Risk Engineering Consultant

Intact Insurance Europe; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Collaborative risk team

Job summary

Intact Insurance Europe is seeking a Risk Engineering Consultant (Netherlands-based) to deliver risk surveys, write reports and provide risk management support to underwriters and clients across BENELUX. The role is home-based with sporadic office attendance, requiring travel within the Netherlands and Belgium and occasional international travel.

The successful candidate will combine analytical skills with strong communication and risk control expertise.

Qualifications

• Engineering/risk management background with property risk experience.
• Degree in Engineering, Risk Management or related field.
• Fluent Dutch and English with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake detailed risk assessments at customer locations and conduct account/prospect reviews to secure profitable business.
• Provide technical risk management support to underwriters with risk selection and underwriting practices.
• Support underwriters and stakeholders in promoting the Intact Risk Management proposition to customers and brokers.
• Contribute to development of Risk Management propositions using knowledge of customers and risks.
• Manage customer interactions efficiently to deliver high standards of satisfaction and advise colleagues on risk concepts.

Skills

Engineering background

Risk management

Fire protection

Dutch fluent

English fluent

Communication skills

Driving licence

Education

Engineering or Risk Management degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Risk management databases

Job description

Opportunity: Risk Engineering Consultant BENE (NL-based)

Our employees are at the heart of what we do: helping people, businesses and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. When you join our team, you are bringing this purpose to life alongside a passionate community.

Feel empowered to learn and grow while being valued for who you are. At Intact Insurance, we commit to supporting you in reaching your goals with tools, opportunities, and flexibility. It’s our promise to you.

Who we are

At Intact Insurance, we are experts at what we do in protecting what makes businesses unique. Our deep understanding of the specialty insurance market is the foundation for our customized solutions, backed by targeted risk control and claims services. Our employees are passionate about providing insurance coverage that’s aligned to our targeted customer groups.

Across Europe, our footprint includes offices in France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, supported by a dedicated team of around 300 professionals.

The opportunity

Risk Consulting is central to supporting the success of Intact Insurance Europe which provides insurance and risk management solutions to large corporate customers across Belgium & Netherlands and around the world.

At the heart of our offering is a dedicated team of Risk Engineering Consultants across UK & Europe who work in partnership with customers and the Underwriting and Claims teams at Intact Insurance Europe across a wide range of commercial and industrial facilities to identify risks and propose pragmatic risk management solutions.

In line with our ambition to continually improve our risk management offering and achieve ‘Best in Class’ status, we are looking to strengthen our team in the Netherlands with the appointment of one Risk Engineering Consultant. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly-motivated individual looking to develop her/his existing skills and experience in loss prevention. To support the retention and winning of new businesses, this role involves managing and delivering efficient and effective risk management and loss prevention services across all sectors.

As a member of our in-house team the successful candidate will work closely with risk management partners, Underwriting and Claims teams and Risk Consulting colleagues to help shape and deliver the Risk Consulting proposition.

The role typically involved undertaking risk surveys at customers’ sites, including writing up reports, account management of our larger clients and providing other risk management support to underwriters and customers.

This role would suit an individual with good analytical, relationship management and communication skills, as well as strong capability in one or more of our core technical disciplines of property loss prevention.

This is a home-based role with sporadic office attendance, routine travel throughout BENE, and occasional international travel; however, in the first months, regular attendance will be required at our office in the Netherlands (Rotterdam).

Some of the responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Undertaking detailed risk assessments at customer locations and conducting account/ prospect reviews to help secure profitable business within the agreed risk appetite and to minimise future claims.
• Providing close technical risk management support to underwriters with risk selection and the maintenance of technical underwriting practices.
• Supporting underwriters and other internal stakeholders in promoting the Intact Risk Management proposition to customers and brokers. This includes being able to articulate at senior level, in areas of the proposition outside of the consultant’s own areas of expertise.
• Contributing to the development of Intact Risk Management propositions by bringing knowledge and insight of customers and risks and applying this within business objectives.
• Managing customer interactions in an efficient, courteous and timely manner in order to deliver high standards of customer satisfaction.
• Providing technical advice, guidance and coaching to colleagues to develop knowledge and understanding of customers and their businesses, as well as associated commercial drivers and risks.

