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About the Role

As our Project Risk Manager, you’ll play a key role in helping us deliver major infrastructure projects with confidence. You’ll lead project risk management across the asset lifecycle, providing expert advice, assurance and practical risk strategies that support successful project outcomes. Working closely with leaders across Systems Planning, Program Delivery and Major Projects, you’ll influence decision-making, optimise delivery approaches and contribute to the broader Project Controls leadership team.

Responsibilities

Lead and continuously improve project risk management frameworks, standards and practices to strengthen risk maturity across major infrastructure projects.
Provide expert risk advice, assurance and quantitative analysis to support informed decision-making, including time and cost contingency management.
Partner with project and delivery leaders to embed a proactive, risk-aware culture and ensure effective risk controls are in place throughout the project lifecycle.
Lead, coach and develop the Project Risk team, building capability and driving consistent, best-practice risk management across the business.
Oversee risk governance, reporting, reviews and training, ensuring compliance with organisational frameworks while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

Requirements

Extensive experience in risk management for major construction and infrastructure projects is essential.
Candidates with experience limited to IT, finance, or banking will NOT meet the role criteria.
Relevant tertiary qualifications in risk management and audit certifications, and membership with a recognised professional body (e.g. RMIA, PMI or Engineers Australia).
Significant experience in project risk management within large-scale construction, infrastructure or capital delivery environments.
Deep expertise in risk management, assurance and governance, with a proven track record of applying enterprise risk frameworks in complex organisations.
Strong quantitative risk analysis capabilities, including cost and schedule risk assessment, contingency modelling and risk-informed decision-making.
Exceptional stakeholder engagement and leadership skills, with the ability to influence outcomes, provide trusted advice and build risk management capability across diverse teams.

Skills

Risk management
Project risk management
Quantitative risk analysis
Cost and schedule risk assessment
Contingency modelling
Risk-informed decision-making
Stakeholder engagement
Leadership
Risk management frameworks
Risk assurance
Risk governance

Location

Sydney

Work Type

Hybrid Work Environment
Flexible working hours

Experience Level

Extensive experience in risk management for major construction and infrastructure projects
Significant experience in project risk management within large-scale construction, infrastructure or capital delivery environments

Education Level

Relevant tertiary qualifications in risk management
Audit certifications
Membership with a recognised professional body (e.g. RMIA, PMI or Engineers Australia)

Salary/Compensations

Competitive Remuneration

Benefits

Work on landmark infrastructure projects that will shape Sydney's future.
Collaborate with industry-leading professionals across government, utilities and construction.
Be part of a supportive and high-performing team.
Grow your career while gaining exposure to complex infrastructure interfaces and major project delivery.
Make a real impact by supporting projects that benefit communities for generations to come.
Competitive Remuneration
Hybrid Work Environment
Continuous Professional Growth
24/7 Wellbeing Support
Discounted Private Health Insurance
Family First: up to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a childcare allowance.
Fitness Passport
Novated Leasing

About the Company

Sydney Water is undertaking a 10-year multibillion dollar Infrastructure program to renew, expand & build infrastructure to support a more sustainable, resilient, and efficient water network for Sydney’s growing population.
We provide safe drinking, recycled, wastewater, and stormwater services with a focus on reliability, affordability, and environmental sustainability.
As a state-owned corporation, we prioritize customers and communities.
At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities.
We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future.
We see the world is changing, so we are changing too.
Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people.
Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve.
Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and veterans.