Field Change & Risk Lead in Boise, Idaho at PMA Consultants

The Field Change & Risk Lead plays a critical role in supporting change management, risk analysis, and commercial project controls across large-scale capital projects and mega-project programs. This position is responsible for evaluating project risks, analyzing change impacts, validating contractor change proposals, and supporting data-driven decision-making related to cost, schedule, forecasting, and contingency management.

Working closely with project controls, cost, scheduling, engineering, and project management teams, the Field Change & Risk Lead supports the development and maintenance of risk registers, change management processes, quantitative and qualitative risk assessments, and project forecasting models. This role is heavily focused on identifying potential project threats and opportunities, mitigating commercial exposure, and ensuring alignment between approved project baselines, contractor performance, and project controls standards.

The ideal candidate possesses strong experience supporting industrial, semiconductor, energy, or EPC mega-project environments, with expertise in risk management, change control, cost engineering, forecasting, schedule impact analysis, and integrated project controls delivery.

Note: This opportunity is available at multiple levels. Final placement will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, skills, and alignment with business needs. We are committed to providing fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

• Lead and support project change management and risk management processes across large-scale capital programs and mega-project environments.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze risk registers, risk models, and forecasting tools to support proactive project controls and decision-making.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, including probabilistic modeling, schedule risk analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, and what-if scenario analysis.
• Evaluate project risks, contractor change proposals, variation orders, potential change orders, and commercial impacts related to cost, schedule, and execution performance.
• Support the implementation and governance of project change control processes, ensuring alignment between approved baselines, project controls standards, and contractual requirements.
• Review contractor cost and schedule impacts, validate supporting documentation, and assist in the evaluation of contingency usage, forecasting, and Estimate at Completion (EAC) impacts.
• Collaborate closely with project controls, schedulers, cost engineers, project managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to integrate risk management activities with project schedules, cost forecasts, and reporting systems.
• Monitor risk mitigation efforts, trend analysis, and corrective actions to support schedule reliability, cost accuracy, and project performance objectives.
• Support executive reporting related to project risks, forecasting, change impacts, and mitigation strategies.
• Participate in risk workshops, stakeholder reviews, contractor meetings, and project controls governance activities.
• Review contract documents and project requirements to support risk identification, change management, and commercial controls processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to project controls, forecasting, risk management methodologies, and reporting standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in risk management, project controls, cost engineering, change management, or related analytical functions supporting large-scale capital projects.
• Experience supporting semiconductor, industrial, energy, oil & gas, EPC, or mega-project environments strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of change management processes, risk management methodologies, forecasting, cost engineering, and integrated project controls delivery.
• Experience performing schedule risk analysis, probabilistic modeling, Monte Carlo simulations, and quantitative risk assessments.
• Proficiency with risk management and project controls software platforms such as Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, @Risk, Primavera P6, and related reporting tools.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to evaluate complex project risks and communicate findings effectively to project teams and leadership.
• Experience supporting contractor oversight, forecasting, contingency management, and commercial project controls processes within complex matrix organizations preferred.