Risk Manager (Infrastructure Projects)

Job description

The Risk Manager – Infrastructure is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and leading the risk management framework for major infrastructure projects, focusing on roads, civil works, and structural assets. The role ensures risks are identified, assessed, quantified, and effectively managed across design, construction, commissioning, and handover, providing assurance to senior management, investors, and stakeholders on safety, cost, schedule, quality, and performance. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining a comprehensive risk management framework, creating tailored policies and tools, defining risk categories, integrating risk management throughout the project lifecycle, leading multidisciplinary risk workshops, building quantitative risk models, delivering regular risk reports to senior committees and financiers, monitoring mitigation actions, and fostering a proactive risk‑aware culture.

Requirements

• Own and maintain the master risk register for roads, civils, and structural works
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Management, Risk Management, or related discipline
• preferably a Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or Risk Management
• professional certifications such as PMI‑RMP, IRM, CRM, or equivalent are highly desirable
• 10+ years experience in risk management, project controls, or engineering roles on large‑scale infrastructure projects
• proficiency in risk management frameworks
• proficiency in construction techniques for roads and heavy civil works
• proficiency in structural engineering principles and geotechnical considerations
• proficiency in project management and controls (cost, schedule, change, and contract management).

Skills