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AECOM Program Risk Manager in San Francisco, California
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Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Program Risk Manager to be location in the San Francisco area. The successful candidate will play a lead role in identifying, assessing, mitigating, monitoring, and communicating risks for the project, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and regulatory requirements. The role requires working closely with project managers, functional managers, and other key stakeholders to ensure that risks are effectively managed, and projects are being built safely and delivered on schedule, on budget, within scope and in conformance with applicable regulations and guidelines.
The position requires working at the site based on the Bay Area, San Francisco.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide professional risk expertise in the management of an FTA-funded major capital transit project
Serve as the technical resource and subject matter expert in risk assessment and mitigation
Develop and implement risk and contingency management plans, procedures, support documentation, conduct workshops, performance indicators and reporting metrics, based on best practices.
Develop Risk Breakdown Structure, identify program and projects risks, and carryout qualitative & quantitative risk assessments with mitigation strategies identified.
Manage and maintain Risk Register, analyze risk data, and generate reports for stakeholders, highlighting key risks and proposed actions.
Provide training and support to project teams on risk management principles and tools.
Manage the risk management process for the Portal project in collaboration with the Risk Management Committee (RMC)
Perform Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analyses to establish cost and schedule budget contingency
Manage project contingency in coordination with the RMC and Change Control
Manager risk mitigation, collaborating with risk owners and the project team, establishing risk mitigation strategies, and action plans with due dates
Ensure that all FTA requirements and guidelines are compiled with, especially the requirements of Oversight Procedure OP40, Risk and Contingency Review
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- BA/BS + 8 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
Preferred requirements:
Familiarity with FTA Risk Management procedures and practices
Expert knowledge in performing probability modeling using factoring and Monte Carlo simulations for risk analysis calculations
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Business management or a field closely associated
Minimum of 10 years of risk management experience in lead positions on large projects, preferably involving heavy civil work, passenger rail or related transportation modes
Strong understanding of risk management frameworks and methodologies, such as ISO 31000 or similar.
Proficiency in risk assessment tools and software (such as Acumen Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis etc.)
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
Professional certification in project and/or risk management (such as PMP, PMI-RMP, FRM, or similar) preferred
Knowledge of local and federal codes, standards and procedures is highly desirable.
Additional Information
Relocation is available for this position.
Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $175,000.00 - $205,000.00.
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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
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Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
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ReqID: J10124263
Business Line: PPM
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: West
Career Area: Risk Management
Work Location Model: On-Site
Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc