Risk Manager / Senior Risk Manager – Infrastructure and Major Programmes

 

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

• Deliver embedded and strategic risk management services across major infrastructure programmes and projects.
• Lead risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring activities across the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate collaborative risk and interface workshops with clients, contractors, and subject matter experts.
• Develop, implement, and maintain project and programme risk management plans aligned with ISO 31000.
• Integrate risk management with planning, cost, commercial, and project controls functions.
• Undertake and lead Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) for cost and schedule.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis to support contingency setting and strategic decision-making.
• Analyse and interpret QRA outputs to identify trends, emerging risks, and areas of material exposure.
• Produce high-quality risk dashboards, reports, and presentations for senior and executive stakeholders.
• Coach and support teams and clients to build risk capability and foster a strong risk culture.

• 3+ years’ experience in risk management (5+ years for Senior Risk Manager roles).
• Experience working on major infrastructure programmes or within a PMO environment.
• Strong knowledge of risk management principles, standards, and frameworks, including ISO 31000.
• Hands-on experience delivering Quantitative Risk Analysis using tools such as @Risk, Safran, or Primavera Risk Analysis.
• Experience with enterprise or project risk systems such as Active Risk Manager, Cura, Predict!, or Xactium.
• Strong analytical capability with high attention to detail and data integrity.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders.
• A proactive, collaborative, and consulting-oriented mindset.

Desirable Experience & Qualifications

• Professional certifications such as APM Risk, IRM, PMP, or PRINCE2.
• Membership of a recognised professional risk management body (e.g. RMIA, IRM, PRMIA, GARP).
• Experience across multiple infrastructure sectors.
• Familiarity with planning tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Experience using data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

Why Arcadis?

• Be part of a globally connected, rapidly growing Risk Management practice.
• Work on some of Australia’s most complex and high-impact infrastructure programmes.
• Access career development opportunities within a global professional services organisation.
• Contribute to sustainable outcomes through world-class risk management.

Additional Information

• You must have current working rights in Australia. Visa sponsorship is not available for these roles.
• Roles may require flexibility to work across client offices and project sites.