PMA Consultants
Construction Field Change & Risk Lead
Clay, NY · Staff+ · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$132k-$155kDetected 77 days ago
StatisticsProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementForecastingFDA RegulatoryLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationConstruction ManagementPrimavera P6
About the role
- This position is responsible for evaluating project risks, analyzing change impacts, validating contractor change proposals, and supporting data-driven decision-making related to cost, schedule, forecasting, and contingency management.
- This role is heavily focused on identifying potential project threats and opportunities, mitigating commercial exposure, and ensuring alignment between approved project baselines, contractor performance, and project controls standards.
- Note: This opportunity is available at multiple levels.
Responsibilities
- Position Summary The Field Change & Risk Lead plays a critical role in supporting change management, risk analysis, and commercial project controls across large-scale capital projects and mega-project programs.
- Working closely with project controls, cost, scheduling, engineering, and project management teams, the Field Change & Risk Lead supports the development and maintenance of risk registers, change management processes, quantitative and qualitative risk assessments, and project forecasting models.
- Lead and support project change management and risk management processes across large-scale capital programs and mega-project environments.
- Support the implementation and governance of project change control processes, ensuring alignment between approved baselines, project controls standards, and contractual requirements.
- Collaborate closely with project controls, schedulers, cost engineers, project managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to integrate risk management activities with project schedules, cost forecasts, and reporting systems.
- Monitor risk mitigation efforts, trend analysis, and corrective actions to support schedule reliability, cost accuracy, and project performance objectives.
- Support executive reporting related to project risks, forecasting, change impacts, and mitigation strategies.
- Review contract documents and project requirements to support risk identification, change management, and commercial controls processes.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to project controls, forecasting, risk management methodologies, and reporting standards.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze risk registers, risk models, and forecasting tools to support proactive project controls and decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field required.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in risk management, project controls, cost engineering, change management, or related analytical functions supporting large-scale capital projects.
- Strong knowledge of change management processes, risk management methodologies, forecasting, cost engineering, and integrated project controls delivery.
- Experience performing schedule risk analysis, probabilistic modeling, Monte Carlo simulations, and quantitative risk assessments.
- Proficiency with risk management and project controls software platforms such as Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, @Risk, Primavera P6, and related reporting tools.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to evaluate complex project risks and communicate findings effectively to project teams and leadership.
- Overtime work may be required occasionally to ensure certain deliverables are completed on time.
- Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen.
- Wherever we work, we openly share knowledge as we believe that collaboration with peers improves our work product and that pursuing subject matter expertise is a lifelong endeavor.
- Location and Commitments
- Weekend work is rare but occasionally may be necessary.
- Physical Requirements & Working Conditions
- An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please note that physical requirements may vary based on client needs.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting semiconductor, industrial, energy, oil & gas, EPC, or mega-project environments strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting contractor oversight, forecasting, contingency management, and commercial project controls processes within complex matrix organizations preferred.
Compensation
- $132k-$155k
Company info
- We are committed to providing fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.
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