Senior Risk Engineer - Motor

A new transformational adventure awaits you… 

How does 5 weeks of annual leave, a fulfilling career you'll genuinely enjoy, and working for a reputable organization that promotes wellbeing and drives digital transformation sound to you?

As one of Forbes 2024 ‘World’s Best Employers’ and Fortune’s ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’ for 2025, Zurich - a leader in the insurance industry, is on a journey towards a brighter future… A brighter future for you - focused on your career, your wellbeing, and your community - as well as our customers and the planet.

Join us on this thrilling journey as we work towards our vision of becoming Australia's leading digital insurer. If you're eager to be part of a values-driven global organisation that's experiencing real growth and transformation, and if you share our commitment to making a tangible difference and taking continuous steps towards a sustainable future for our people, customers, communities, and our planet, then keep reading!

Let’s create a brighter future together, let’s make a difference  

It’s important to know, what you do matters. At Zurich, we don’t just cover, we care.

As a Senior Risk Engineer within Zurich Resilience Solutions, you’ll help customers better understand and manage complex risks across motor fleets, mining, heavy transport and mobile plant operations. You’ll provide specialist advice that supports sound underwriting decisions, stronger customer outcomes and the continued growth of our risk engineering services.

With a focus on Queensland and Western Australia, you’ll combine technical expertise with practical insight to help protect people, operations and critical assets. You’ll also contribute to developing our internal capability and strengthening trusted relationships with customers, brokers and colleagues.

You will also be responsible for the following:

• Conduct risk assessments across motor fleet, heavy transport, mining and mobile plant operations, producing clear technical reports and recommendations.

• Provide specialist insights to support underwriting risk selection, pricing and portfolio management decisions.

• Lead motor fleet risk engineering activities across key growth portfolios in Queensland and Western Australia.

• Deliver risk engineering services for customers while contributing to business development, utilisation and revenue objectives.

• Manage designated customer accounts and build trusted relationships with customers, brokers and internal stakeholders.

• Mentor and support other Risk Engineers while contributing to technical working groups and sustainable in-house capability.

Important to your success – let’s grow together

You’ll bring a curious and practical mindset, with the confidence to turn complex technical information into clear, useful advice. You’ll enjoy collaborating across teams, building trusted stakeholder relationships and supporting others to succeed.

In order to be successful, you will have the following:

• Senior industry experience in risk engineering, risk management, loss evaluation, hazard analysis or a related insurance discipline.
• Demonstrated expertise in motor fleet operations, mining, heavy transport, mobile plant or machinery risk management.
• Advanced capability in risk assessment, hazard analysis, technical reporting and the development of practical risk recommendations.
• Experience providing technical advice that supports insurance underwriting, pricing, risk selection or portfolio management.
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted customer and broker relationships.
• Commercial acumen, coaching capability and flexibility to undertake domestic and occasional overseas travel.

Belong. Zurich is here to support you 

There are so many reasons why Zurich is a great place to be and the right choice for you, but here are just a few.

• Enjoy 5 weeks of annual leave for permanent staff through our Z leave initiative, along with 15 days of personal/carer’s leave as we empower our people to manage their own wellbeing. Plus, access to Family Care (parental leave).
• Benefit from a hybrid working arrangement – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home per week for full-time employees.
• Access programs to stay healthy and feel healthier, receive an AUD$500 wellbeing payment per year, and a AUD$295 new starter e-voucher for your work-from-home setup (flex work - hybrid working), along with other great benefits through our Shine portal.
• Grow and thrive in your career with our award-winning training programs. We support and encourage your development because our strength lies in our people, and we value your individuality.
• Work with global, diverse, and inclusive teams; explore your passions, fuel innovation, drive equity, collaborate, and make a positive difference beyond your role.
• Take advantage of global mobility opportunities across more than 200 countries worldwide.
• Volunteer and work in our state-of-the-art Green Star rated offices (when you are in the office) and dress for your day.
• We plant a tree for every new employee.
• Not to mention our various employer of choice awards/memberships – WGEA; Family Inclusive Workplace; Gold AWEI Employer, Pride in Diversity… to name a few.

We could go on, but the main point is that Zurich is a great place to be, where you can truly belong, be yourself, maintain work/life balance, and thrive in a supportive environment.

Zurich is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair and accessible for all candidates. If you require any special accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, we encourage you to please let us know at the time of your application.  

So, if you want to come on an adventure that will build a brighter future together, and feel a sense of togetherness, then please apply today to start your adventure!