Senior Account Engineer, Property Seattle, WA

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Account Engineer to champion client advocacy and risk management. In this dynamic role, you'll leverage your extensive property insurance expertise to help clients navigate risks confidently. You'll collaborate with carrier engineers, conduct site surveys, and negotiate plans to enhance safety and efficiency. With a hybrid work environment that fosters collaboration and flexibility, this position offers a unique opportunity to grow your career while making a tangible impact on client success. Join a forward-thinking company committed to employee ownership and long-term growth.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

401k Retirement Plan with company match

Employee Stock Ownership Program

Paid vacation, holidays, and sick days

Life Insurance and Disability benefits

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Wellness programs

Professional development programs

Discounted event tickets

Financial coaching

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in property insurance risk engineering required.
• Strong understanding of FM Global, NFPA, or other HPR standards.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for clients to identify and reduce risks effectively.
• Negotiate with carrier engineers on risk improvement plans.
• Perform physical site surveys and advise on natural hazard exposures.

Skills

Property Insurance Risk Engineering

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Collaboration

Technical Expertise in Property Loss Control

Education

College Degree Preferred

High School Diploma or Equivalent Required

Tools

Marshall & Swift

Job description

Woodruff Sawyer has been an industry leader for over 100 years. As a top insurance brokerage, our clients range from small start-ups to some of the most innovative companies in the world. Here, your unique expertise and perspective helps move companies ahead and your career forward.

We believe in supporting the whole lives and careers of our employees. That’s why, through excellent benefits and opportunities, and a genuinely inclusive and collaborative environment, we create the space for you and your career to flourish.

As an employee-owned company, we build toward the next decade, not just the next quarter. Our independence means you answer to great ideas and client success, not short-term profits, while our ESOP program allows you to build long-term wealth and ownership in the company. At Woodruff Sawyer, you own your future.

How We Work

We are excited to offer a hybrid workplace that we believe is a win for our people, for our business, and for our clients. Our policy has been carefully and thoughtfully designed to combine the benefits of collaborating, learning and mentoring, and bonding with our teams in-person while enjoying the flexibility of working remotely up to 3 days a week.

All roles are hybrid unless otherwise indicated on the job post.

About the Role

As an Senior Account Engineer, Property at Woodruff Sawyer, you'll have the chance to advocate for clients and build relationships with carrier engineers. Your expertise will help clients identify and reduce risks, enabling them to focus on their future confidently.

What You’ll Do

• Be a strong advocate for the client to aid them in identifying, prioritizing, and reducing risks
• Help Woodruff Sawyer become the industry's most sought-after professionals in risk management by embodying our vision. Our priority is ensuring client risk is managed effectively, allowing them to focus on their future
• Advise clients on fire, natural hazard, and machinery breakdown exposures
• Negotiate with carrier engineers on risk improvement plans, recommendations and alternatives, and servicing plans
• Perform physical site surveys, collecting the necessary information to assemble marketing and COPE reports
• Estimate and determine adequacy of reported values using tools such as Marshall & Swift
• Advise account service teams on natural hazard exposures and limits

This job is for you if...

• You develop relationships and credibility quickly
• You can effectively collaborate with various collaborators in a fast-paced, customer-centric environment, showcasing dependability and determination
• You effectively communicate with clients, colleagues, and carriers
• You have technical expertise on property loss control standards and concepts
• You adapt to fast-changing environments and shift focus as priorities change
• You're a positive role model, encouraging collaboration within the organization
• You have a focus on growth, education, and personal/professional development

Experience & Qualifications

• At least 8 years of property insurance risk engineering experience/ property loss control experience
• Understanding of FM Global, NFPA, or other HPR standards and concepts
• Ability to travel to California and Oregon about 15-30% of the time, and occasionally elsewhere in the U.S.A, and infrequently overseas.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• College degree preferred, high school diploma or equivalent required

More About Us

Compensation: Anticipated salary between $100,500 – $154,100. Salary offered will be dependent upon geography, experience, and expertise of the candidate.

This position is eligible to participate in an incentive program to earn additional compensation with a target equivalent to 15% of salary annually, based on individual and Company performance.

Our Benefits Include

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k Retirement Plan with company match
• Ownership in the company through our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program) and profit sharing
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick days
• Life Insurance, Short-term, and Long-Term Disability benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Wellness programs and workplace flexibility benefits
• Professional development and reimbursement programs
• Added perks like discounted event tickets, pet insurance, financial coaching, identity theft protection, milk stork, etc.

Compensation and Benefits are what Woodruff Sawyer in good faith believes are accurate for this role at the time of this posting.

Woodruff Sawyer is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our Equal Employment Policy incorporates our commitment to maintain an environment free of discrimination and to comply with all federal, state and local laws providing equal employment opportunities.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.