Lead Engineer, Risk Management

Job Title

Lead Engineer, Risk Management

Reporting to

Manager, Risk Management

Business Unit/Function

PD&E

Department

PMO

Direct Reports

Budget/Size

Grade

M11

Job Family

PD&E

Sub Family

PMO

Position Type

Regular

Role Profile Number

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. The role ensures proactive identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting of project risks to support effective decision-making and improve 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 completeness, accuracy, and timely updates of qualitative and quantitative risk data.
• § Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis (including Monte Carlo simulations) to evaluate schedule and cost impacts.
• § Support the integration of risk data into overall project control and performance reporting processes.
• § Track risk response actions and mitigation plans to ensure timely implementation and effectiveness.
• § Develop and prepare risk reports and dashboards for governance reviews, leadership reporting, and audits.
• § Collaborate with project managers, planners, cost controllers, and other stakeholders to embed risk awareness and practices into daily project execution.
• § Ensure alignment of project risk practices with corporate risk management policies and frameworks.
• § Contribute to lessons learned, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement in project risk practices.
• § Provide training, coaching, and guidance to project teams and junior risk analysts on risk tools and techniques.
• § Support stage gate reviews, assurance activities, and internal/external audits related to project risk management.
• § Facilitate risk workshops, training sessions, and awareness programs across the organization.
• § Design and implement risk mitigation strategies, policies, and procedures to reduce exposure to identified risks

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

Minimum Qualifications

• § Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• § Certification in Risk Management (e.g., PMI-RMP, MoR, or equivalent) is preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 10–12 years of progressive experience in risk management, preferably within the mining, energy, or heavy industrial sectors.
• Proven experience in enterprise risk frameworks, operational risk, and project risk in large-scale industrial environments.

• § Experience working in multinational or complex matrix organizations is preferred.
• § Experience in conducting and leading risk assessments and using risk analysis tools such as @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, or similar.

Ma’aden High Performance Competencies

• § Leadership
• § Achievement Drive
• § Communication
• § Developing others
• § Teamwork & collaboration
• § Analytical thinking
• § Strong leadership characteristics preferably in a multicultural environment
• § Task- and outcome-focused behaviors
• § Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills

Skills

• § Deep knowledge of ERM frameworks
• § Must have a thorough knowledge of process and engineering practices, design details, international Codes, Standards and Specifications
• § Ability to identify and mitigate risks throughout all project phases, from conceptual design to execution and commissioning.
• § Strong quantitative and qualitative risk analysis skills
• § Must have a practical understanding of safety and environmental fundamentals and application
• § Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to multi-task various assignments and consistently meet project deadlines with positive organizational outcomes
• § Proficiency in risk management tools and software (@Risk, Oracle Crystal Ball)
• § Knowledge of reading and using project control tools (Primavera, MS Project, MS Office, etc.)
• § Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• § Strong facilitation and training capabilities
• § Project management and cross-functional collaboration.