Senior Risk Manager, Energy & Resources in Edmonton

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

Join our Energy & Resources (E&R) team as a Senior Risk Manager and play a key role in strengthening risk management across a diverse portfolio of projects throughout North America and North American Export markets. In this strategic role, you will help project teams identify, assess, and manage risks that can have a significant impact on project and business outcomes. You will provide leadership on high-risk projects, guide Project Risk Review (PRR) activities, and partner with project teams and senior leaders to promote sound risk management and informed decision-making from pursuit through project execution.

You will also help shape and advance the E&R risk practice by developing practical risk management tools, delivering training, coaching project teams, and ensuring consistent application of Stantec’s Corporate PRR Practice. At the same time, you will help evolve the BOU Risk Practice to address the unique risks and opportunities of the E&R business.

With visibility across the full E&R project portfolio, you will focus your expertise where it can have the greatest business impact. Reporting to the BOU Commercial & Risk Director (CRD), you will serve as a trusted advisor to project teams and leadership while helping build a strong, proactive culture of risk awareness and accountability. This role can be based in any Energy & Resources office location in North America. The position requires regular in-office presence in support of our flexible work practice.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Manage the implementation of Stantec’s PRR practice for E&R including through leading PRR required governance activities and supervision of the E&R Risk Manager.
• Attend and serve as lead Risk Manager on BOURC and ELRC reviews for large, complex, and/or high-risk projects.
• On a quarterly basis complete an audit of select projects that have gone through BOURC review for compliance with go conditions.
• Serve as liaison between E&R BOU and the ELRC for the improvement, management, and execution of the PRR Practice.
• Ensure that the E&R BOU’s risk management procedures are appropriate and implementable or work with the teams to develop new mitigation procedures should the original procedures be rejected by the client or for other means.
• Engage and work closely with the E&R BOU CRD to develop commercial plans that will meet the needs of our clients while benefiting Stantec.
• Develop and implement a procedure to verify that the E&R BOU conducts the necessary Governance reviews for large, complex, and/or high-risk engagements having the potential for significant impacts.
• Promote a culture of risk awareness by delivering training to those involved in project delivery and facilitating risk management-focused discussions with BC leadership.
• Develop and deliver new tools that enable more effective risk management.
• Proactively interface and communicate with Senior Project Management and Commercial Leaders (PMCLs), and PIRs to ensure risk is being monitored and mitigated on all E&R projects.

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP

• Provide guidance to the E&R Risk Manager on best practices and supervise their implementation of the PRR Practice.
• Solicit risk-related feedback from PM community and regularly communicate that feedback to the business leadership and Corporate Risk Leadership.
• Deliver training to staff that are responsible for pursuing and delivering projects on effective risk management to develop these skills within each individual contributor.
• Promote health and safety performance and culture through the evaluation of safety risks on projects.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Exercise sound judgement to determine appropriate implementation of the PRR practice.
• Apply advanced knowledge of risk management to reduce the BOU’s financial exposure.
• Analyze key pursuits for risks having the potential to impact Stantec and determines risk mitigations.
• Meet E&R’s individual role based KPIs for leading indicators and safety training.
• Strong leader and team player, collaborator, and communicator with excellent people skills.
• Demonstrated leadership competencies – acts as a highly regarded leader, thought partner and a source of counsel and advice.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Ability to rapidly develop a comprehensive understanding of Corporate directives, programs, standards, and procedures.
• Ability to travel to US, Canadian and Global offices and client sites as required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or related technical field.
• A minimum of 15 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with Alternate Project Delivery (APD) or large heavy civil projects is preferred.
• PM Certification, risk management certification and/or Professional Licensure is preferred.

Pay Range: Locations Outside of Lower Mainland -- BC & Various locations in Ontario-$135,700.00 - $185,700.00 Annually

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.