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Senior Project Risk Manager (Contract)

COMPA Industries

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Category
Risk
Work arrangement
On-site
Location
Berkeley, CA
Salary range
$80/hr
Posted
Aug 31, 2026
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COMPA Industries is hiring a Senior Project Risk Manager (Contract) in Berkeley, CA. This is a Risk job in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $80/hr. Review the full details below and apply directly with COMPA Industries.

Electrical CAD Designer Pay : $80/hr - $85/hr Location : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (On-site) Contract : 1-year base with two (2) 1-year option periods Work Schedule : Full-time; primarily on-site, with limited remote work as authorized Clearance : Laboratory site-access, security, and cybersecurity requirements apply (US Citizenship required) About the Role We are recruiting for a Senior Project Risk Manager to join a team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, supporting the Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U) Project. ALS-U is a DOE capital project that will upgrade the Laboratory’s Advanced Light Source, a 1.9 GeV storage ring operating at 500 mA, with a multibend achromat lattice design, producing a soft x-ray source 100 to 1,000 times brighter than what is available today. In this role you will lead, administer, and continuously improve the ALS-U integrated risk-management program, covering technical, cost, schedule, procurement, installation, operational, organizational, and external risks and opportunities. You will provide independent, objective, decision-ready risk information to Project leadership, working closely with the Project Director, Project Manager, Chief Engineer, Technical Project Managers, Project Controls Manager, Control Account Managers, functional leads, risk owners, Laboratory management, the Department of Energy, and external review committees. The work is performed in accordance with DOE Order 413.3B, DOE risk-management guidance, the approved ALS-U Project Execution Plan, the ALS-U Risk Management Plan, and applicable Laboratory policies and procedures. Key Responsibilities • Lead and administer the project risk-management program: maintain the Risk Management Plan, risk taxonomy, scoring criteria, and governance cadence, and serve as the principal project advisor on risk-management matters. • Maintain the project risk register and associated configuration-controlled records, documenting risk ownership, affected Work Breakdown Structure elements, triggers, handling strategies, mitigation actions, due dates, retirement criteria, and residual exposure. • Facilitate the Risk Management Board, focused risk reviews, project-wide risk workshops, subsystem risk reviews, schedule-risk sessions, lessons-learned reviews, and targeted risk deep dives. • Develop and maintain integrated cost and schedule risk-analysis models; perform Monte Carlo simulation, sensitivity and scenario

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Location and market context

This job is based in Berkeley, CA on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to COMPA Industries's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About risk management jobs

Risk jobs own the methodology for identifying, assessing, and escalating enterprise, operational, and technology risk. Second-line teams set risk appetite and challenge the first line. Jobs like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices.

How to position yourself for this risk management job

Strong candidates emphasize risk assessment methodology, appetite and escalation, cross-functional partnership, and clear reporting to senior leadership and the board. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how COMPA Industries would apply enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.

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