Senior Risk Manager - AUS

Relocation Opportunity to Australia

Have you built your career managing risk from within a major civil engineering main contractor?

We are seeking expressions of interest from experienced Senior Risk Managers currently based in the UK who are open to relocating to Australia to join the delivery of one of the country's largest and most technically challenging infrastructure programmes.

This landmark AU$9 billion motorway and tunnelling project in Adelaide, South Australia, will transform the region's transport network through the delivery of major underground and surface infrastructure, including twin three-lane tunnels excavated by three Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs).

Working as part of an internationally recognised delivery team within a collaborative Project Alliance Agreement (PAA), this is an opportunity to play a key role in the successful delivery of a globally significant infrastructure project.

The Opportunity

Reporting within the project delivery organisation, you will lead the project's risk and opportunity management function, working closely with project leadership, engineering, commercial and project controls teams to identify, manage and mitigate delivery risks throughout the project lifecycle.This is a delivery-focused role requiring someone who understands the realities of constructing major infrastructure—not simply reporting project risks, but actively influencing successful project outcomes.

We are specifically looking for candidates with substantial experience working for major civil engineering or infrastructure main contractors on the delivery of large, complex construction projects.

We Would Like to Hear From You If You Have:

Strong Main Contractor Experience

• Significant experience working for a major civil engineering or infrastructure main contractor
• A proven track record supporting the delivery of major construction projects from within the contractor's organisation
• Experience working closely with operational, engineering, commercial and project controls teams throughout project delivery
• A practical understanding of construction methodologies, programme delivery and project execution

Major Infrastructure Risk Management

• Experience leading project-wide risk and opportunity management on major infrastructure or heavy civil engineering projects
• Development and maintenance of project risk registers and risk management frameworks
• Delivery of quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis
• Experience managing contingency and supporting informed project decision-making

Tunnelling & Heavy Civil Engineering

Experience on one or more of the following would be highly desirable:

• Major tunnelling projects
• Underground construction
• Highways and motorwaysRail or metro infrastructure
• Bridges, marine or other complex heavy civil engineering works

Experience supporting mechanised tunnelling (TBMs), underground works or complex geotechnical construction would be particularly advantageous.

Project Controls & Commercial Awareness

• Strong understanding of quantitative risk analysis, including Monte Carlo simulation
• Experience integrating risk into cost, schedule and programme controls
• Ability to communicate technical and delivery risks to senior project stakeholders

Collaborative Delivery

• Experience working within Alliances, Joint Ventures or other integrated delivery models
• Ability to influence and collaborate across multidisciplinary project teams and delivery partners

Why Australia?

Australia continues to invest heavily in nationally significant infrastructure, creating exceptional opportunities for experienced construction professionals.

This opportunity offers:

• Relocation support for successful international candidates
• The chance to work on one of Australia's flagship infrastructure programmes
• Exposure to technically complex tunnelling and heavy civil engineering works
• Long-term career development within a thriving infrastructure market
• The opportunity to help deliver a project that will leave a lasting legacy

Interested?

We are building a talent pipeline and would welcome confidential conversations with experienced Senior Risk Managers from major main contracting organisations who are interested in taking their careers overseas.

If you have built your career delivering major infrastructure projects from within a contractor environment and are looking for your next international challenge, we'd love to hear from you.Your next career-defining project could be waiting on the other side of the world.

Interested? Submit your Expression of Interest to join Bouygues Construction Australia’s Commercial team on T2D.

Together, we’ll deliver a project that shapes the future of South Australia.