Dr. Rizal is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty, where he teaches asset maintenance, facilities and project management within the faculty's accredited programs.

His publications span technical reports, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journals, focusing on workplace strategy, sustainable facility management, and people-builtenvironment interactions.

He also serves as external assessor and examiner for institutions like UTM, UiTM, and Open University. Actively engaged in consultancies, editorial boards, and industry studies, he represents the university in project teams and committees such as Construction Industry Development Board, the Malaysian Association Facility Management, the National Mirror Committee (NMC) and working groups at the ISO/TC 267 standards development for facility management system.