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Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Turner & Townsend seeks a Director of Risk Management to join our team to lead risk management services for key client accounts and support the growth of risk management services for our business.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
- Use risk data to inform investment planning.
- Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining risk budget.
- Work with contractors to assess contractor held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them.
- Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.
- Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
- Ensure the delivery of best practice risk management activities and report to the Head of Department.
- Initiate a proactive approach to the review, development and improvement of the risk management service to the client.
- Undertake end-to-end project risk management practice on multiple projects/programs.
- Undertake the creation of risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements, processes, policies and frameworks.
- Lead workshops with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Conduct risk reviews at regular intervals, identify and analyze, determine response plans, ensure that project and program risk profiles are being monitored and reported.
- Lead and run a comprehensive schedule and cost qualitative risk assessment (QCRA & QSRA) process is delivered.
- Establish integration of the risk management function within the program and project controls team, with direct touch points to cost and schedule management, change control, and reporting.
- Work proactively and collaboratively with program and project control teams so as to eliminate redundancies and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Provide opportunities to facilitate the transfer of knowledge within the immediate risk team, to the greater project controls team and to the client.
- The transfer of knowledge may include informal one-one-one discussions with client stakeholders and more formal presentations to clients and colleagues.
- Create value stream mapping to quantify pain points and develop solutions to minimize waste (both in terms of speed and cost).
- Create improved operating procedures and best practices for wider use in the client organization to reduce turnaround times, amendments and queries.
- Aligns recommendations to the respective needs of each project, delivery type, contract models and phase of contract negotiation.
- Collaborate on the supplier performance management program including the collection of performance metrics and tracking of supplier improvement action plans.
- Demonstrate a level of support to expert witnesses in arbitral or ligation processes.
- Lead, manage, and carryout construction stage contract and claims management.
- Provide strategic, critical and professional advice on contractual issues.
- Carry out assessment of contractual claims in accordance with the contract.
- Provide strategic and contractual advice on disputes and related resolution issues.
- Evaluate delay recovery measures.
- Carry out change management and construction stage cost control.
- Supervise the measurement and valuation of completed works and variations.
- Manage the settlement of final accounts with contractors.
- Perform all other pertinent contract management and administration tasks with a view to achieving project completion on time and within budget.
- Prepare and support bid proposals and work closely alongside Senior Management and the wider Turner & Townsend team.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
- Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering is preferred.
- 12+ years of relevant risk management or risk program controls experience.
- 2+ years managing high performing risk management services and teams in a consulting environment.
- Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification facilitation and techniques.
- Strong communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
- Has conducted risk management training sessions.
- In-depth understanding of construction contracts, commercials models and delivery methods.
- Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
- Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau.
- Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer centric.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including great communication.
- Ability to demonstrate collaborative behaviors.
- Organized and thorough individuals.
- Experience in the formulation, setting up, procurement and contract administration of target cost contracts will be an added advantage.
- Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational and communication skills.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.
Turner & Townsend carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Director position is $150,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Director position is $195,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn
INTRODUCTION
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Turner & Townsend seeks a Director of Risk Management to join our team to lead risk management services for key client accounts and support the growth of risk management services for our business.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
- Use risk data to inform investment planning.
- Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining risk budget.
- Work with contractors to assess contractor held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them.
- Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.
- Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
- Ensure the delivery of best practice risk management activities and report to the Head of Department.
- Initiate a proactive approach to the review, development and improvement of the risk management service to the client.
- Undertake end-to-end project risk management practice on multiple projects/programs.
- Undertake the creation of risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements, processes, policies and frameworks.
- Lead workshops with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Conduct risk reviews at regular intervals, identify and analyze, determine response plans, ensure that project and program risk profiles are being monitored and reported.
- Lead and run a comprehensive schedule and cost qualitative risk assessment (QCRA & QSRA) process is delivered.
- Establish integration of the risk management function within the program and project controls team, with direct touch points to cost and schedule management, change control, and reporting.
- Work proactively and collaboratively with program and project control teams so as to eliminate redundancies and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Provide opportunities to facilitate the transfer of knowledge within the immediate risk team, to the greater project controls team and to the client.
- The transfer of knowledge may include informal one-one-one discussions with client stakeholders and more formal presentations to clients and colleagues.
- Create value stream mapping to quantify pain points and develop solutions to minimize waste (both in terms of speed and cost).
- Create improved operating procedures and best practices for wider use in the client organization to reduce turnaround times, amendments and queries.
- Aligns recommendations to the respective needs of each project, delivery type, contract models and phase of contract negotiation.
