[Hiring] Principal Account Engineer @Munich Re

Role Description

Use your experience in the power generation industry or heavy manufacturing to become an integral member of HSB’s heavy industry engineering team … all while primarily working from home! If you have experience as a reliability engineer, plant engineer, maintenance manager, field engineer, or project manager, this could be the next career step for you.

If you become a Principal Account Engineer with HSB, you will:

• Visit facilities from paper mills to power plants.
• Consult with site leadership and analyze the facility’s equipment, maintenance, training, and contingency planning.
• Identify possible machinery breakdown or fire concerns.
• Work consultatively with customers to reduce their risk potential.
• Consult with HSB underwriters on machinery insurance coverage offerings.
• Update guidelines and teach internal audiences about the process flow, machinery, and potential equipment failures.

As a new team member, you will focus on the industries you are familiar with. As you develop further in this role, you will evaluate businesses in other heavy industries. The team works in many industries, including:

• Steel
• Aluminum
• Mining
• Pulp & Paper
• Heavy Manufacturing
• Glass
• Chemical
• Traditional Power Generation
• Solar
• Battery Energy Storage
• Renewable Natural Gas

Team members work cooperatively to support HSB’s heavy industry insurance programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Write evaluations of insured accounts and potential new customers for HSB or Munich Re underwriters.
• Apply advanced technical knowledge of equipment design, condition, operations, maintenance, and human element risk control programs.
• Determine how to improve or manage insured accounts’ risk potentials through account engineering, loss control initiatives, and consultative risk control engineering services.
• Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of engineering standards and guidelines for heavy industry occupancies.
• Provide training and leadership to other loss control engineers and underwriters.
• Conduct site risk evaluations of facilities, assessing process flow, machinery, and operations & maintenance practices.
• Identify risk factors and use a consultative approach with the insured to reduce the potential for an insurance claim.
• Write reports about the location to provide HSB or Munich Re underwriters with a clear understanding of the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline is preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in operations, maintenance, capital projects, inspection, or insurance engineering of process equipment associated with high value industries.
• 5+ years experience leading/managing personnel and/or major equipment repair/installation projects is preferred.

Requirements

• Comprehensive understanding of machinery, operations, repair timelines, and process flow for multiple high risk occupancies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Self-starter; able to work with limited supervision and manage competing priorities.
• Understanding of insurance industry and underwriting terms.
• Strong presentation and training skills.
• Ability to travel, including ~30 overnight stays per year.

Benefits

• Inclusive culture fostering diversity and empowerment.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.