Senior Risk Consultant Advisory

We are looking for a Risk Consultant to provide advisory and delivery support for major infrastructure and development programs across Australia. This role involves working as a consultant within client teams helping to establish and manage risk frameworks facilitate workshops and deliver quantitative and qualitative risk analysis. You will play a key role in enabling confident decision-making and ensuring predictable outcomes for complex projects.

What Youll Do:

• Lead client-facing risk engagements across strategic technical and operational domains
• Facilitate risk workshops (Project/Program HAZID HAZOP CHAIR Safety in Design Bowtie QRA 3LoD etc.) with multidisciplinary teams
• Apply and build Monte Carlo Simulation models to assess cost and schedule uncertainty
• Develop and implement tailored risk frameworks aligned with ISO 31000 and industry standards and WHS2011
• Deliver high-impact reports and insights to engineering and executive stakeholders
• Collaborate across engineering business and operational teams to embed risk into decision-making
• Support compliance assurance and governance activities across major projects
• Engage with stakeholders and facilitate workshops with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners
• Provide clear and concise risk insights to senior leaders and governance groups

Here is an example of a day in the life of this role:

• Lead monthly risk reviews and workshops
• Update risk registers and treatment plans
• Run quantitative risk analysis updates and produce P50/P90 reporting
• Prepare governance dashboards and present key risk insights
• Support procurement and contract development with risk allocation advice
• Collaborate with PMO planning commercial and delivery teams to embed risk management

Qualifications :

What You Bring:

• Engineering background strongly preferred (degree in Engineering Risk or related field)
• 7 years experience in risk management within the engineering or infrastructure sectors desirable to have experience in Defence Australia Industry.
• Proven experience delivering quantitative risk analysis for large programs or portfolios
• Knowledge of construction delivery risks including design development procurement market capacity and consenting
• Strong facilitation skills and experience with Safety in Design project and enterprise risk
• Proficiency in tools like @RISK BowTieXP Primavera Risk Analysis ARM
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Additional Information :

At AECOM we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity diversity and inclusion a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time