- Collaborate on the supplier performance management program including the collection of performance metrics and tracking of supplier improvement action plans.
- Demonstrate a level of support to expert witnesses in arbitral or ligation processes.
- Lead, manage, and carryout construction stage contract and claims management.
- Provide strategic, critical and professional advice on contractual issues.
- Carry out assessment of contractual claims in accordance with the contract.
- Provide strategic and contractual advice on disputes and related resolution issues.
- Evaluate delay recovery measures.
- Carry out change management and construction stage cost control.
- Supervise the measurement and valuation of completed works and variations.
- Manage the settlement of final accounts with contractors.
- Perform all other pertinent contract management and administration tasks with a view to achieving project completion on time and within budget.
- Prepare and support bid proposals and work closely alongside Senior Management and the wider Turner & Townsend team.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
- Graduate degree in quantity surveying, cost management, construction management, or engineering is preferred.
- 12+ years of relevant risk management or risk program controls experience.
- 2+ years managing high performing risk management services and teams in a consulting environment.
- Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification facilitation and techniques.
- Strong communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
- Has conducted risk management training sessions.
- In-depth understanding of construction contracts, commercials models and delivery methods.
- Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
- Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau.
- Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer centric.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including great communication.
- Ability to demonstrate collaborative behaviors.
- Organized and thorough individuals.
- Experience in the formulation, setting up, procurement and contract administration of target cost contracts will be an added advantage.
- Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational and communication skills.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.
Turner & Townsend carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Director position is $150,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Director position is $195,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Director Of Risk Management
Frame your credentials for U.S. specialty occupation
Your Australian risk management qualifications must map to a U.S. specialty occupation. Get your three-year bachelor's degree evaluated by a NACES-member credential service so the E-3 petition treats it as equivalent to a four-year U.S. degree.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to identify financial services, insurance, and consulting firms that have filed Labor Condition Applications for risk management roles. Prior LCA filings signal an employer already understands the E-3 sponsorship process.
Address enterprise risk frameworks in your resume
U.S. hiring managers in regulated industries evaluate risk directors against frameworks like COSO and ISO 31000. Explicitly name the frameworks you've applied in Australia so your resume clears ATS filters and resonates with compliance-focused U.S. employers reviewing specialty occupation evidence.
Clarify the LCA timeline before accepting an offer
The DOL must certify your employer's Labor Condition Application before you can schedule your consulate appointment. Ask your prospective employer whether they have in-house HR capacity for LCA filing or need a third-party service, so there are no delays between your offer and your start date.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for end-to-end support
Once you have an offer, Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service handles your LCA preparation, visa paperwork, and consulate appointment preparation. This matters most for Director-level roles where the specialty occupation narrative must clearly link your degree field to risk management responsibilities.
Confirm your employer's E-3 renewal plan at the offer stage
The E-3 is issued in two-year increments with no cap on renewals. Before signing, confirm your employer will sponsor subsequent renewals, since Director of Risk Management roles often require multi-year tenure to deliver on mandate and build team leadership continuity.
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Find Director Of Risk Management JobsDirector Of Risk Management E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Director of Risk Management jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals seeking U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship. You can search Director of Risk Management positions filtered by employers who understand the E-3 process. Because the E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, you can apply and accept offers at any point in the year, which significantly broadens your search window compared to H-1B-dependent roles.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Director of Risk Management role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes. The Director of Risk Management role consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation because it requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as finance, business administration, economics, or actuarial science. U.S. employers filing the Labor Condition Application must document that the role theoretically and practically requires that level of specialized education, which risk director positions routinely satisfy given their regulatory and analytical scope.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Director of Risk Management roles?
The E-3 is available exclusively to Australian citizens and has a 10,500 annual cap that has never been reached, meaning there is no lottery and no wait. The H-1B requires entering a randomized lottery with roughly a 25 percent selection rate. For Director of Risk Management candidates, the E-3 lets you respond to employer timelines directly, whereas H-1B sponsorship involves an April lottery and an October 1 start date constraint that most executive hiring processes cannot accommodate.
Can I switch employers while on an E-3 as a risk director?
Yes, but your new employer must file a fresh Labor Condition Application and you'll need a new E-3 visa stamp if you leave the U.S. or, in some cases, a change of status filing if you remain. There is no portability rule equivalent to the H-1B's AC21 provision, so the transition requires your incoming employer to complete their LCA before your new role begins. Planning the handover timeline carefully avoids gaps in work authorization.
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