Senior Construction Risk Engineering Consultant

About the position

Zurich is currently looking for a Senior Construction Risk Engineer for the Builders Risk/Construction Property Line of Business. This is a work from home virtual role with a periodic office presence, to reside within the above noted areas. Ideally, candidates would be located near a major airport. The role includes a company car with expected travel of 25-30% of your time depending on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Adapting Zurich's Innovative Solutions to the Construction Industry with the objective of minimizing impacts to customer losses, and overall improvement of Sustainability & Business Resiliency at the Corporate Level.
• Leveraging Zurich's risk engineering tools and services to improve customer risk and general account management of customers who purchase Zurich Construction Insurance products such as: Builders Risk and Construction Property.
• Delivering high-quality risk consulting services that include remote and onsite customer and prospective risk assessments of construction company operations and projects.
• Producing independently written, technical market facing reports that analyze project and operational risk.
• Developing and maintaining positive business partner, broker and customer relationships.
• Marketing and selling a wide range of fee services to customers that support their risk mitigation efforts.
• Developing and delivering advanced level presentations and risk management training for customers and internal business partners.
• Assisting customers with developing corporate and project specific QA/QC plans, water intrusion prevention/mitigation plans, crane management programs, conducting building envelope reviews and reviewing hurricane emergency action plans.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree and 6 or more years of experience in the Risk Engineering area OR High School Diploma or Equivalent and 8 or more years of experience in the Risk Engineering area OR Zurich Certified Apprentice, including an Associates degree and 6 or more years of experience in the Risk Engineering area.
• Experience working in a team environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, Building Technology, or equivalent.
• Construction field experience: Project Management, and/or Superintendent - mid to senior level position.
• Advanced level experience in the management/oversight of complex construction projects, industry trends and emerging risks specific to the energy-sector, mass timber, tunneling/hydro, data centers, and crane risk analysis.
• Experience in energy projects (i.e. solar panel installations, geothermal power plants, hydroelectric dams, biomass power plants, nuclear power stations and SMR's, power transmission lines, energy storage facilities).
• Experience with data center and Mass Timber construction.
• Advanced level experience with analyzing geotechnical risk, various natural catastrophe exposures, project schedules including delay and impact analysis, supply chain impacts, and identifying and calculating estimated maximum loss scenarios.
• Hazard identification & mitigation skills; analytical aptitude.
• Knowledge of Construction Specialty insurance products: Construction Property, Builders Risk.
• Intermediate knowledge of exposures, controls and best practice risk improvement methodologies; awareness of Construction Workforce and Economic issues.
• Professional certifications: CCM, P.E., PMP, AIA, LEED AP, etc.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, iOS/iPad Skills, Virtual Consulting.
• Advanced technical writing skills.
• Strong leadership skills; experience working in both independent and team environments.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and consulting skills with the ability to communicate and consult at both the corporate and project site levels effectively and professionally.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including short-term incentive bonuses and merit increases.
• Comprehensive employee benefits package for employees as well as eligible dependents.