Lead Engineer, Risk Management
Manager, Risk Management
PD&E
PMO
M11
PD&E
PMO
Regular
To lead and support the development, implementation, and monitoring of enterprise-wide risk management practices across capital and major projects within the PMO. The role ensures proactive identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting of project risks to support effective decision-making and improve project certainty and resilience.
§ Lead the implementation of risk management frameworks, methodologies, and tools for capital and major projects across the organization.
§ Facilitate risk identification and assessment workshops with project teams, consultants, and contractors.
§ Develop and maintain risk registers, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timely updates of qualitative and quantitative risk data.
§ Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis (including Monte Carlo simulations) to evaluate schedule and cost impacts.
§ Support the integration of risk data into overall project control and performance reporting processes.
§ Track risk response actions and mitigation plans to ensure timely implementation and effectiveness.
§ Develop and prepare risk reports and dashboards for governance reviews, leadership reporting, and audits.
§ Collaborate with project managers, planners, cost controllers, and other stakeholders to embed risk awareness and practices into daily project execution.
§ Ensure alignment of project risk practices with corporate risk management policies and frameworks.
§ Contribute to lessons learned, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement in project risk practices.
§ Provide training, coaching, and guidance to project teams and junior risk analysts on risk tools and techniques.
§ Support stage gate reviews, assurance activities, and internal/external audits related to project risk management.
§ Facilitate risk workshops, training sessions, and awareness programs across the organization.
§ Design and implement risk mitigation strategies, policies, and procedures to reduce exposure to identified risks
§ Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
§ Certification in Risk Management (e.g., PMI-RMP, MoR, or equivalent) is preferred.
· Minimum 10–12 years of progressive experience in risk management, preferably within the mining, energy, or heavy industrial sectors.
· Proven experience in enterprise risk frameworks, operational risk, and project risk in large-scale industrial environments.
§ Experience working in multinational or complex matrix organizations is preferred.
§ Experience in conducting and leading risk assessments and using risk analysis tools such as @Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, or similar.
§ Leadership
§ Achievement Drive
§ Communication
§ Developing others
§ Teamwork & collaboration
§ Analytical thinking
§ Strong leadership characteristics preferably in a multicultural environment
§ Task- and outcome-focused behaviors
§ Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
§ Deep knowledge of ERM frameworks
§ Must have a thorough knowledge of process and engineering practices, design details, international Codes, Standards and Specifications
§ Ability to identify and mitigate risks throughout all project phases, from conceptual design to execution and commissioning.
§ Strong quantitative and qualitative risk analysis skills
§ Must have a practical understanding of safety and environmental fundamentals and application
§ Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to multi-task various assignments and consistently meet project deadlines with positive organizational outcomes
§ Proficiency in risk management tools and software (@Risk, Oracle Crystal Ball)
§ Knowledge of reading and using project control tools (Primavera, MS Project, MS Office, etc.)
§ Excellent report writing and presentation skills
§ Strong facilitation and training capabilities
§ Project management and cross-functional collaboration.
Maaden is Saudi Arabia’s engine of industrial transformation and one of the world’s top ten mining giants by market cap and fastest growing globally. We’re building the future of mining, creating fully integrated value chains across gold, phosphate, bauxite, copper and beyond.
Maaden’s new era of growth is at pace and scale unlike anything the industry has ever seen. We’re doubling gold production by 2030, investing SAR 420 billion ($112 billion) through 2040 and scaling world-class projects that will redefine what’s possible for Saudi mining. This isn’t evolution; it’s transformation at speed, at scale and with purpose.
Since going public in 2008, Maaden has invested over SAR 120 billion ($32 billion) to build large-scale, long-life, cost-competitive operations that deliver both world-class products and strong returns. We help power Saudi Vision 2030 by making mining a key pillar of a diversified and sustainable economy beyond oil.
We’re creating new industries, new jobs and new opportunities. With a team of over 8,000 people, Maaden is writing the next chapter of industrial progress in Saudi Arabia.
Join us as we shape the future of mining and unearth tomorrow, together.
