Remote Principal Risk Engineer – Chemical & Energy

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401(k) match

Paid time off

Retirement savings contributions

Job summary

The Hartford Steam Boiler seeks a Principal Risk Engineer for a remote role, partnering with chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, LNG, pipeline and terminal projects. You will assess facilities, identify critical risks, and deliver practical recommendations to improve resilience.

Ideal candidates have 15+ years in operations, maintenance, inspection or insurance engineering for high value occupancies, with leadership experience and the ability to travel about 30 overnight stays per year.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in operations, maintenance, inspection, insurance engineering, and/or repairs of process equipment associated with high value/risk occupancies such as power generation, primary metals, mining, pulp & paper, sugar, or glass.
• 5+ years experience leading/managing personnel and/or major equipment repair/installation projects as part of the experience noted above.
• Ability to travel, including ~30 overnight stays per year.

Responsibilities

• Travel to client sites and gain exposure to a wide range of industrial processes and technologies.
• Evaluate equipment, operations, maintenance, fire protection, and business interruption exposures, and risk control practices.
• Partner with plant leadership, operations, maintenance, reliability, continuous improvement, operational discipline, and business continuity teams to identify and mitigate risk.
• Provide practical recommendations to improve reliability, asset integrity, and operational performance.
• Prepare risk evaluation reports of sites.
• Perform desktop engineering evaluations of insured and prospective accounts to support underwriting decisions.
• Work with leading organizations across the chemical, refining, petrochemical, LNG, pipeline, terminal, and energy sectors.
• Manage and oversee HSB's services for assigned accounts.
• Collaborate with HSB's network of subject matter experts. Contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and training for colleagues and underwriters.

Skills

Operations experience

Maintenance experience

Fire protection

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

The Hartford Steam Boiler seeks a Principal Risk Engineer for a remote role, partnering with chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, LNG, pipeline and terminal projects. You will assess facilities, identify critical risks, and deliver practical recommendations to improve resilience.

Ideal candidates have 15+ years in operations, maintenance, inspection or insurance engineering for high value occupancies, with leadership experience and the ability to travel about 30 overnight stays per year.