Risk Engineer or Senior Risk Engineer (Power & Utilities)

 

About the Role:

 

We are looking for a Risk Engineer or Senior Risk Engineer to join our Property Energy business segment in the USA and provide technical advice to property underwriters especially with regards to our Power and Utilities Underwriting business (simple/combined cycle power plants, conventional steam power plants, reciprocating engines, hydro electrical plants and renewable energy).

 

You will advise our underwriters on risk quality, loss estimates, loss prevention measures and capacity allocation for our Power and Utilities book of business. This is done by reviewing, interpreting and summarizing third party technical risk information (desktop risk analysis). It also encompasses on-site risk inspections and operations reviews to verify our clients' risk mitigation approaches and to provide clients with risk improvement suggestions. In this role you will closely interact with underwriters and other internal clients.

 

As a member of our global Risk Engineering Services (RES) team you will be one of our experts in this dedicated core industry. This will allow you to contribute to various projects and papers involving best practices, guidelines, technology and industry updates.

 

This role has global responsibilities, and the team members are located around the world, so you will be working in a truly international environment.

 

 

About You:

 

• You are an Electrical or Mechanical engineer with a minimum 5 year's experience in the power generation industry (design, installation/construction, commissioning, maintenance or inspection superintendent, etc.)  --  10 to 15 year's experience for Senior Risk Engineer
• Fluent English is a must, other language skills, (e.g. Spanish) would be a plus
• You have experience and/or a strong interest in loss prevention topics (e.g. fire protection, machinery breakdown, technical risk management)
• Sound knowledge of international loss prevention/fire protection standards (e.g. NFPA or equivalent)
• Previous experiences as "insurance" risk engineer would be ideal, experience in other Energy lines (Mining or Oil & Gas) would be advantageous
• You have strong communication, negotiation and presenting skills, an entrepreneurial attitude, and a service mindset
• You are a strong teammate but also able to work independently, often under pressure
• You are willing to travel (around 20-30%)

 

 

About the Team:

 

The RES Power and Utilities team is part of RES Energy and includes many engineers located worldwide. All team members have different backgrounds and experiences in both conventional and renewable power generation. We have a wide collaboration with the market leading manufacturers within the different power generation branches, which puts us at the leading edge for new developments and technologies.

 

Job Location:  Houston, Atlanta or Miami. Teleworking would be an option based on qualifications.

 

Swiss Re has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office or visiting clients three days per week. The estimated base salary range for the Risk Engineer level is $112,000 to $168,000 and the Senior Risk Engineer level is $156,000 to $234,000. The specific salary offered for this, or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget.  At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.

 

 

 

About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions 

 

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We offer innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporati