Senior Risk Advisor
About Us
Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.
Our Opportunity
Work Location: Perth – Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people
Roster: Monday to Friday
As a key member of the Global Project Services and Controls team, you are primarily responsible for the provision of Risk Management and Leadership:
- To proactively support and inform decsion making, coaching and facilitation of project teams' development and implementation of the Risk Management framework
- Ensure business and project integration meets project development deliverables and the risk managment process, across the project phases and gating requirements
- Accountable for the assurance of all reporting (project and monthly) and for maintaining the required risk compliance across the risk management platform.
The role is the key point of contact on risk and assurance for the project teams throughout the project life cycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Project Risk Management Standard in accordance with Project and Corporate requirements
- Work with a portfolio of projects, project teams and risk champions to ensure risk registers capture key study/execution risks and corresponding controls and treatment actions
- Ensure regular risk reviews to proactively meet the Project’s deliverables to support project phase, gate and governance requirements, and promote project team ownership and accountability for risk
- Proactively support the project portfolio so that material risks are identified, escalated and addressed early
- Provide assurance and executive summaries as per regular reporting requirements
- Provide support to enable the risk platform being maintained, compliant and accurate to support reporting requirements.
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree qualification or equivalent risk management exposure in a project discipline. Risk related certifications and expertise (e.g., risk quantification) would be advantageous
- Minimum 5+ years’ experience of supporting large capital projects in project risk roles, preferably in the resources and renewable energy sector and involved in complex construction and engineering delivery
- Able to adapt to multidisciplinary requirements, communicate with various stakeholders across an international business operating continuously in all time zones
- Strong commercial, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, gained through successful project delivery
- Demonstrated experience in providing robust project decision support, assurance and governance
- Must enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, collaborating with other like-minded team members and adjacent projects, with occasional travel required.
Our Commitment
Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.
Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.