Senior Loss Control Consultant (Field) - Omaha/Lincoln Nebraska

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan•Lansing, NE

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for providing consultation and training to employers regarding safety matters. This role involves developing business partnerships with insured policyholders, evaluating physical premises, equipment, materials, work practices, and safety policies and programs. The consultant conducts safety surveys to assist in risk selection for underwriting, and works with management to develop loss control strategies. Key tasks include identifying and mitigating hazardous conditions, reviewing business processes, making recommendations for best safety practices, and researching technical information. The position requires writing technical reports, delivering presentations on loss prevention, assisting customers with safety program development, and monitoring program effectiveness. The consultant manages a territory of accounts, coordinates policyholder visits, assists with safety material development, and represents the company in industry groups. They are expected to maintain strong relationships with independent agents, demonstrate progressive responsibility, work on complex problems, resolve situations independently, and contribute effectively in cross-functional teams. The role also involves developing recommendations for policy changes, demonstrating conflict management and presentation skills, and assisting with training and mentoring of loss control staff.

Requirements

Associates in related field and certification (such as ARM, ASP, CSP) required.
Minimum seven years relevant experience that provides the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities.
Workers Compensation insurance experience required.
Knowledge of key loss control standards, guidelines, techniques and disciplines such as ergonomics, machine guarding, environmental health.
Considerable knowledge of, and the ability to apply, relevant local, state and federal rules and regulations, including state-specific occupational safety and health acts and workers’ disability compensation acts.
Ability to proactively identify risk factors at employer locations and communicate risk concerns effectively to appropriate parties.
Ability to proactively analyze and evaluate risk factors by synthesizing data and communicating risk concerns effectively to appropriate parties.
Ability to mitigate risk and influence necessary change.
Ability to manage multiple projects and meet necessary deadlines.
Excellent time management and organizational skills.
Ability to minimize losses by spending time appropriately.
Ability and proficiency in the use of computers and company standard software specific to position with the ability to navigate systems quickly and produce necessary reports for analysis.
Ability to effectively exchange information clearly and concisely, present ideas, report facts and respond to questions, as appropriate.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to provide customer service by responding appropriately to inquiries or concerns from agents, policyholders, regulatory agencies, management, and employees.
Effective presentation skills in a variety of settings.
Ability to establish and maintain an effective working and client relationship.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, reports, and legal documents.
Ability to work independently out of a home office location with minimum supervision.
Ability to operate a variety of monitoring equipment including noise and air sampling devices and photographic equipment.
Extensive knowledge of, and the ability to apply, relevant local, state and federal rules and regulations, including multiple state-specific occupational safety and health acts and multiple state-specific workers’ disability compensation acts.
Ability to assist with training, development and mentoring of loss control staff in safety and accident prevention policies, procedures, presentation techniques, and sampling equipment.
Ability to balance the needs and expectations of clients with losses and clients that require routine service.
Ability to analyze and solve practical problems which deal with a variety of factors.
Ability to make competent, independent decisions.
Ability to understand and implement procedures and processes.
Must possess a valid driver's license with a record that meets corporate standards.
Must be able to meet general physical requirements which may include climbing ladders and or other similar situations.

Nice To Haves

A Bachelor’s degree in occupational/industrial safety or related field is preferred.
Certification, or progress toward, highly preferred and encouraged (such as ARM, ASP, CSP).

Responsibilities

Providing consultation and training to employers regarding safety matters.
Develop business partnership and ambassador-type relationship with insured policyholders.
Evaluate physical premises, equipment, materials, work practices, and safety policies and programs.
Conduct safety surveys of employers’ premises to gather information to assist in risk selection as an integral part of the underwriting process.
Work with management to develop loss control strategies that will have the greatest impact on company success measures.
Identify potentially hazardous conditions and unsafe acts that may have an adverse impact on employee claims and assist the client in reducing or eliminating those hazardous condition or unsafe acts.
Review business processes and operations.
Make recommendations for best practices in safety.
Research and analyze technical information, specifications, type of equipment, legal standards, and losses, etc.
Write and summarize technical information into practical, usable reports.
Train and/or make presentations to customers on loss prevention and safety related topics by participating in internal and external meetings.
Make presentations to internal/external staff as needed.
Gather and communicate pertinent safety information to assist in the risk selection part of the underwriting process.
Assist customers with the development of accident/loss prevention and/or safety programs.
Monitor and measure the effectiveness of customer programs, corrective actions taken and meetings held.
Manage territory of assigned accounts/policyholders and ensure each one gets the appropriate level of service based on premium amount and employer size.
Coordinate policyholder visits with Business Development (Marketing and Underwriting), agent and/or Claims.
Assist with the development of safety brochures, materials and exhibits for promotion and display.
Represent company in community and industry safety groups, programs and conferences.
Maintain strong relationships with independent agents to discuss new and existing clients, specific account loss control reports, analysis, and loss reduction recommendations and to respond to any agent concerns, questions, or issues.
Demonstrate progressive responsibility and technical knowledge applying principles based on experience.
Work on complex problems which have broader impact.
Independently resolve situations.
Contribute effectively in cross functional teams; may take on leadership role.
Demonstrate proper collaboration in exchange of relevant elements with other disciplines (e.g., claims, underwriting).
Develop recommendations to change existing policies/programs.
Demonstrate well-developed conflict management/negotiation and presentation skills.
Provide assistance with training, development and mentoring of loss control staff in safety and accident prevention policies, procedures, ride-along, presentation techniques, and sampling equipment.