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Job type full-time
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Primary details
Time type: full time
Worker type: employee
Qbe’s european operations, which accounts for over 27% of qbe group turnover, is a leading specialist in london market and european commercial lines businessActive in both the lloyd’s and company market, qbe offers considerable diversity to the broking communityWe are a socially responsible company and give our customers the ability to invest a portion of their premiums in environmentally and socially beneficial projects.
Primary responsibilities
Qbe’s european operations, which accounts for over 27% of qbe group turnover, is a leading specialist in london market and european commercial lines businessActive in both the lloyd’s and company market, qbe offers considerable diversity to the broking communityWe are a socially responsible company and give our customers the ability to invest a portion of their premiums in environmentally and socially beneficial projects.
The opportunity:
We are currently looking to recruit a senior risk engineer to join our european operations (eo) team - this is your chance to develop your career in an exciting environment where anything is possibleAre you ready to grow your career with us?
As senior risk engineer for qbe you will develop and deliver risk solutions services for qbe`s european business (predominantly france and italy).
You will be responsible for providing risk engineering technical support and management services, that assist effective underwriting decisions and support customers with understanding and managing their risks effectively, to minimise the frequency and exposure of potential losses and improve the overall quality of the riskYou will provide input and support to the head of risk solutions in implementing the overall strategy of the eo risk solutions practice, product, and services.
Primary responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Performing property and liability complex risk engineering site assessments and generating technical risk engineering reports and recommendations to identify exposures and provide best practice risk mitigation solutions to customers.
Providing risk engineering services for key accounts by comprehensively evaluating customers’ existing risk management and loss prevention controls and supporting the development and implementation of industry best practice risk management strategies
Contribute to thought leadership by providing insight into current and emerging risk issues and promoting best practice risk mitigation strategies through risk management publications, presentations and training.
You will also co-ordinate work activities with colleagues and 3rd parties who are providing support to our customers
Strategy and planning
Awareness and understanding of risk solutions (rs) strategy, business plans and objectives
Manage a portfolio of key customer accounts with responsibility for the creation of customer risk management strategies and delivery of risk management services (rms)
Support the delivery of operational plan and rms within agreed service levels
Support the delivery of technology solutions and continuous improvement initiatives to continually expand and enhance the rms offering
Plan and manage travel arrangements to ensure delivery of rms are timely and cost effective
Policy, process and procedures
Comply with and support the development, implementation and maintenance of risk management policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
Support and promote procedures, technical documents, guidelines, fact sheets and other publications relevant to rs with underwriters and customers
Perform quality control reviews to monitor the quality of rms and compliance to technical guidelines and reporting requirements
Continually evaluate and identify improvements to rms and processes to ensure efficiency and alignment to product and underwriting guidelines and best practice risk management strategies
Participate as subject matter expert in business improvement initiatives and risk related projects, including representing rs in working groups, committees and project teams as required
Environmental awareness/customer focus
Support sales and growth of products through the delivery of portfolio customer rms and developing tailored customer risk solutions in collaboration with distribution, product and brokers
Proactively promote the rs brand internally and externally, building market credibility and awareness of qbe’s rms and capabilities
Contribute to thought leadership by providing customers, brokers, external providers and qbe employees with insight into current and emerging risk issues and promoting best practice risk mitigation strategies through risk management publications, presentations and training
Build and maintain strong relationships with underwriters, brokers and customers to create and deliver customer value and support future service provision
Promote and utilise the resource library of published risk management materials
Technical performance
Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant regulations, industry standards and codes to support the further development of property/liability technical guidelines
Support the development of risk management publications, presentations, training, and technical materials
Help develop technical risk management capabilities across underwriting, product and outsourced service providers
Provide stakeholders with technical risk management advice, expertise and support as required
Actively mentor, train and support internal risk engineers and external providers to continually develop their technical skills and risk engineering capabilities
Preferred competencies/skills
French (bilingual or mother language)English, excellent level of written and spoken englishFluent in italian will be appreciate.
Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Strong technical report writing skills
Excellent communicator with strong facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills
Excellent presentation skills – oral and written
Project management skills and experience
Detailed knowledge of current risk management and loss prevention practices
Excellent co-ordination skills and experience of leading risk engineering programmes for large demanding account accounts with highly developed presentation skills
Background of account support/leading and evidence of rolling out new initiatives
Ability to analyse, collate and interpret underwriting information to ensure pro-active risk management decisions are made
Relevant industry health and safety specific qualifications and fire engineer qualifications would be good to see
Risk management, loss prevention and business continuity planning principles
Comprehensive knowledge of insurance products and processes, including underwriting, pricing and claims
Solid understanding and experience in risk analysis and selection
Understanding of underlying causes of exposure and claims trends
Engineering, mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, behavioural economics
Hazards, controls and regulations/standards for relevant product lines
Preferred experience
Minimum 10 years’ risk engineering experience providing insurance risk management services in property/liability
Comprehensive experience in loss prevention and best practice mitigation
Relevant tertiary level qualification (e.gProfessional engineering degree or equivalent)
Qbe cultural dna
Everything we do at qbe is underpinned by our dna (which interlinks seven cultural elements) – because we know it`s not just what we do that matters, it`s how we do it that makes the differenceWe expect all employees to role model and inspire the right behaviours that link to our cultural elements:-we are customer-centred-we are technical experts-we are diverse-we are fast-paced-we are courageous-we are accountable-we are a teamall employees are expected to adhere to qbe’s code of ethics and conduct and apply sound risk management practices
Us only - disclaimer
To successfully perform this job, the individual must be able to perform each essential job responsibility satisfactorilyReasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities.
Global disclaimer
The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of workThey are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal dutiesOur group code of ethics and conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at qbe to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governmentsIt provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.
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Equal employment opportunity:
Qbe is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
