Location: 

Sao Paulo, São Paulo, BR

Senior Risk Engineer for Engineering & Construction (E&C)

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. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions offers a flexible working environment where curious and adaptable people thrive. Are you interested in joining us?

 

About the Role

 

We are looking for a Senior Risk Engineer Engineering & Construction (E&C) to join our Property & Specialty business segment in the Latin American (LatAm) region and provide technical advice to Engineering & Construction underwriters and their clients in the region.

 

  • You will advise our underwriters on risk quality, loss estimates, loss prevention measures for our E&C book of business. This is done by reviewing, interpreting and summarizing submissions including third party technical risk information. It also encompasses on-site risk inspections and progress reviews to verify our clients' risk mitigation approaches and to provide clients with risk improvement suggestions. In this role you will closely interact with underwriters and other internal and external clients.
  • As a member of our global Risk Engineering Services (RES) team you will be one of our experts in this dedicated core industry. This will allow you to contribute to various projects and papers involving best practices, guidelines, technology and industry updates.
  • 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.

 

About the Team

 

The RES E&C team is part of RES Energy and consists of currently three engineers and an additional contractor located in EMEA, one in North America (NA) and one in Asia Pacific (APAC). The goal is to build this team to around twelve to thirteen people in the next few years.  

 

About You

 

You are a Civil engineer with:

  • Experience in the civil construction industry (tunnels, bridges, civil infrastructure, residential, etc.)
  • At least 10 years' experience in the construction industry (design, project lead, site manager, commissioning, etc.)
  • A hands-on project experience on major infrastructure, residential and industrial projects;
  • Project management specific training / courses;
  • Strong knowledge of project control tools (e.g. scheduling, cost, procurement);
  • Sound knowledge of the Insurance E&C business; 
  • Previous experience as insurance risk engineer at a broker, insurance company or loss adjuster would be a plus;
  • Experience or strong interest in loss prevention topics (e.g. fire protection, water damage, technical risk management);
  • Sound knowledge of building codes, regulations and loss prevention and fire protection standards (e.g. 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 world-wide;
  • Language skills: Portuguese/Spanish, English (essential), any other would be advantageous. 

 

 

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.

 

All our positions are affirmative for people with disabilities (PwD).

 

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