Senior Risk Manager - Transportation Infrastructure

At HNTB, you can create a meaningful career while building communities that matter. For over a century, we have delivered solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. Join our team of employee-owners as we continue our historic growth.

About the role

This position is responsible for providing technical consultation and direction in one or more project controls functions, including scheduling, estimating, cost control, risk management, document control, and project management information systems. The Principal Project Controls serves as a technical advisor on complex projects and a subject matter expert in their specialty, providing guidance, mentorship, and leadership to project controls staff.

Risk Focus

The Senior Risk Manager provides risk management leadership for major transit programs and projects. This role develops and implements risk and contingency management processes, facilitates risk workshops, maintains risk registers, and performs qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations. The Senior Risk Manager partners with program/project teams to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risks, while providing contingency recommendations and supporting informed decision-making. This role also mentors junior staff and serves as a technical leader in risk management practices.

Responsibilities

• Perform responsibilities in project controls functional areas such as scheduling, estimating, cost control, risk management, document control, and project management information systems.
• Prepare material, labor, and equipment cost estimates for concept designs, design development documents, bid documents, and change orders.
• Develop conceptual estimates reflecting potential project budgets at preliminary design stages and assist in developing Independent Cost Estimates (ICE) to support change management.
• Assist in creating, maintaining, and controlling budgets and schedules from design concept through project completion, utilizing detailed cost estimates to develop schedules.
• Oversee and coordinate the creation of program/project management plans and procedures for project controls activities.
• Review and assess monthly progress schedule updates from project teams or contractors, providing advisory input to project managers or clients.
• Develop cost forecasts and trends, analyze accrual of actual costs, and evaluate historical cost data to maintain estimating standards and databases.
• Consult on potential claims, claims avoidance, and claims support for project teams or clients.
• Prepare reports and performance dashboards for project controls metrics, analyze data, and participate in client presentations.
• Develop and maintain project risk registers, escalate risks, and partner with project teams to create mitigation plans.
• Recommend technology solutions to support program/project requirements and assist in implementing project management control systems (PMCS).
• Participate in negotiations on behalf of the client, including price negotiations, vendor contacts, and change order negotiations.
• Develop and implement comprehensive risk management policies, procedures, plans, and work instructions.
• Facilitate risk workshops, interviews, and stakeholder meetings with internal and external teams.
• Lead risk identification, assessment, response planning, monitoring, and reporting activities.
• Develop, maintain, and update program and project risk registers.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, including Monte Carlo simulations for cost and schedule impacts.
• Establish risk modeling parameters and provide contingency recommendations.
• Review project documentation to ensure alignment with identified risks and controls.
• Prepare and present risk reports, analyses, and recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Support project teams in developing and implementing mitigation strategies for critical risks.
• Collaborate with estimating, scheduling, procurement, and project controls teams.
• Ensure quality and consistency of risk management deliverables.
• Develop and/or provide key input on management plans (PMPs, RCMPs) and financial plans.
• Mentor Risk Specialists and provide technical guidance as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field and 12 years of relevant experience, or
• In lieu of education, 16 years of relevant experience, or
• 12 years of relevant direct contractor experience.

Qualifications

• AACE Project Risk Management Professional (PRMP), PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), or equivalent certification is required.
• Experience in transportation engineering design requirements and project delivery processes.
• Experience across three or more project lifecycle phases (planning, design, procurement, construction, and post-construction).
• Experience supporting major infrastructure or transit programs as an owner’s representative, PM/CM consultant, or design-build team member.
• Familiarity with FHWA, FTA, FRA, and FAA cost and schedule risk management processes and the FTA Cost Risk Model is required.
• Familiarity with Safran Risk, Lumivero @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis (PRA), and Oracle Crystal Ball software is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field, plus 15 years of relevant experience; 5 of the 15 years in passenger rail or related transportation modes and 10 of the 15 years planning, designing, and implementing risk management processes, or
• In lieu of a degree, 20 years of experience in project controls, risk management, construction management, program management, contract management, or change management.
• Proven expertise in developing and implementing a risk management system for a major transit program/project with significant complexity.

Pay

• Washington, DC: $173,075.17 - $276,470.74
• Maryland: $158,025.16 - $252,429.80
• Virginia: $150,500.15 - $276,470.74

Actual compensation will depend on qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical work location within the state.

Schedule

Full-time, regular position.

Locations: Allentown, PA (Lehigh Valley); Arlington, VA (Alexandria); Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC; Columbia, SC; Glen Allen, VA (Richmond); Harrisburg, PA; King of Prussia, PA (Norristown); North Charleston, SC; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Raleigh, NC; Virginia Beach, VA; Washington, DC