Risk Control Specialist Arizona

Sustainable World, Inc.; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

EMC is seeking a Risk Control professional to conduct on-site surveys, assess exposure, and provide tailored recommendations to protect insureds. This role involves collaboration with underwriting, sales, and claims, plus delivering advanced training to the Risk Control team.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in safety or related field and at least five years in risk control or safety. Travel is required, and a valid driver's license is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in safety, engineering, industrial safety, fire protection, or related field.
• Minimum of five years in risk control or safety roles or related experience.
• Certifications such as certified safety professional preferred.

Responsibilities

• Completes on-site risk control surveys for policyholders and niche markets.
• Assesses exposure potential and existing controls; prepares risk control reports.
• Provides consultation on operations, trends, and recommendations to control hazards.

Skills

Risk assessment

Hazard identification

Client communication

Problem solving

Team collaboration

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in safety or related field

Job description

At EMC, we’re all about working together to make an impact. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, contribute, and gain experience that matters. We strive to be caring leaders, close partners, and responsive experts—always supporting each other to do our best work. Join us, and let’s improve lives together.

**This position can be performed remotely for candidates who reside in the Phoenix, AZ area**

Conducts on-site evaluations for highly sophisticated and niche-market policyholders, identifying exposures and developing customized strategies to reduce insured losses. This role provides expert consultation across all lines of coverage, collaborates with internal departments to support underwriting decisions, and delivers advanced training and guidance to fellow team members. It serves as a technical resource within specialized focus areas and offers tailored services such as hazard control, ergonomic, and slip-fall assessments. The role also promotes EMC’s risk control capabilities through agency visits and industry presentations while nurturing trusted relationships with agents and accounts.

Essential Functions:

• Completes on-site risk control surveys of highly sophisticated current and prospective policyholders’ operations, including in niche markets
• Assesses and analyzes the exposure potential and existing controls and prepares risk control reports based on findings and communicates results to insured and agents
• Provides consultation to policyholders regarding their operations, claims trends, and recommendations for improvement related to insured coverages, including developing written recommendations for policyholders to control hazards and to prevent or reduce exposure to insured losses
• Consults with policyholders to understand their service needs and concerns and customizes consultative services to address loss drivers and exposures to meet insured’s needs, as well as other identified areas of need
• Serves as a primary technical resource within assigned specialized focus area and provides technical expertise and guidance to other Risk Control team members
• Collaborates with other Risk Control team members and subject matter experts on advanced technical questions as needed
• Provides updates to other departments such as Underwriting, Sales, and Claims to improve renewal decision making, including communicating unique observations identified to underwriting to aid in the decision making with accounts
• Markets risk control functions in coordination with the branch team through agency visits, presenting at agency and association meetings, etc
• Provides detailed explanation of business operations, hazards, and controls associated with coverages
• Delivers advanced training and on-site loss control surveys for current and prospective accounts
• Identifies accounts that would benefit from ongoing, routine service, and/or focused short-term service
• Analyzes previous losses and current exposures for large complex accounts, utilizing specialized knowledge to develop appropriate service plan(s)
• Provides comprehensive, tailored services, such as hazard control assessments, ergonomic surveys, or slip-fall surveys, to address loss drivers and exposures while meeting insureds’ needs and documents in a service report
• Develops positive relationships with accounts
  Other duties as assigned
  

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree, preferably in a safety, engineering, industrial safety, fire protection related field or equivalent relevant experience
Five years of experience in risk control or safety role, or related experience
Certifications such as certified safety professional preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Good computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong knowledge of industrial, construction, fire, and commercial automotive safety
• Good knowledge of various nationally recognized standards and codes, including OSHA, DOT and NFPA
• Strong ability to understand and evaluate risk
• Good ability to identify and visualize potential loss exposures
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to work effectively with others, as well as independently
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize to meet deadlines
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including documentation skills
• Travel required; a valid driver’s license with an acceptable motor vehicle report per company standards required if driving

The hiring salary range for this position will vary based on geographic location, falling within either of the following:

$92,670 - $128,045 or $102,443 - $140,845A hiring range represents a subset of the full salary range. The actual salary will depend on several factors, including relevant education, skills, and experience of an applicant, geographic location, and business needs.

For information relating to the benefits EMC Team Members receive as part of a comprehensive rewards package, please visit www.emcins.com/careers.

Our employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination due to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, active military status, citizenship status, marital status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

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