Risk Engineer

KinTec Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Risk Engineer to join a specialist risk engineering team. This role involves conducting surveys, delivering underwriting reports, and providing risk management advice for industrial assets globally, particularly in South America. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and significant experience in the energy sector. Fluency in English and Spanish is preferred.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within the energy sector insurance industry.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with senior management and deliver presentations.
• Highly organised with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Advanced engineering skills including process engineering and asset integrity.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed surveys of offshore and onshore industry assets.
• Deliver accurate underwriting reports to insurance markets.
• Advise clients on risk management improvements.
• Calculate estimated maximum loss values using specialist software.
• Collaborate with clients and brokers for insurance placements.
• Produce thought leadership materials on process safety.
• Participate in ongoing training and professional development.

Skills

Communication skills

Process safety management

Organisation

Project management

Fluency in English and Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Risk Engineer
Location: Flexible / International travel required (notably South America)
Sector: Refinery, Petrochemical, Chemical, COMAH, Oil & Gas, Upstream

Role Overview
We are seeking experienced senior engineers with downstream and upstream sector expertise to join a specialist risk engineering team. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence risk management and insurance placement across a global portfolio of industrial assets, with a strong focus on process safety and risk improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct 10–12 detailed surveys annually of offshore and onshore industry assets, primarily in South America.

• Deliver accurate underwriting reports that represent client asset risk profiles to insurance markets.

• Advise clients on risk management improvements and best practice implementation to enhance process safety performance.

• Calculate estimated maximum loss values for major incident scenarios using specialist software.

• Collaborate with client executives, brokers, and claims teams to support insurance placements, tenders, and proposals.

• Produce thought leadership materials to advance client understanding and management of process safety topics.

• Engage in ongoing training and professional development, supporting a broad range of career growth opportunities.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.

• Extensive experience within the energy sector insurance industry.

• Strong communication skills, capable of liaising with senior management and delivering presentations.

• Highly organised with the ability to meet report deadlines and coordinate complex site visits internationally.

• Advanced engineering skill set including process engineering, process safety management, operations management, construction project management, asset integrity, and emergency response.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience with major operators or manufacturers in the industry.

• Previous senior management or technical leadership roles.

• Master’s degree or further specialist training.

• Chartered status or eligible for chartered status with professional bodies (e.g., IChemE, IET, IMechE).

• Fluency in English and Spanish.

• Experience in project management and commissioning.