Risk Manager – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 15+ Years Experience

Location

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Job Category

• Construction & Real Estate
• Engineering & Technical
• Operations & Supply Chain

Job Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Risk Manager to support a prestigious mega construction project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This opportunity is suited to a senior risk management professional with extensive experience managing risk across large-scale construction, EPC, infrastructure, and complex project environments.

The Risk Manager will lead enterprise and project-level risk management activities, establish risk frameworks and governance processes, and coordinate multidisciplinary risk management across planning, cost, commercial, procurement, design, construction, engineering, and project controls functions.

This role provides an opportunity for significant career growth through involvement in a major regional construction project, advanced quantitative risk analysis, executive-level reporting, stakeholder management, and strategic project controls. Professionals will gain further exposure to international project environments, risk methodologies, Primavera P6 integration, Monte Carlo simulation, and advanced risk management practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise and project-level risk management activities for complex EPC, construction, and infrastructure projects.
• Establish risk frameworks, procedures, risk registers, and governance processes.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary risk workshops involving clients, consultants, contractors, engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, and project controls teams.
• Manage project risk registers covering schedule, cost, technical, procurement, contractual, and execution risks.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessments to identify critical threats and opportunities.
• Lead Schedule Risk Analysis and Cost Risk Analysis using Monte Carlo simulation.
• Evaluate P50, P80, and P90 confidence levels for project schedule and cost exposure.
• Integrate Primavera P6 schedules with quantitative risk models to identify schedule exposure, criticality, and key completion-date drivers.
• Conduct sensitivity and tornado analysis to identify dominant schedule and cost risk drivers.
• Develop risk response strategies and assign appropriate risk ownership.
• Monitor mitigation actions through to closure.
• Prepare executive risk dashboards, heat maps, trend analysis, risk burndown reports, and quantitative risk reports.
• Collaborate with planning, cost, commercial, procurement, design, construction, and project management teams.
• Integrate risk management activities into overall project controls processes.
• Monitor emerging and residual risks and escalate critical exposures to project leadership.
• Establish and monitor risk KPIs and KRIs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures and recommend improvements.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of hands-on professional experience as a Risk Manager.
• Proven experience managing risk for large-scale or mega construction projects.
• Strong experience in EPC, construction, infrastructure, or complex project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methodologies.
• Practical experience with Schedule Risk Analysis and Cost Risk Analysis.
• Strong knowledge of Monte Carlo simulation and confidence-level analysis, including P50, P80, and P90.
• Experience integrating Primavera P6 schedules with quantitative risk models.
• Expertise in sensitivity and tornado analysis.
• Strong understanding of project controls, scheduling, cost management, procurement, commercial, and construction processes.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong ability to conduct multidisciplinary risk workshops.
• Experience working with multinational organizations or international projects is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and decision-making capabilities.
• Relevant risk management certifications and professional development credentials are advantageous.

Salary, Benefits & Career Growth

Benefits

The available job announcement does not specify the employee benefits package. Candidates should confirm applicable benefits, allowances, employment terms, and other conditions directly with the employer during the recruitment process.

Career Growth

This position offers an opportunity to contribute to a prestigious mega construction project while developing senior-level expertise in enterprise risk management, project controls, quantitative risk analysis, construction risk, and strategic decision-making.

The role can support further progression toward senior risk leadership, project controls management, enterprise risk management, and executive project management positions.

Training & Professional Development

The position provides exposure to advanced risk management methodologies, Monte Carlo simulation, Primavera P6 integration, quantitative risk modeling, executive reporting, risk governance, and multidisciplinary project controls. Relevant professional certifications and continuous technical development can further strengthen long-term career progression.

Application Process

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