Loss Control Consultant-Independent Contractor

Underwriter Services Association; Pasadena (CA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Underwriter Services Association is seeking inspectors to perform loss control inspections across insured properties. The role requires 2–4 years of field experience, a personal vehicle, and the ability to produce detailed loss control reports within a 14-day window.

You will access a portal to retrieve assignments, upload photos, and submit completed reports for QA. This is a 1099 contract position with flat-rate per inspection, not hourly.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience conducting inspections or relative experience.
• Must carry professional liability insurance.
• Must have a FEIN to provide on W9.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Outgoing personality with diverse interaction experience including policyholders and agents.
• Must write comprehensive loss control reports.
• Must be able to work flexible hours and days.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of MS Office products and inspection-related software.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, comprehensive loss control inspection reports.
• Schedule and conduct field or office-based loss control underwriting inspection reports.
• Use company portal to retrieve work, track status, upload photos, complete forms, and submit for QA review.
• Use personal car, laptop, camera, internet, phone, and measuring wheel for inspections.
• Communicate with insureds, agents, and contacts to complete inspections.
• Identify hazards and exposures during field surveys and write reports with recommendations.

Skills

Loss control inspections

Customer service

Analytical skills

Written reports

Independent work

MS Office

Communication skills

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Inspection software

Job description

Our company is a small, family-held company that has been providing quality nationwide inspection services to the insurance industry for 70 years. We pride ourselves on providing outstanding customer service with a personal touch to our clients with superior support to our inspectors to ensure our client's needs are met on every inspection.

Details

Our clients require forms with questions to be answered by a walk-through observation of properties, an interview with the insured/contact, photos, and a diagram of the building(s). Completed reports, diagrams, details, and photos are uploaded to our system via the inspector portal. Reports must be completed and returned within 14 calendar days via our online portal. Inspections must be done during regular business hours Monday thru Friday no fieldwork is permitted on Sundays; reports can be uploaded to the portal at any time. Hours of this position are flexible.

Compensation

Assigned work is paid on a FLAT RATE PER INSPECTION. Base rates range from $45-$75. Inspections assigned out of an area may be bid and reviewed for a higher rate, on a case-by-case basis. THIS IS NOT AN HOURLY JOB POSTING.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, comprehensive loss control inspection reports as requested by our clients, using established protocols, procedures, and policies.

Job Duties

• Schedule and Conduct field or office-based loss control underwriting inspection reports
• Use company website portal to retrieve assigned work, track status of assigned requests, upload photos, complete assigned inspection forms, any additional detail as requested by our client and submission of completed report for review by Quality Assurance
• Use of a personal car, laptop, digital camera, high-speed internet, cell phone and measuring wheel to conduct an assigned inspection
• Use strong customer service skills to communicate with policyholders, agents, and appointed contacts to conduct and complete assigned inspections
• Conduct Loss Control Surveys at the insured's locations to identify the property and liability-related hazards and exposures.
• Write comprehensive reports utilizing existing templates identifying potential loss conditions, hazards, or concerns and make recommendations to mitigate the exposures identified in the field surveys.
• Builds positive working relationships with all points of contact while working, conducting, and completing all assigned inspection requests.

Skills, Qualifications, Insurance, and Required Tools

• Two to four years of experience conducting inspections or relative experience
• Must carry professional liability insurance
• Must have a FEIN to provide on W9
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Outgoing personality that would enjoy interacting with a wide variety of people including policyholders, employees, agents, brokers, and authorized reps.
• Must be able to write comprehensive loss control reports.
• Must be able to work flexible hours and days.
• Must have skills to work independently with little or no supervision.
• Demonstrated knowledge with MS Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and inspection related software when applicable

Required Tools

• PC or Laptop with printer and scanner
• High-Speed Internet
• Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• Digital camera/Smartphone with ample photo quality (no date stamps)
• A Measuring Wheel
• PSI Gauge
• Smartphone
• Reliable transportation and access to GPS or reliable maps
• Be able to pass a criminal background check

Preferred candidates must have one or more of the following relevant experience or certification for both Commercial and Residential loss control inspections.

• Prior or Current Commercial and/or Residential Field inspections
• Insurance Inspections
• General Contracting (residential/commercial)
• Construction Project Management
• Fire Department Inspections
• County or City Building/Construction Inspections
• Armed Services construction work or project management
• Job Types: 1099 Contract