Construction Risk Manager

About ProSidian Consulting

ProSidian is a Management and Operations Consulting Services firm dedicated to delivering tailored solutions grounded in industry-leading practices. We specialize in Risk Management, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, Engineering, Environmental, Sustainability, and Human Capital. Our multidisciplinary teams collaborate to solve complex problems for public, private, defense, civilian government, and non-profit organizations.

About the Role

ProSidian seeks a Construction Risk Manager for program support within the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO). This role is critical for providing Independent Engineering (IE) advisory services, focusing on construction engineering, monitoring, and risk management for large-scale energy infrastructure projects. The position is aligned with the GSA Labor Category: Senior Consultant.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide Independent Engineering advisory support for the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program, including technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities.
• Identify and assess construction execution risk, contingency adequacy, delay exposure, and mitigation effectiveness.
• Convert discipline-specific findings into lender-ready due diligence, monitoring, certification, and decision-support outputs.
• Support document review, credit evaluation, and track information requests to inform financing decisions.
• Review project documentation, evaluate technical and commercial interfaces, and identify construction-related risks and mitigations.
• Validate assumptions and support conditions precedent and disbursement readiness reviews.
• Prepare work products including construction risk registers, mitigation tracking, contingency reviews, and lender reporting.
• Coordinate with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, construction management, business, risk management, finance, or a related field. Relevant certifications such as PMP, CQA, CIA, ISO Lead Auditor, CHMM, CSP, or PMI-RMP are preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years of relevant engineering, construction, operations, compliance, risk, finance, or energy infrastructure advisory experience. Demonstrated work on oil and gas, power, utilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects for owners, lenders, independent engineers, or federal clients is required.

Required Skills

• Independent engineering review
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) style documentation
• Technical due diligence and risk assessment
• Construction delivery risk, contractor performance, site safety, supply chain, and execution uncertainty assessment
• Data room review and information request tracking
• Report writing and Excel-based analysis
• Stakeholder coordination and presentation of findings

Required Competencies

• Technical judgment, independence, and objectivity
• Analytical rigor and attention to detail
• Defensible documentation and client service orientation
• Cross-functional collaboration, issue escalation, and quality mindset
• Schedule discipline
• Ability to translate technical evidence into actionable risk, compliance, and financing implications

Ancillary Role Details

• May participate in data room reviews, borrower/contractor interviews, site observations, monthly monitoring meetings, risk register updates, CP evidence reviews, draw package checks, issue closure tracking, and preparation of Independent Engineer reports.
• Work supports NAICS 541330 Engineering Services for the EDF Program/LPO energy infrastructure financing.

Other Requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word); Adobe Acrobat, data analytics tools, and Visio proficiency is ideal.
• Commitment to working with diverse teams to solve significant challenges.
• Curiosity and a willingness to question the status quo.
• Humility and a desire to make an impact.
• Willingness to continuously learn, share, and grow.

Benefits

• As a condition of employment, employees must meet role requirements and achieve annual goals for ProSidian Global Competencies.
• Support for business development and other firm efforts is expected.