Senior Risk Engineer

6 days ago

Sydney, Australia Swiss Re Full time

About the Role

 
This position will advise our underwriters on risk quality, loss estimates, and loss prevention measures for our mining business. In this role you will closely interact with underwriters and other internal and external clients.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Conducting insurance risk engineering surveys and provide consultations to our customers mainly in the Australia and APAC region;

Working with our mining underwriters and providing risk engineering technical advice on risk quality, loss estimates, natural hazard exposures, capacity allocation and loss prevention measures for mid to large mining accounts;

Assuming the role as an account risk engineer for selected accounts on which Swiss Re provides lead capacity;

Carrying out on-site risk inspections and operations reviews on behalf of underwriters.

Interacting with customers, brokers and underwriters regularly;

Providing risk engineering consultation to our managed customers in the form of insurance risk surveys, risk improvement recommendations, loss mitigation proposals and specifications; and

Formulating risk improvement recommendations to assist clients in their effort to improve the risk quality of their assets.

About You
• A Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (. mining, mechanical, electrical engineering, geology, process engineering ;
• Proven experience in the Mining industry (. mining/process unit leader, design, commissioning, maintenance or inspection, project superintendent ;
• Previous experience as a mining insurance risk engineer at a broker, insurance company or loss adjuster would be a plus;
• Experience and strong interest in loss prevention topics (. fire protection, machinery breakdown, business continuity, technical risk management);
• Sound knowledge of local and international loss prevention and fire protection standards (. NFPA or equivalent);
• Strong communication, negotiation and presenting skills, an entrepreneurial attitude, and a service mindset;
• Good team player approach;
• High analytical capacity and focus on details;
• Willingness to travel within Australia and on limited basis in the APAC region; and
• Excellent Business and Technical English (essential), any other language would be advantageous.

About the Team
As a member of our global Risk Engineering Services (RES) community, you will be a member of the Global RES Mining team, with engineers located around the world, while also fully embedded in the APAC team. This will allow you to contribute to various projects and papers involving best practices, guidelines, technology, and industry updates. 

You will also have the opportunity to become a specialist in dedicated mining industry matters. Our highly agile set-up allows a huge degree of job diversity and development opportunities. 

This role has global responsibilities and the team come from a diverse range of backgrounds, so you should be comfortable working in a truly international environment.


Swiss Re offers modern working arrangements that allow all employees to adapt to changing work preferences. We currently provide employees with attractive offices, competitive benefits such as 25 days annual leave, 15 days personal leave, flu vaccinations and annual health checks.


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


You must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident of Australia to apply for this role.


Applications for this role will close on 19 July 2024 . We look forward to your application

About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions 

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We offer innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporations from our approximately 50 locations worldwide. We help clients mitigate their risk exposure, whilst our industry-leading claims service provides them with additional peace of mind.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

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