Associate Director- Construction Risk

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director- Construction Risk to join our team to lead risk management services for key client accounts and support the growth of risk management services. This individual will be immediately support large-scale infrastructure construction projects and programs. 

The role focuses on supporting comprehensive risk management efforts, maintaining risk reporting tools, and collaborating with key stakeholders to enhance program risk oversight.

Position Responsibilities

• Assist the team in establishing and maintaining cost and schedule baselines to
• assess risk exposures
• Support input required for external stakeholders, grant applications, and program
• reporting
• Develop and maintain risk reporting tools for cost and schedule risk analysis
• Manage the Authority’s risk register, ensuring proper coordination between programlevel and project-level risks
• Maintain and update the Authority’s Program Risk Management Plan and prepare
• quarterly risk management reports
• Provide guidance and templates for project risk management, including qualitative risk
• registers and quantitative risk assessments
• Support project teams in implementing risk management strategies and maintaining
• project risk contingency plans
• Review and challenge project-level risk assessments to ensure accuracy and
• effectiveness
• Collaborate with Enterprise Risk personnel to align with overall risk management goals
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or a relevant discipline plus.
• 10+ years in related risk management roles.
• Strong understanding of risk management processes and methodologies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and analytical skills.
• Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification facilitation and techniques. 
• Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping. 
• Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau.        
• Experience working on large-scale programs or multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities.
• Knowledge of risk management practices in infrastructure construction prefered.

Additional Information

The salary range for this full-time role is $130K - $210K per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. 

Qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with LA County ordinance and CA law.   

*On site presence may change due to client needs*

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. 

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/ 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

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