[Hiring] Senior Risk Engineering Consultant @The Hanover Insurance Group

Role Description

Hanover’s Specialty Industrial Property team is seeking a Senior Risk Engineering Consultant with deep property risk engineering expertise to support high‑hazard industrial accounts. This 100% property‑focused role is ideal for a technically strong, mechanically inclined engineer with expertise in complex manufacturing operations and fire protection systems.

• Independently conduct on‑site property risk assessments.
• Identify key loss drivers.
• Partner with insureds to deliver practical risk improvement recommendations.
• Experience evaluating high‑hazard occupancies such as plastics manufacturing, aerosols, perfumes, sawmills, and other combustible or sprinkler‑dependent operations is required.
• Strong sprinkler system knowledge is essential.
• Experience in the standard and middle‑market property space with modern manufacturing risks.
• Excellent technical judgment, time management, and consultative skills.
• Ability to assess evolving industrial processes.

This full-time, exempt position is fully remote and open to candidates based in the Chicago or Milwaukee areas, as well as North or South Carolina. The level is flexible, and professionals with proven high‑hazard property experience are encouraged to apply.

Note: This role is not aligned with EHS‑only or health & safety backgrounds; direct property risk engineering experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline preferred.
• 8+ years in technical and/or engineering related experience.
• Must have property experience, inclusive of high hazard property exposure.
• Strong understanding of NFPA Codes and Standards or equivalent (Factory Mutual Guidelines).
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and basic knowledge of Excel.
• Good command of fundamental and advanced technical concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate difficult or technical decisions with confidence and precision.
• Consistently demonstrate high level of proficiency across Property Risk Engineering core competencies.

Requirements

• Perform property risk engineering site inspections of existing and limited prospective policyholders with all levels of complexity.
• Generate technical property risk engineering reports designed to identify property risk engineering exposures and recommend appropriate controls to minimize the frequency and magnitude of potential losses.
• Collaborate with Risk Analysts to assist insureds in solving/resolving identified property risk engineering deficiencies.
• Occasionally partner with the Technical/Project Specialist on various projects and initiatives within the risk engineering department.
• Mentor junior Risk Engineering Consultants.
• Conduct property risk engineering field inspections of existing and prospective policyholders.
• Provide input and contribute to the completion of various risk engineering related projects.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401K with a company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• PTO.
• Company paid holidays.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Cultural Awareness Day in support of IDE.
• On-site medical/wellness center (Worcester only).