General Risk Consulting (Engineer)

WTW • Houston, TX

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

WTW is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828, WTW has over 40,000 employees in more than 120 territories. We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas — the dynamic formula that drives business performance. Unlock your potential at WTW.

Corporate risk and broking
We know how companies can unlock potential through effective risk management. Our clients rely on us to craft strategies to quantify, mitigate, and transfer risk, taking advantage of our specialist industry experience and unparalleled market know-how. The result is a new way of embracing risk that drives superior results.

Job Summary
WTW currently seeking to recruit an Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals Risk Engineer based in Houston, Texas to join our rapidly expanding Natural Resources property and Casualty team.

The role will involve managing accounts for multi-national organisations primarily in downstream oil refineries, gas processing, LNG and petrochemicals industry sectors but will be supplemented with survey work in other industries. Excellent knowledge of oil refinery / petrochemical processes and logistics, operations, asset integrity activities (maintenance & inspection), and process safety management; plus international codes & standards is highly desirable.

There will also be a business development element to this role where the successful candidate will work with the account teams to prospect new clients.

Requirements

• A minimum of 16 years of experience working within the Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals or power generation industry. This experience can be in a variety of roles including operations, technical, engineering, maintenance or HSE
• Degree (or equivalent) in Chemical, Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering
• Comfortable travelling extensively (e.g. approx. 90 days per year) on an international basis
• Self-starter, with good interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively relate to individuals at all levels – from site technicians up to company CEOs
• Proven ability to write detailed reports of a varied technical nature
• Experience of working with international engineering standards and codes such API, ASME, IEEE, NFPA, ANSI

Nice To Haves

• Additional qualifications in risk management or relevant accreditations would be considered favourably
• Member of engineering associations (i.e. IChemE, IMechE, etc.) is preferable
• Working knowledge of fire protection and detection systems would be consider
• Multi-lingual preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead risk engineering strategies and engineering teams
• Develop risk engineering programmes for insured clients taking into consideration the needs of all stakeholders (e.g. insureds, insurers, broking team, etc)
• Arrange individual risk engineering surveys through discussions with account teams, insureds and market engineers, once arranged - coordinate and manage the execution of surveys on a global basis to the satisfaction of insureds
• Prepare marketing risk assessment reports to assist in the placement of client insurance programmes. Reports will follow the WTW standard structure and contain key understanding of the hazards at facilities and how the management team are controlling/mitigating their impact. Presentation of risk improvements and loss calculations is also required
• Develop risk improvement recommendations that are clear, appropriate and are fairly balanced between the interests of insureds and insurers
• Calculate loss expectancies within company guidelines across a range of industries
• Ensure that all reports and other deliverables are prepared and ready in a timely manner
• Provide technical support to clients and the broking team across a range of issues relating to good industry practices
• Maintain all risk management team tracking tools such as schedules and planning spread sheets
• Ensuring the risk management team fully understand the scope of work required
• Clear understanding of the funding that supports engineering activities on individual accounts
• Ensuring that proposed engineering activities do not exceed the available fee amount unless agreed by Account Executive and engineering manager
• Understanding account specifics such as renewal date, deductibles, coverage and specific exclusions
• Maintain technical competency in chosen industry sector and keep up-to-date with risk management developments (e.g. attend seminars, review technical publications, etc.)
• Represent WTW professionally on business trips and in meetings
• Comply with all WTW company policies (e.g. Travel, Ethics, etc.)
• Any other duties commensurate with position or level of responsibility

Benefits

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
• Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off
• Retirement Benefits: Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior