Lead Risk Manager

Lead Risk Manager

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

About the role: As the Lead Risk Manager for the OPX Americas Business Unit, you will provide independent portfolio-level risk oversight across Engineering and Services projects and portfolios to ensure that commercial, execution, financial, technical, and strategic risks are proactively identified, assessed, governed, and communicated throughout the project lifecycle (from bid and contract award through delivery, commissioning, and closeout). You will act as a subject matter expert enabling informed decision-making, predictability, and value protection by aligning risk-taking with approved risk appetite, governance frameworks, and business objectives across the portfolio. You will report to the Portfolio Risk Manager and will be based out of our Cranberry Township, PA facility.

Key responsibilities include maintaining a consolidated view of top risks across the OPX Business Portfolio of Projects in Engineering Services, Outage & Maintenance Services, Instrumentation & Control and Parts; identifying systemic risk patterns, trends, and emerging exposures impacting portfolio delivery, cost/schedule performance, quality, and safety; leading risk assessments for engineering and services offers in line with global Offer Risk Review and Approval processes; ensuring commercial, contractual, technical, financial, and execution risks are identified, documented, and mitigated prior to approval; supporting stakeholder alignment and endorsement through structured risk reviews with Engineering, Project Management, Services/Field Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Trade & Compliance and Finance; providing independent assessment of risk exposure, contingencies, and risk transfer prior to contract approval, including lifecycle obligations (warranty, spares, and service levels), and driving clarity on accountability and mitigation commitments; implementing governance processes and supporting contract handover, engineering kickoff, healthy start, and monthly project/services reviews; overseeing the quality and consistency of project risk registers during execution using approved tools and risk breakdown structures aligned to engineering work packages and site/field activities; monitoring mitigation ownership and effectiveness, escalating where governance standards (including EHS, quality, and subcontractor controls) are not met; tracking portfolio risk exposure, mitigation progress, residual risk, and impacts to cost/schedule, claims, and service performance; supporting integrated portfolio-level risk reviews and driving lessons learned back into engineering and services playbooks; assessing portfolio risk maturity, identifying gaps, and partnering with Portfolio Directors to define improvement plans; and promoting consistent application of corporate risk policies, tools, and best practices.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Project Management, or a related field and 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 are also required, along with 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 is necessary.

We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications, and skills, is estimated to be $116,800.00 to $146,000.00 per year.

Why Westinghouse? Our benefits package is tailored to meet the diverse needs of our employees, while also promoting wellness and career growth. The following are representative of what we offer: comprehensive medical benefits which could include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options; wellness programs designed to support employees in maintaining their health and well-being including Employee Assistance Program providing support for our employees and their household members; 401(k) with Company Match Contributions to support employees' retirement; paid vacations and company holidays; opportunities for flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance; educational reimbursement and comprehensive career programs to help employees grow in their careers; global recognition and service programs to celebrate employee accomplishments and service; and an employee referral program.

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system: safety and quality, integrity and trust, customer focus and innovation, speed and passion to win, teamwork and accountability.