Senior Risk Engineer in E&C, Mechanical or Electrical (Hybrid- m/f/x - 80-100%)

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Senior Risk Engineer in E&C, Mechanical or Electrical (Hybrid- m/f/x - 80-100%), Munich

Client:

Swiss Re

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Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

25.04.2025

Expiry Date:

09.06.2025

Job Description:

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Risk Engineer Engineering & Construction (E&C) with a mechanical or electrical engineering and preferably insurance background to join our E&C business segment in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and provide technical advice to E&C underwriters.

We are particularly interested in engineers who have construction, installation, and commissioning experience in the heavy manufacturing industries such as automotive, power equipment (manufacture of, not operation/commissioning of), steel, pulp and paper, cement or other manufacturing.

Key responsibilities:

1. Advise our underwriters on risk quality, loss estimates, and loss prevention measures for our E&C book of business.
2. Review, interpret and summarize submissions including third party technical risk information.
3. Conduct on-site risk inspections and progress reviews to verify our clients' risk mitigation approaches and to provide clients with risk improvement suggestions.
4. Interact closely with underwriters and other internal and external clients.

This role has global responsibilities and the team comes from a diverse range of backgrounds, so you should be comfortable working in a truly international environment.

About the Team

The RES E&C team is part of RES Energy and consists of currently three engineers and an additional contractor located in EMEA, one in North America (NA) and one in Asia Pacific (APAC). The goal is to build this team to around six to eight people in the next few years.

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.

About You

1. Strong communicator with phenomenal interpersonal skills.
2. Highly analytical and focused on details.
3. At least 10 years' experience in the construction industry (design, project lead, site manager, commissioning).
4. Experience in the heavy manufacturing industry (construction ONLY, although operational experience in these industries would be an advantage).
5. Hands-on project experience on major infrastructure and industrial projects.
6. Strong knowledge of project control tools (scheduling, cost, procurement).
7. Experience or strong curiosity about loss prevention topics (fire protection, technical risk management, machinery breakdown, construction safety).
8. Sound knowledge of international loss prevention/fire protection standards (NFPA or equivalent).
9. Language skills: German & English (must haves), any other could be advantageous.
10. Willingness to travel worldwide.

Nice to haves:

1. Previous experience as an insurance risk engineer at a broker or insurance company would be a plus.
2. Project management specific training/courses.
3. Sound knowledge of the Insurance E&C business is an advantage.

We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.

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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 corporations from our approximately 50 locations worldwide. We help clients mitigate their risk exposure, whilst our industry-leading claims service provides them with additional peace of mind.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.