Builder's Risk Underwriter

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance•Plymouth Meeting, PA

1d•$120,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is looking for an engineering, construction management, or project finance professional to develop into a specialist underwriter. This is a structured transition opportunity for someone who understands how major projects are planned, designed, financed, built, and completed and wants to apply that experience in the insurance market. The role offers fast-moving exposure to major construction projects, disciplined risk selection, and live underwriting decisions within a high-performing team. This role offers broad and fast-moving exposure to major construction projects across a range of sectors, a long-term career path in a specialized market that rewards technical judgment, curiosity, and disciplined decision-making, and a relationship-driven business where strong interpersonal and negotiation skills help shape solutions for complex project finance and contract structures. It is a practical and meaningful way to apply field, design, project controls, estimating, or construction experience to risk selection and insurance pricing, with training in insurance fundamentals, underwriting principles, catastrophe exposure modeling, policy structure, and market practice.

Requirements

5–10 years of practical project experience with an understanding of how complex construction projects are planned, priced, contracted, scheduled, built, and challenged in execution. Relevant backgrounds may include design, engineering, construction project management, project controls, estimating, scheduling, owner’s representative, lender advisory, or project finance.
A practical understanding of how projects are delivered, where they fail, and how technical, contractual, schedule, procurement, and site conditions affect outcomes.
Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to form a clear view from incomplete information.
Clear written and verbal communication, with confidence engaging external stakeholders and internal decision-makers, including through in-person interactions.
Curiosity, technical discipline, and a serious interest in building a long-term underwriting career.
Willingness to travel for broker, client, project, and team meetings as required.

Responsibilities

Review new construction project submissions and identify the key technical, contractual, schedule, procurement, site, natural catastrophe, and delay exposures.
Evaluate drawings, schedules, budgets, geotechnical reports, contracts, method statements, risk registers, and other project information to form a clear view of risk quality.
Work with experienced underwriters to structure insurance terms, pricing, limits, deductibles, and coverage positions for major projects.
Negotiate with brokers and develop long-term strategic relationships.
Build underwriting judgment over time within a clear authority framework and an experienced team.