Risk Expert

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead comprehensive risk assessments for dams, reservoirs, spillways, water-control structures and associated infrastructure.
• Identify and analyze technical, structural, geotechnical, hydrological, hydraulic, operational, financial, environmental and industrial risks.
• Assess potential failure modes, their likelihood and consequences to people, property, infrastructure, operations and the environment.
• Review dam-safety information, inspection findings, instrumentation data, condition assessments, incident records and O&M performance reports.
• Evaluate risks associated with flooding, extreme rainfall, overtopping, seepage, slope instability, structural deterioration and electromechanical-system failure.
• Develop risk-management strategies, procedures, controls and preventive plans.
• Recommend practical risk-treatment measures, including avoidance, reduction, transfer, monitoring and emergency preparedness.
• Establish and maintain project, operational and portfolio-level risk registers.
• Define risk-rating criteria, probability and impact scales, risk ownership, escalation thresholds and reporting requirements.
• Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of risk-mitigation plans, preventive policies and corrective actions.
• Follow up with risk owners and contractors to confirm that agreed actions are completed within approved timeframes.
• Facilitate risk-identification workshops, technical reviews and multidisciplinary risk-assessment sessions.
• Review contractors’ risk-management plans, method statements, emergency arrangements and relevant technical submissions.
• Integrate risk-management requirements into project plans, O&M procedures, tender documents and contracts.
• Analyze risk interdependencies, emerging threats and cumulative risks across the dam portfolio.
• Support the preparation and review of emergency action plans, contingency plans and business-continuity arrangements.
• Develop risk indicators, dashboards and early-warning mechanisms to support proactive management.
• Prepare executive risk assessments, risk summaries, recommendations and proposed action plans for management and the Client.
• Escalate critical and high-priority risks promptly in accordance with approved governance and communication procedures.
• Contribute to lessons-learned reviews and the continuous improvement of risk-management policies, systems and practices.
• Prepare clear daily, weekly, monthly, annual and technical reports as required by the assignment.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, consultants, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Attend meetings, risk workshops, inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required.
• Comply with Saudi laws, applicable codes, Client procedures, quality requirements and occupational health and safety obligations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Risk Management or an equivalent discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 16 years of professional experience in risk assessment and management relating to dams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering dam-risk assessment projects.
• Previous dam-risk experience must be supported by verifiable reports, studies, project references or other documentary evidence.
• Strong understanding of dam-safety risks, failure modes, consequence assessment, risk prioritization and mitigation planning.
• Experience analyzing technical, operational, financial, environmental and industrial risks.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain risk registers, mitigation plans, risk dashboards and executive reports.
• Experience facilitating multidisciplinary risk workshops and coordinating action owners.
• Ability to interpret dam-inspection reports, technical studies, monitoring data and O&M performance information.
• Strong technical-reporting, analytical and executive-presentation capabilities.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, reports or studies when requested.