The expertise you bring

• Previous experience of working within an engineering/risk management field either in industry or financial services or property risk engineering background including fire protection and suppression systems and relevant standards.
• Degree in Engineering, Risk Management, or a related field, or equivalent technical qualifications and relevant professional experience and risk control knowledge.
• Displays energy and enthusiasm, pushing themselves and others to raise the bar.
• Excellent communicator, with the ability to manage relationships with key stakeholders and explain relevant information clearly and concisely to influence positive change.
• Pragmatic, solutions orientated individual who is confident in making decisions where there may not be an obvious answer.
• Is highly self-motivated, disciplined and well organised, able to remain focused on priorities when dealing with conflicting demands.
• Experience of working within a customer-facing environment.
• Open minded team player.
• IT skills to include Microsoft Office and risk management database reporting systems.
• A full driving licence is a prerequisite for the role.
• Language: Dutch and English at a fluent level.

Why choose Intact

We live our Values: We are committed to acting with the highest of ethical standards through our five core values: integrity, respect, customer driven, excellence and social responsibility.

Our commitment to Diversity: Founded in our values, we see diversity as a strength and aspire to create an environment where everyone can be themselves, grow and succeed. Together, we will stand up for what’s right to build an inclusive society.

Manage your Time: What you accomplish matters more than hours in the office. We are committed to creating a positive and supportive environment in which you perform your best. Our Time-Off and Flexible Work Arrangement options help foster a healthy work-life balance.

Our promise to you

Our Values are foundational to our success at Intact. You’ll make a difference every day when you live our Values, do your best work, are open to change, and invest in yourself.

In return, we promise you support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards in a flexible work environment where you can:

• Shape the future: Help us lead an insurance transformation to better protect people, businesses and society.
• Win as a team: Collaborate with inspiring people to do your best work every day and together, stand up for what is right.
• Grow with us: Refresh and reinvent your skills, learn from our diverse teams, lift others up, and grow.

About Intact

As part of Intact Financial Corporation (IFC) – Canada’s largest Property & Casualty insurer, with nearly CAD$24 billion in annual direct premiums and a global team of 31,000 employees – we bring global strength, deep expertise, and a strong focus on customers.

Intact Insurance Europe is part of IFC’s Global Specialty Lines business (GSL) which represents 3,500 professionals dedicated to more than 20 niche segments. GSL operates across North America, the UK, and Europe, and benefits from a strong international network covering over 150 territories – with clear profitable growth ambitions to reach $10 billion in operating DPW by 2030, performing at a sub-90 operating combined ratio.

We’re specialists who go the extra mile, offering expert solutions, treating claims as a promise, and helping businesses manage risk and move forward.

4 out of 5 brokers recognize us as a trusted partner, valuing our specialized expertise, simplified multinational programs, local market knowledge, and reliable claims handling.

Intact Insurance (Europe) S.A. is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected, as the data controller, we take the necessary measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information it holds or processes in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) of 27 April 2016 ("GDPR"), Loi n° 2018-493 du 20 juin 2018, relative à la protection des données personnelles and rest of related data protection regulations.

The data you provide will be processed as part of our candidate selection process. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in considering your application. Unless you object, your CV will be kept for two years after our last contact with you. We may kept your data for the duration of the employment contract in the event of recruitment. Once your employment has ceased, your personal data will be only retained for as long as is necessary to satisfy any legal, accounting or reporting obligations.

Intact Group companies and third-party partners may be recipients of your personal data when required. Sometimes your personal information may be sent to other parties outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) in connection with the purposes set out above. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in compliance with data protection regulations.

In accordance with data protection laws, you have the right to access and obtain a copy of the data concerning you, object to the processing, have it rectified or deleted. All you have to do is write to the Intact Insurance (Europe) Data Protection Officer to the following address Intact Insurance (Europe) S.A. Edif. Torre Europa, Pº de la Castellana, 95 – Planta 19 28046 Madrid (SPAIN) or send an email to the following address [e-mail]. We will ask you to confirm your identity if we need to, we have one month from receiving your request to tell you what action we have taken.