Senior Risk Manager - Life Science Construction

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.

Turner & Townsend is looking for a Senior Risk Manager to join our growing team. The ideal individual will be an experienced risk professional who has supported large scale construction projects.

Hybrid opportunity requiring 50% on site presence.

• 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 contractor‑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 & opportunity status.
• Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
• Initiate a proactive approach to review, develop and improve risk management services for the client.
• Undertake end‑to‑end project risk management practices on multiple projects/programmes.
• 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 programme 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 programme and project controls team, with direct touch points to cost and schedule management, change control and reporting.
• Work proactively and collaboratively with programme 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. The transfer of knowledge may include informal one‑on‑one discussions with client stakeholders and more 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 programme, including the collection of performance metrics and tracking supplier improvement action plans.
• Demonstrate a level of support to expert witnesses in arbitral or litigation processes.
• Lead, manage, and carry out construction stage contract and claims management.
• Carry out assessment of 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.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a field related to construction.
• Minimum 5-7 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…