Engineering Risk Management Lead
Company: Giant Magellan Telescope
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: July 31, 2022
Job Description:
JOB SUMMARYGMTO's Systems Engineering group is pursuing a highly
qualified Engineering Risk Management Lead to work under minimal
supervision, reporting to the Project Systems Engineer.The
Engineering Risk Management Lead will maintain the Risk register
and will serve as the Executive Secretary for the Risk Board. The
selected candidate will schedule the monthly or as-needed the Risk
Board meetings and work with the Project Manager(s) to set the Risk
agenda, take minutes, maintain action items for the Risk Board
meetings and follow-up with the System Engineers and other Element
Managers to ensure closure of action items.Responsibilities also
include leading the risk and opportunity integration into cost and
scheduling exercises led by the Project Business office in
accordance with NSF (National Science Foundation) best practices.
This position requires effective tracking, identification and
management of project risks. The selected candidate will ensure
that all relevant personnel are aware of risk responsibilities to
improve the processes, procedures, quality, performance, and
consistency of data is maintained to optimize
efficiencies.Effective verbal and written communication skills and
ability to work in a team environment will be key requirements of
this position.JOB DUTIES
- Facilitate the effective identification and management of
project risks, mitigations, and impacts
- Maintain accuracy and timeliness of the Risk register and
generate timely reports
- Effectively coordinate and schedule Risk Board meetings with
the technical leads and manage the meetings
- Document Risk Board meetings and action items
- Develop and maintain effective communication with all team
members
- Follow up on action items, track issues, ensure the technical
leads are identifying, updating and addressing risk mitigation
issues on their project
- Follow up on any incident to accurately document the
issues
- Integrate Risk and Opportunity Management with Cost/Schedule
monte carlo simulations
- Perform all assignments in accordance with ES&H standard
practices, GMTO business practices requirements and policies, and
NSF best practices.ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
- Minimum of an AS degree in Risk Management or related field.
May substitute professional experience for formal education on a
year for year basis
- Previous experience working with and maintaining a quantitative
risk database system such as Primavera Risk Analysis for
completeness and accuracy
- Previous experience working in a project team in a technical
environment with the ability to understand principles and processes
of risk management in areas such as estimating, planning,
scheduling, safety, quality, cost control, change and value
management
- Ability to assist in the identification of risk issues in a
clear and objective manner
- Ability to understand technical issues, discussions, work as a
team member with a broad set of objectives to resolve issues with
project leads regarding risk mitigation
- Ability to be detail oriented, monitor tasks, and track issues
with follow through on assignments
- Proficient with MS (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Self-motivated with the ability to positively and successfully
respond to changing priorities and tight time constraints
- Ability to take notes, summarize tasks, excellent listening
skills, and effectively communicate verbally and in writing with
project leads
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills: well organized, reliable,
and proactive in dealing with othersDESIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND
ABILITIES
- Experience with Risk and Opportunity management on Large Scale
construction projects for the National Science Foundation
(NSF)
- Experience with ground-based astronomical
observatoriesAPPLYINGPlease submit a Cover Letter in addition to an
updated version of your CV.If your skills and experience appear to
be a match or if we need additional information to make a decision,
we will contact you. If we do not see a suitable match between your
qualifications and the position, we will keep your information on
file in the event future positions become available that are more
suitable to your qualifications.GMTO is an equal employment
opportunity employer
Keywords: Giant Magellan Telescope, Pasadena , Engineering Risk Management Lead, Executive , Pasadena, California
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