Senior Energy Risk Engineering Consultant
Zurich’s Risk Engineering Energy Casualty Team seeks a Senior Risk Engineering Consultant with casualty OGP experience in Houston Area. Primary duties include conducting risk assessments and providing safety consultation services to customers. This work-from-home role services customers within the U.S., and the expected travel time is up to 50%.
Sr Risk Engineering Consultant Job Duties Include:
- Manage account risk portfolio and provide account-level engineering to meet underwriting requirements.
- Develop and implement customer service strategies that reduce loss, improve customer safety operations, and generate service fees.
- Support underwriting teams by providing risk assessments on existing and prospective accounts. Attend customer and broker meetings to present service capabilities.
- Monitor engineering services to ensure delivery is proper, timely, and cost-effective.
- Perform field risk assessments to evaluate casualty and environmental exposures, along with the effectiveness of controls, at insured locations across the United States, primarily in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.
- Provide consultative and risk mitigation services to customers, including identifying exposures with significant loss potential, Root cause investigations of major losses, and evaluating safety management programs.
- Assist in marketing risk engineering services with underwriting professionals and agents across company business segments.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and 6 or more years of experience in the Energy Casualty Risk Engineering area
OR - High School Diploma or Equivalent and 8 or more years of experience in the Energy Casualty Risk Engineering area
OR - Zurich Certified Apprentice, including an associate’s degree and 6 or more years of experience in the Energy Casualty Risk Engineering area
AND - Experience working in a team environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or OGP EHS
- 5+ years in downstream, midstream, and/or upstream operations
- Insurance loss control/risk engineering experience is a plus
- Strong consultative, risk reduction skills
- Sales mindset; fee-for-service experience a plus
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Proficient computer and software skills
- Self-starter; works independently, and takes initiative
- Customer-centric and relationship oriented with both internal and external stakeholders
- Oil and gas expertise with practical risk insights
- Strong time management, report turnaround, and follow-up
- Comfortable presenting to groups at all business levels
- Familiar with OSHA, DOT, OGP safety, and fleet programs
Your pay at Zurich is based on your role, location, skills, and experience. We follow local laws to ensure fair compensation. You may also be eligible for bonuses and merit increases. If your expectations are above the listed range, we still encourage you to apply—your unique background matters to us. The pay range shown is a national average and may vary by location. The proposed Salary range for this position is $100,200.00 - $164,100.00, with short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 15%.
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Why Zurich?
At Zurich, we value your ideas and experience. We offer growth, inclusion, and a supportive environment—so you can help shape the future of insurance. Zurich North America is a leader in risk management, with over 150 years of expertise and coverage across 25+ industries, including 90% of the Fortune 500®.
Join us for a brighter future—for yourself and our customers.
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Location(s): AM - Texas Virtual Office
Remote Working: Yes
Schedule: Full Time
Employment Sponsorship Offered: No
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