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Senior Transportation Safety Risk Engineer

Zurich Insurance
Virtual, TX, US, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Sept 2025
💰 $161,000/yr($74,300/yr$161,000/yr)

About the role

Zurich’s Large Casualty Risk Engineering team is seeking a Sr Transportation Safety Risk Engineer to support the Large Casualty Underwriting Teams. This is a work from home role positioned within the U.S. with ability to travel up to 50%. This role includes a company car.

 

As a Sr Transportation Safety Risk Engineer, you will:

  • Serve as a subject matter resource for transportation safety within Casualty Risk Engineering.
  • Perform field engineering risk assessments and risk improvement services for prospect accounts and bound accounts. This may be done virtually but often requires travel where necessary.
  • Provide engineering support to underwriting teams and attend client/broker meetings as needed.
  • Manage account risk portfolio and provide account level engineering to meet underwriting requirements.
  • Provide advanced casualty consultative services to customers, identify exposures with significant loss potential, investigate cause/effect of major losses and review/assess casualty management program effectiveness.
  • Develop and implement customer service strategies that reduce losses and improve customer operations.
  • Monitor casualty account engineering services to ensure that delivery is proper, on-time, and cost effective.
  • Assist in marketing Zurich Resilience Solutions, and risk transfer insurance products in conjunction with underwriting professionals and agents across company business segments. 

 

Final candidates will be subject to a Motor Vehicle Record background check as this position includes a company car.

 

This role will be filled at either the Consultant or Senior Consultant level. The hiring manager will determine the appropriate level based upon the selected applicant’s experience and skill set relative to the qualifications listed for this position.

  

Basic Qualifications: 

 

Consultant:

 

  • Bachelors Degree and 3 or more years of experience in the Transportation Safety and/or Casualty Risk Engineering area
    OR
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent and 5 or more years of experience in the Transportation Safety and/or Casualty Risk Engineering area
    OR
  • Zurich Certified Apprentice, including an Associates degree and 3 or more years of experience in the Transportation Safety and/or Casualty Risk Engineering area
    AND
  • Experience working in a team environment
  • Relevant experience in the assessment of risk, based on what is required by Casualty specific competency standards

 

OR
 

Senior Consultant:

 

  • Bachelors Degree and 6 or more years of experience within the Transportation Safety and/or Casualty Risk Engineering area 
    OR
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent and 8 or more years of experience within the Transportation Safety and/or Casualty Risk Engineering area 
    AND
  • Experience with Microsoft Office
  • Experience working in a team environment 

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Health and Safety, or related degree
  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
  • Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation
  • Fleet Industry experience within DOT regulated and non regulated fleets
  • Industry related certifications in Fleet/Transportation Safety
  • Account oversight experience as a Loss Control/Risk Engineering consultant with large customers casualty lines of business and programs to include: Auto, General Liability, Worker’s Compensation, Property, Products Liability, SIR, Guaranteed Cost, Large Deductible, and Collateral.
  • Capable of managing and coordinating safety services for large customers with multiple locations.
  • Knowledgeable in safety management programs that control workplace hazards, educate employees, and promote safety awareness/accountability
  • Able to conduct safety training with large and small groups at all business levels
  • Strong communication and results-oriented consultative skills
  • Outstanding collaboration skills
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