Zurich Insurance - Portsmouth, VA
posted 2 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Remote - Portsmouth, VA
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
About the position
The Property Risk Engineer position at Zurich's Risk Engineering Property Southeast Team is a remote role focused on providing field risk engineering services for large property highly protected risk (HPR) accounts. The role involves significant customer interaction, engineering support for underwriting, and travel to client sites, primarily in the Virginia area.
Responsibilities
- Provide field risk engineering to meet underwriting requirements.
- Develop and implement customer service strategies that reduce loss and improve customer operations.
- Provide engineering support to the underwriting team by attending client broker meetings.
- Perform field engineering services for larger locations on accounts and/or prospects within the region.
- Deliver advanced property consultative services to customers, identifying exposures with significant loss potential and property management programs.
- Assist in marketing Zurich risk transfer insurance products in conjunction with underwriting professionals and agents.
Requirements
- Bachelor's 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, Fire Science, or related degree.
- HPR Property experience.
- Loss control/Risk Engineering experience within the insurance industry.
- Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS).
- Strong communication and consultative skills.
- Outstanding collaborative skills.
- High degree of proficiency related to PC and MS-Office Software.
Benefits
- Comprehensive employee benefits package for employees and eligible dependents.
- Ongoing career development opportunities.
- Diverse and inclusive work environment.
