Risk Engineer - Energy

Job Summary

Zurich is one of the world's leading insurance groups, and one of the few to operate on a global basis. Our mission is to help our customers understand and protect themselves from risk. With around 55,000 employees serving customers in more than 215 countries and territories, we aspire to become the best global insurer as measured by our shareholders, customers and employees. We help individuals, small and medium sized companies and global corporations around the world understand and protect themselves from risk by offering a wide range of insurance products, solutions and advisory services.

Our Commercial Insurance, Middle East is looking for a Risk Engineer with Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals (OGP) industry background to join our team and play a key role in our Middle East Risk Engineering Team. This role will provide technical support to the Downstream Energy Underwriting team and deliver a high quality and cost-effective services.

Job Accountabilities

As Risk Engineer, your role will involve:

• Act as technical expert supporting external customers by identifying, assessing and reducing the risk they face in order to contribute to the continuous improvement of customer services.
• Conduct risk engineering surveys and desktop reviews for Oil, Gas & Petrochemical facilities in line with Zurich guidelines and industry best practices.
• Prepare clear, accurate survey reports and desktop reviews to support Underwriters in risk selection and pricing decisions.
• Provide practical risk improvement recommendations to customers aimed at reducing potential loss and improving safety standards.
• Review loss investigations (including both trend and root cause analysis) and implement lessons learnt.
• Maintain service quality and timelines to ensure positive customer experience and compliance with Zurich standards.
• Maintain risk engineering fees by providing good quality survey reports for external customers.
• Support internal and external customers by identifying and reducing the risks individually, and on an overall account basis.
• Continuously develop business relationships to support the Risk Engineering and Underwriting business.
• Collaborate with Underwriting and Risk Engineers to share technical insights and support account-level risk assessments.
• Participate in internal technical discussions and training sessions to continuously develop knowledge of Oil & Gas risk management.
• Support customer engagement by explaining survey findings and recommendations in a professional and customer-focused manner.
• Promote positive customer perception of Risk Engineering services in the Middle East.
• Share technical expertise with colleagues, business partners and customers through training delivery and participation in relevant industry seminars.
• Grow and maintain positive customer and business partner relationships and collaborate with both to develop appropriate service plans.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, and Environmental policies during all site visits and activities.

Job Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Bachelors Degree in Chemical / Mechanical Egineering or Master's degree in related field.
• 5 or more years of experience in the Risk Engineering area (Oil & Gas risk management)
• It is beneficial to have previous Industrial Experience (in Operation / Maintenance / Asset integrity / Process Safety Management roles)
• An additional qualification in Risk Management or Professional Certifications or Membership of Engineering Associations is advantageous.
• Be self-starter, with good interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively relate to individuals at all levels - from site technicians up to company CEOs.
• Be familiar and have knowledge of international engineering standards and codes such as API, NFPA, and other.
• Understanding common refinery and petrochemicals processes and hazards.
• Knowledge of fire protection and detection system, and familiar with Process Safety principles.
• Must be able to travel within the Middle East region.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.
• Fluent with English and professional writing skills with proven ability to write detailed reports of a varied technical nature.

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