Department:Construction
Type:ON-SITE
Region:Adelaide
Location:Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Experience:Mid-Senior level
Estimated Salary:A$120,000 - A$150,000
Skills:
RISK MANAGEMENTPROJECT CONTROLSDEFENCE PROJECTSRISK WORKSHOPSMITIGATION PLANNINGR&O MANAGEMENT TOOLSPROJECT SCHEDULINGMS PROJECTP6CONTRACTUAL RISK MANAGEMENT
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Job Description

Posted on: April 10, 2026

Working within the defence sector, this role proactively manages project risks and opportunities throughout the delivery lifecycle to meet project goals and contractual commitments.

You will be working with internal stakeholders to identify and address risks, support mitigation efforts, and help projects achieve target margins and financial objectives. In addition to your engineering degree you will likely have previous project controls experience on infrastructure / defence projects prior to transitioning to risk focused roles

To be successful in the role you will be required to either be based full time in Adelaide or have the ability to work a FIFO roster initially prior to being more locally based

Experience, skills & knowledge:

  • 7+ years risk management experience.
  • Prior experience working on defence related projects in a risk focused role.
  • Experience in managing risk across the full project lifecycle - from initiation to closeout
  • Experience in facilitating risk workshops with delivery teams
  • Ability to translate technical delivery risks into actionable mitigation plans
  • Advance experience with R&O management tools (e.g. @risk)
  • Familiarity with project scheduling tools and their integration with risk registers (MS Project, P6)
  • Collaborate with risk owners to provide timely support for risk reduction and opportunity development.
  • Delivery excellence, project management, DMM, operational understanding, delivering construction, maintenance or service contracts and / or project management office type roles assisting the business with performance improvement.
  • Solid understanding of project management and control.
  • Knowledge of contractual risk management and processes.
  • Australian working rights

These roles will be a long-term contract engagement, please submit your CV through to tim@recengservices.com.au

Originally posted on LinkedIn

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