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Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Risk Analyst to join our Project Controls team in Washington, DC.
Your Impact
The Risk Analyst supports the delivery of project risk and commercial management services as part of the Project Controls team. Working under the direction of a Risk Manager or Project Controls Lead, the role focuses on maintaining risk registers, supporting qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and helping integrate risk outcomes with cost, schedule, and commercial controls.
This is an early‑career position suited to individuals developing foundational experience in project risk management, commercial awareness, and data-driven project controls on infrastructure, energy, and major capital programs.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $91,800-112,150/year
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Notice To Third Party Agencies
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Risk Analyst to join our Project Controls team in Washington, DC.
Your Impact
The Risk Analyst supports the delivery of project risk and commercial management services as part of the Project Controls team. Working under the direction of a Risk Manager or Project Controls Lead, the role focuses on maintaining risk registers, supporting qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and helping integrate risk outcomes with cost, schedule, and commercial controls.
This is an early‑career position suited to individuals developing foundational experience in project risk management, commercial awareness, and data-driven project controls on infrastructure, energy, and major capital programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development, maintenance, and quality control of project risk and opportunity registers, ensuring clear cause–event–impact structure and appropriate ownership.
- Assist in risk identification workshops, risk review meetings, and follow‑up actions, including preparation of agendas, materials, and summary outputs.
- Track risk response actions and support Risk Managers in monitoring mitigation effectiveness and close‑out status.
- Support the preparation of risk reports, heat maps, and dashboards for internal and client use.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of quantitative risk analysis (QRA / QSRA) inputs, including cost and schedule risk data under supervision.
- Support data collection, assumptions documentation, and integrity checks related to contingency, confidence levels, and risk exposure.
- Help align risk information with cost estimates, schedules, and change management processes to support defensible project forecasts.
- Apply established risk management processes, templates, and tools consistently across projects.
- Support documentation of assumptions, methodologies, and decisions in accordance with project and organizational standards.
- Assist with lessons learned, continuous improvement activities, and adherence to risk management best practices (e.g., ISO-aligned frameworks as implemented on projects).
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s/master’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
- 1–3 years of relevant experience in project controls, risk management, commercial management, or a related project environment.
- Understanding of project risk management principles, including qualitative assessment and mitigation planning.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with cost, schedule, and risk data.
- Proficiency in Excel and comfort working with structured datasets; exposure to risk or scheduling tools is a plus.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document risks and assumptions succinctly.
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple tasks under guidance.
- Exposure to infrastructure, energy, transportation, or major capital projects
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $91,800-112,150/year
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Notice To Third Party Agencies
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
Salary : $91,800 - $112,150