Risk Engineer

Role Overview

Risk Engineer at AtkinsRéalis. The role is based with AtkinsRéalis, ideally seeking a Saudi National.

Company Overview

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. The company connects people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together with industry partners, clients, and a global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, AtkinsRéalis is committed to leading clients across various end markets to engineer a better future for the planet and its people.

Role Purpose

Identify, assess, and mitigate operational, technical, safety, and business risks across projects and assets. Conduct risk assessments, recommend preventive measures, and support the organization in achieving safe, compliant, and reliable operations.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Assessment & Analysis

• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments across infrastructure projects, assets, facilities, and operations to identify potential threats and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, assess, and evaluate strategic, technical, operational, commercial, safety, schedule, and cost-related risks that may impact project delivery and performance.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analyses utilizing recognized methodologies, including HAZOP, FMEA, Bow-Tie Analysis, Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), sensitivity analysis, and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, including probability-impact analysis, risk scoring, scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and Monte Carlo simulations.

Risk Planning & Mitigation

• Develop, maintain, and regularly update project risk registers, ensuring risks are appropriately categorized, assigned, monitored, and closed.
• Establish risk mitigation, contingency, and response plans to reduce project exposure and improve delivery certainty.
• Develop risk mitigation, avoidance, transfer, acceptance, and contingency strategies to minimize project exposure and enhance project delivery certainty.
• Evaluate schedule and cost impacts arising from identified risks and support the development of realistic contingencies and management reserves.

Design & Operations Review

• Evaluate engineering designs, construction methodologies, and operational processes to ensure risk management principles are embedded during planning and execution stages.
• Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, value engineering workshops, and project stage-gate reviews to provide risk-based insights and recommendations.
• Provide independent challenge and assurance on project risk exposure, ensuring risks are accurately reflected in project forecasts, schedules, and delivery strategies.

Monitoring & Compliance

• Monitor and assess risks associated with design development, procurement, supply chain management, construction activities, stakeholder interfaces, regulatory approvals, and operational readiness.
• Monitor critical project risks related to design, procurement, construction, regulatory approvals, stakeholder management, environmental impacts, and contractual obligations.
• Review compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, industry standards, client specifications, and corporate risk management frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with client risk management requirements, corporate governance standards, and contractual obligations.
• Monitor emerging project risks, market conditions, regulatory changes, and industry best practices to strengthen risk management effectiveness.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate risk identification workshops and stakeholder sessions to proactively capture project risks, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies.
• Facilitate risk identification workshops, brainstorming sessions, and stakeholder engagement meetings to proactively capture emerging threats and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary stakeholders, including engineering, construction, commercial, procurement, legal, and operational teams, to ensure risks are effectively managed across all project functions.
• Support insurance risk assessments and coordinate with insurers, contractors, consultants, auditors, and regulatory authorities on risk-related matters.

Incident & Claims Management

• Analyze incident investigations, audit findings, near misses, and failure reports to identify root causes, lessons learned, and preventive actions.
• Support claims avoidance and dispute mitigation through proactive risk identification, documentation, and management of contractual risks.

Reporting & Metrics

• Prepare and present risk dashboards, heat maps, trend analyses, and executive risk reports to project leadership, clients, and governance committees.
• Prepare and present risk reports, dashboards, heat maps, and executive summaries for project leadership, clients, and governance committees.
• Establish Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and performance metrics to measure risk exposure and mitigation effectiveness.
• Establish Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and risk performance metrics to measure project risk exposure and monitor mitigation effectiveness.

Project Controls & Planning

• Support project controls and planning teams by assessing the impact of risks on project schedules, budgets, resources, and key milestones.
• Integrate risk management processes with project controls, planning, scheduling, cost management, and change management functions to provide a holistic project risk perspective.
• Support project leadership and client teams in making informed decisions through risk-based analysis, reporting, forecasting, and recommendations.

Governance & Reviews

• Assess contractor and consultant risk management practices to ensure alignment with project objectives and contractual requirements.
• Lead risk reviews at key project milestones, stage gates, and governance meetings to support effective project decision-making.

Strategic Initiatives

• Provide recommendations to enhance asset integrity, operational reliability, process safety, business continuity, and project resilience.
• Identify opportunities that deliver cost savings, schedule improvements, operational efficiencies, and enhanced project outcomes.
• Manage strategic and enterprise-level risks across large-scale infrastructure portfolios, programs, and mega projects.
• Support change management processes by evaluating the potential risk and opportunity impacts of project changes and variations.

Training & Culture

• Promote a proactive risk management culture by providing guidance, training, and risk awareness sessions across project teams and stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver risk management training, awareness programs, and coaching sessions to strengthen risk culture across project teams.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in Risk Management.
• Involved in the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of project-specific Risk Management Frameworks.

Skills & Competencies

• Establish and maintain comprehensive risk registers, ensuring all strategic, technical, commercial, operational, schedule, and stakeholder risks are effectively identified, assessed, monitored, and mitigated.

Additional Information

Employment Type

• Employee
• Regular

Benefits

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation and housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Commitment to Diversity

AtkinsRéalis seeks to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. The organization does not make distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.