Senior Underwriter - Engineering, Construction and Renewable Energy

ZipRecruiter; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm is looking for a Senior Underwriter in Birmingham or Bristol. You will be responsible for driving new business, providing outstanding service, and mentoring colleagues. A strong background in Engineering, Construction, and Renewable Energy is essential. This role offers a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and generous benefits including a bonus opportunity and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Bonus opportunity - 10%

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares

Supportive policies including parental leave

Flexible benefits including sustainability options

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Solid understanding in Engineering, Construction and/or Renewable Energy with a proven track record.
• Experience in applying underwriting knowledge to improve processes.
• Ability to manage underwriting caseload within a regulatory environment.
• Excellent skills in business development and customer engagement.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop positive relationships with customers and brokers, providing technical support.
• Influence key market contacts through business development.
• Understand customer needs to provide appropriate solutions.
• Act as a role model and mentor colleagues.
• Implement underwriting strategy and improve underwriting quality.

Skills

Underwriting Expertise

Process Improvement

Regulatory Compliance

Business Development

Communication

Job description

Overview

Senior Underwriter - Engineering, Construction and Renewable Energy

Competitive

Location - Birmingham or Bristol

Are you a dynamic trader with leadership skills and a strong background in Engineering, Construction and / or Renewable Energy? Aviva is looking for a talented Senior Underwriter to join our team. This is a phenomenal opportunity to be part of a growing team, working with Brokers in the vibrant regional market. The role is predominantly based in Birmingham or Bristol and you will benefit from Aviva's smart working arrangements, offering a blend of home and office working.

As a Senior Underwriter, you'll provide an outstanding service to our customers and brokers. You'll drive both new and existing business and professional relationships, directly contributing to the underwriting profit and loss, trading, and service delivery goals. In addition to this, you'll also be responsible for mentoring and coaching colleagues within the team and creating tailor-made solutions for our customers! This role could be ideal for you if you're a dynamic trader with leadership skills, a strong industry-led background, and a track record of winning new business!

Responsibilities

• Relationship Building: Develop positive relationships with customers and brokers, providing technical support and handling queries.
• Influence and Engagement: Influence key market contacts through business development and customer engagement.
• Customer-Centric Solutions: Understand customer needs to provide appropriate solutions that align with Aviva's underwriting strategy and values.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Act as a role model, mentor colleagues, and contribute to capability improvement.
• Strategy Implementation and Technical Authority: Implement underwriting strategy, improve underwriting quality, serve as the technical authority within the team, and apply core insurance principles to everyday situations. Take ownership of managing a multimillion-pound regional P+L.

Skills and experience we're looking for

• Underwriting Expertise: Solid understanding in Engineering, Construction and / or Renewable Energy with a proven track record of winning and retaining business.
• Process Improvement: Experience in applying underwriting knowledge to improve processes and procedures.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ability to manage underwriting caseload within a regulatory environment.
• Business Development: Excellent skills in business development and customer engagement.
• Communication & Qualifications: Strong communication and negotiation skills.

What you'll get for this role

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Competitive Salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please contact Jessica Mason at [e-mail]