Risk Consultant Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

Do you have experience in project risk management and risk analysis for design and construction projects and enjoy collaborating with construction managers, contractors, owners, and designers?

MBP is looking for a project risk consultant to support qualitative and quantitative risk management tasks across market sectors including federal government, state/local government, education, healthcare, and transit. If you have experience in this area and are ready to contribute to project success, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

Lead and support project risk management assignments from inception through final completion. Responsibilities include:

Lead or support project risk management assignments, in alignment with the full risk management lifecycle.
• Support development of a risk management plan.
• Coordinate with the project teams and stakeholders to facilitate the identification of risks and develop risk reports and registers, and associated risk response actions.
• Facilitate risk interviews, risk workshops, and regular risk meetings.
• Develop and utilize a Probability and Impact Matrix to rate each risk on its probability of occurrence and impact on an objective if it does occur.
• Perform quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis.
• Assist with the prioritization of risks for further analysis.
• Identify, analyze, track, record and provide guidance with respect to actions to manage and/or mitigate risks.
• Assist construction and project managers to control the risk process by continuously monitoring efforts for new, changing, and outdated risks.

Who We Are Looking For

Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in qualitative risk management
• Developing project risk management plans
• Facilitating project risk interviews, workshops, and update meetings
• Formulating risk mitigation strategies
• Maintaining project risk register
• Demonstrated familiarity with quantitative risk analysis

Education/Knowledge:

• Bachelor's degree in industry-related field, advanced degree preferred
• Detailed knowledge of construction, principles of construction management and project controls
• Recent experience/technical competence in risk identification, analysis and management for projects and programs of similar scope.
• Knowledge of scheduling, cost estimating, documentation, contract administration, and construction techniques.

Preferred Certifications:

• AACE Project Risk Management Professional (PRMP)
• PMI Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM)
• Professional Engineer (PE)

Skills and Abilities:

• Develop strong relationships with project stakeholders
• Exhibit interpersonal and communication skills
• Lead a team to complete tasks
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to apply analytical methods and techniques as they relate to risks
• Initiate, organize and facilitate risk interviews and workshops with diverse subject matter experts
• Organizational skills to maintain and communicate risk register information.
• Demonstrated skills in Microsoft Excel and other risk register platforms
• Preferred - Demonstrated familiarity with CPM scheduling software applications (e.g. Primavera P6)
• Preferred - Demonstrated familiarity with quantitative risk analysis applications (e.g. @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Risk, Safran Risk, RiskyProject, etc.)

Guidance/Responsibility:

• Able to work independently, seeking guidance and direction when required

Supervisory:

• Non-supervisory role

What We Offer:

We're focused on providing the tools and support you need to succeed, both personally and professionally. MBP offers a comprehensive benefits package including 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance (for individual employees), a 401(k) profit-sharing plan, a health savings account with company contributions, competitive compensation with opportunities for semi-annual bonuses, and generous paid time off. We also provide unique perks like tuition assistance, student loan repayment, annual gym reimbursement, pet insurance, and paid volunteer time. Additional benefits include mental health resources, company-wide wellness activities, and training and development to support your professional growth.

Status: Full-time

The base salary range for this position is $94,000.00 to $114,000.00. Actual compensation will be determined based on work location, qualifications, experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

MBP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.