Sr Property Engineer, Risk Management

If you’re passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide’s Property and Casualty team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Nationwide is searching for a Sr Property Risk Engineer to join our property/casualty loss control team.   The candidate should have large property experience.  This is a field engineering role with a heavy emphasis on food manufacturing accounts.  In this role, you will be performing risk management surveys to document COPE features of property and delivering risk management services with insureds to positively impact their loss experience.   This is a work from home role, ideally positioned in California.  We will also consider candidates domiciled in Nevada and Arizona.  The role has expected travel of 30%. 

Experience needed for this role:

In-depth knowledge of process protection for hazards typically found in food manufacturing industries to include combustible dust processes, ammonia refrigeration systems, warehousing, industrial scale cooking and product drying operations.

Ability to apply appropriate NFPA Standards to evaluate the adequacy of fire protection systems, special suppression systems, water supplies, and inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) programs.

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Job Description Summary

Do you have a keen sense of observation, the ability to assess a situation and make recommendations to improve safety practices? If you are a consultant at heart, with an affinity for the food and agriculture industry and the desire to learn and use your knowledge to improve a variety of operations, assisting in reducing exposure to potential loss, we want to hear from you!

Our agribusiness risk management team is an integral part of our organization. We develop relationships with customers, perform survey work to look at property controls and recommend improvements that decrease risk. Through collaboration, we share our knowledge and expertise across Nationwide to enhance our agriculture insurance lines and their market position.

As a Senior Property Engineer, you’ll be the highest-level technical expert on property exposures. You’ll have both staff and field responsibilities in one or more highly specialized risk management segments. We’ll count on you to be an expert level individual contributor, responsible for: developing company policies, procedures and standards of practice, directing the implementation of strategies and providing expert technical consulting for the specialty risk area across the enterprise. You’ll provide expertise, advice and counsel on regulatory issues, specific risks, forms, risk improvement, initiatives, corporate risk management projects and agency relationships. You’ll also drive technical excellence through training, certification and development of risk management associates throughout the operation.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads research to develop/implement risk management initiatives for technical area of responsibilities within RMS. Anticipates, recognizes and addresses the impact that risk management projects and initiatives have on other business partners (commercial and farm underwriting, sales, claims, etc.). May independently perform research or lead a team of risk management consultants and/or cross functional teams in order to complete the project.

• Demonstrates technical excellence for a specialty throughout the organization. Builds technical knowledge and skills within the business unit through assessment, development and implementation programs and processes to increase associate and business performance in the specialty.

• Drives technical direction of specialty related to quality control, risk selection, competitive monitoring and development of knowledge and partnerships across related business units within the enterprise (underwriting, systems, services, claims, sales, distribution, marketing, etc.). Understands and drives critical thinking and technical risk management services based on analytics, loss analysis and exposure