Lead Risk Manager
About this role
Lead Risk Manager for Westinghouse's OPX Americas Business Unit, providing independent portfolio-level risk oversight across Engineering and Services projects. Identify, assess, and govern commercial, execution, financial, technical, and strategic risks throughout the project lifecycle for nuclear engineering services, outage & maintenance, instrumentation & control, and parts offerings. Enable informed decision-making and protect project value across a diverse portfolio of nuclear industry clients.
Responsibilities
- —Maintain consolidated view of top risks across OPX Business Portfolio (Engineering Services, Outage & Maintenance, Instrumentation & Control, Parts) including design maturity, procurement, field execution, and commissioning
- —Identify systemic risk patterns, trends, and emerging exposures impacting portfolio delivery, cost/schedule performance, quality, and safety
- —Lead risk assessments for engineering and services offers aligned with global Offer Risk Review and Approval processes; ensure commercial, contractual, technical, financial, and execution risks are identified, documented, and mitigated prior to approval
- —Support stakeholder alignment through structured risk reviews with Engineering, Project Management, Services/Field Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Trade & Compliance, and Finance
- —Provide independent assessment of risk exposure, contingencies, and risk transfer prior to contract approval, including lifecycle obligations and accountability
- —Implement governance processes and support contract handover, engineering kickoff, and monthly project/services reviews
- —Oversee quality and consistency of project risk registers during execution using approved tools and risk breakdown structures; monitor mitigation ownership and effectiveness
- —Track portfolio risk exposure, mitigation progress, residual risk, and impacts to cost/schedule, claims, and service performance
- —Support integrated portfolio-level risk reviews and drive lessons learned into engineering and services playbooks
- —Assess portfolio risk maturity, identify gaps, and partner with Portfolio Directors to define improvement plans
Qualifications
- —Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Project Management, or related field
- —10+ years of experience in project or portfolio risk management, preferably in engineering, energy, nuclear, or similarly complex project environments
- —Strong facilitation skills for cross-functional technical and commercial discussions
- —Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methodologies and enterprise risk tools (e.g., ARM)
- —Understanding of Offer development processes, offer governance requirements, and commercial risk evaluation
Location
Cranberry Township, PA; Hybrid work arrangement
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Westinghouse Electric →The world's leading nuclear energy company, supplying nuclear fuel, plant design, engineering and plant services to utilities worldwide. Headquartered in Cranberry Township, PA.
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