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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in risk management for major transit and infrastructure programs, with a strong focus on developing and implementing risk management systems, facilitating high-stakes workshops, and translating complex analyses into actionable insights. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage client relationships while ensuring quality and adherence to best practices.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Risk Management System DevelopmentQuantitative Risk AnalysisProject Controls KnowledgeAACE International PRMP CertificationClient Relationship Management
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Hard Skills
Cost Risk ManagementSchedule Risk ManagementContingency ManagementRisk GovernanceRisk-Informed Decision-MakingChange ManagementClaims AvoidanceQuantitative AnalysisAdvanced ExcelPrimavera P6 Integration
Soft Skills
FacilitationConsulting JudgmentPresentation SkillsMentorshipCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Safran RiskLumivero @RISKPrimavera Risk AnalysisOracle Crystal Ball
Certifications & Qualifications
PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)AACE International Project Risk Management Professional (PRMP)
Industry Keywords
TransitRailInfrastructureU.S. Department of TransportationFTAFRAFHWAFAAEnvironmental ReviewBusiness Development
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesOracle
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as HNTB’s national technical leader for risk management on major transit, rail, and complex infrastructure programs
- Provide technical direction, strategic advice, and hands-on support across the full project lifecycle
- Establish and improve risk and contingency management frameworks
- Facilitate executive and project-level risk workshops
- Lead qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
- Translate analysis into recommendations protecting scope, cost, schedule, funding, and delivery outcomes
- Work across offices, market sectors, practices, and disciplines to support client engagements, strategic pursuits, and 4for4 delivery
- Partner with program and project management, project controls, estimating, scheduling, procurement, contracting, finance, and technical teams
- Mentor risk professionals and advance consistent tools and standards
- Strengthen HNTB’s national thought leadership and market position in infrastructure risk management
- Provide technical input and possible leadership on complex projects
- Identify, pursue, and execute high-level projects with assigned departments, agencies, and programs
- Manage client relationships and guide application of HNTB services
- Support successful contracting and project execution with regional staff and office leadership
- Partner with National Practice Leaders to develop and promote technical knowledge
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
- 12 years of relevant experience
- In lieu of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated expertise developing and implementing a risk management system for a major, complex transit, rail, or infrastructure program
- Advanced knowledge of cost risk, schedule risk, contingency management, risk governance, and risk-informed decision-making
- Ability to lead high-stakes workshops and build alignment among owners, operators, designers, contractors, regulators, funding partners, and multidisciplinary delivery teams
- Ability to translate complex quantitative analysis into clear executive-level insights, options, and recommendations
- Strong consulting judgment, client presence, facilitation, writing, presentation, and quantitative analysis skills
- Ability to independently manage major workstreams, prioritize competing demands, and maintain quality across multiple programs and geographies
- Working knowledge of project controls, estimating, scheduling, change management, procurement, contracting, claims avoidance, and PMIS environments
- Commitment to quality, technical excellence, collaboration, mentorship, and consistent application of national best practices
- AACE International Project Risk Management Professional (PRMP), PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), or equivalent risk credential
- 15 or more years of directly relevant experience, including experience leading risk management services for major infrastructure programs
- Experience across planning, environmental review, design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, startup, and post-construction phases
- Experience with U.S. Department of Transportation risk and oversight processes, including FTA, FRA, FHWA, and FAA practices
- Familiarity with the FTA Cost Risk Assessment framework and cost-risk model
- Hands-on proficiency with Safran Risk, Lumivero @RISK, Primavera Risk Analysis, or Oracle Crystal Ball
- Advanced Excel capability
- Experience integrating quantitative risk analysis with Primavera P6 schedules, cost estimates, contingency drawdown, change control, and executive dashboards
- Established professional network and active participation in risk, project controls, program management, transit, rail, or infrastructure industry organizations
- Demonstrated success supporting business development, strategic pursuits, client relationships, and thought leadership
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
Benefits
Comp & perks- HNTB Total Rewards benefits
- Employee-ownership opportunities