Lead Engineer, Risk Management

Posted Date 4 days ago
Location United Arab Emirates
Discipline Mining
Job Reference 33665
Salary 0.0

Job Purpose

To lead and support the development, implementation, and monitoring of enterprise-wide risk management practices across capital and major projects within the PMO. This role ensures the proactive identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting of project risks to enable informed decision-making and enhance project certainty and resilience.


Key Accountabilities

  • Lead the implementation of risk management frameworks, methodologies, and tools for capital and major projects across the organization.

  • Facilitate risk identification and assessment workshops with project teams, consultants, and contractors.

  • Develop and maintain risk registers, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and timely updates of both qualitative and quantitative risk data.

  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk analysis (including Monte Carlo simulations) to assess impacts on schedule and cost.

  • Integrate risk data into overall project control and performance reporting processes.

  • Monitor risk response actions and mitigation plans for timely and effective implementation.

  • Prepare risk reports and dashboards for governance, leadership, and audit purposes.

  • Collaborate with project managers, planners, cost controllers, and other stakeholders to embed risk management into daily project execution.

  • Ensure that project risk management practices align with the company’s enterprise risk management policies and frameworks.

  • Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives related to risk management.

  • Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to project teams and junior analysts on risk tools and methodologies.

  • Support stage gate reviews, assurance activities, and internal/external audits related to project risks.

  • Conduct risk workshops, training programs, and awareness sessions across the organization.

  • Design and implement effective risk mitigation strategies, policies, and procedures to minimize exposure to identified risks.


Minimum Qualifications, Experience, and Competencies

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.

  • Professional certification in Risk Management (e.g., PMI-RMP, MoR, or equivalent) is preferred.

Minimum Experience:

  • 10–12 years of progressive experience in risk management, ideally within mining, energy, or heavy industrial sectors.

  • Demonstrated expertise in enterprise and project risk frameworks in large-scale industrial environments.

  • Experience in complex matrix or multinational organizations is advantageous.

  • Proficiency in risk assessment and analysis tools (e.g., @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis).


Core Competencies

  • Leadership

  • Achievement Drive

  • Communication

  • Developing Others

  • Teamwork & Collaboration

  • Analytical Thinking

  • Cultural Sensitivity and Multicultural Team Leadership

  • Results-Oriented and Task-Focused Behavior

  • Strong Interpersonal and Teamworking Skills


Skills

  • In-depth knowledge of enterprise risk management frameworks.

  • Strong understanding of engineering and process standards, design practices, and international codes/specifications.

  • Ability to identify and mitigate risks through all project stages, from conceptual design through commissioning.

  • Advanced skills in both qualitative and quantitative risk analysis.

  • Familiarity with safety and environmental standards and their application in projects.

  • Strong organizational and time-management capabilities with a track record of meeting deadlines.

  • Proficiency with risk management tools (e.g., @Risk, Oracle Crystal Ball).

  • Ability to use project control software (e.g., Primavera, MS Project, MS Office Suite).

  • Strong writing and presentation skills.

  • Effective facilitation and training skills.

  • Experience in project management and cross-functional collaboration.