Senior Property Risk Engineer - Remote & Impactful

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford Steam Boiler, a Munich Re subsidiary, seeks a Principal Risk Specialist to lead risk engineering for complex industrial facilities. This remote role involves travel to client sites (~30 nights/year) and collaboration with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to assess exposures and implement robust risk controls.

You will evaluate equipment, fire protection, and business interruption risks across industries such as power, metals, mining, and pulp & paper, and provide clear

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline is preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in operations, maintenance, inspection, insurance engineering, and/or repairs of process equipment in high value 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.

Responsibilities

• Travel to client sites and gain exposure to a wide range of industrial processes and technologies. Travel includes ~30 overnight stays per year.
• 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 both small and complex organizations across the manufacturing 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

Interpersonal skills

Written & verbal communication

Self-motivated

Leadership

Underwriting knowledge

Risk assessment

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline

Job description

Hartford Steam Boiler, a Munich Re subsidiary, seeks a Principal Risk Specialist to lead risk engineering for complex industrial facilities. This remote role involves travel to client sites (~30 nights/year) and collaboration with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to assess exposures and implement robust risk controls.

You will evaluate equipment, fire protection, and business interruption risks across industries such as power, metals, mining, and pulp & paper, and provide clear