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Senior project risk manager | defence & infrastructure

Adelaide
Turner & Townsend
Infrastructure
Posted: 15 May
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Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Project Risk Manager to join our Infrastructure team in Adelaide. This role supports a critical infrastructure program as part of a nationally significant endeavour and will play a critical part in the risk assessment function.

The primary purpose of this role is to form part of a project controls precinct team, ensuring that all elements of risk and opportunities in the precinct packages are identified, assigned ownership, analysed and reported, with mitigations/controls/actions captured for implementation. The Risk Manager will coordinate and work with the PCON team and the relevant Precinct delivery teams to collate all QRA inputs.

Responsibilities

* Risk Identification & Ownership: Work closely with the project controls precinct team to ensure all risks and opportunities are identified, assigned, and tracked with clear ownership and mitigation strategies.
* Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA): Conduct QRAs to inform contingency levels, validate inputs, and monitor risk exposure. Provide scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to support decision making.
* Reporting & Communication: Develop and present risk dashboards, reports, and presentations to communicate QRA outcomes and highlight key insights to stakeholders.
* Financial Risk Modelling: Model cash flows over time, assess escalation impacts, and track risk exposure against the remaining risk budget.
* Collaboration & Compliance: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate risk insights into broader project planning, ensuring alignment with corporate risk standards and procedures.

Qualifications

* Citizenship & Clearance: Australian Citizenship and the ability to obtain (or currently hold) an Australian Baseline Security Clearance OR be a UK Citizen with current UK clearance.
* Risk Management Experience: At least 4 years of experience in risk management, with demonstrated capability at a senior level.
* Analytical and Commercial Acumen: Strong quantitative skills and commercial awareness, with a high level of accuracy.
* Technical Proficiency: Experience using risk tools such as Active Risk Manager, Cura, @Risk, Acumen Fuse, Safran, Primavera Risk Analysis.
* Data Visualisation Skills: Familiarity with data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.

Personal Attributes

* Collaborative Mindset: Comfortable working as part of a geographically dispersed team, including remote collaboration with client and site teams.
* Relationship-Orientated: Friendly, approachable, and relationship focused.
* Clear Communicator: Able to present complex data and insights in a clear, engaging manner.

Benefits

* Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
* We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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