‑stage cost control.
• Supervise the measurement and valuation of completed works and variations.
• Manage the settlement of final accounts with contractors.
• Adhere to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a related construction field.
• Minimum 3 years of applicable experience.
• Relevant construction project procurement and contract management experience.
• Demonstrated experience within a Program Management or Program Controls environment.
• Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification, facilitation and techniques.
• Strong communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
• In‑depth understanding of construction contracts, commercial models, and delivery methods.
• Proficient in process mapping, root‑cause analysis, problem solving, and value‑stream mapping.
• Familiarity with web‑based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau.
• Highly self‑motivated, analytical, and customer‑centric.
• Excellent communication skills.

Additional Information

• On‑site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.
• Turner & Townsend promotes a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.
• Equal opportunity employer: celebrates diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment for all employees, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community.