[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 and 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.
• Requires 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 Illinois with the ability to travel within the region. 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.

Operates semi-autonomously regarding core competencies including day-to-day risk engineering and insured support activities.

• Conducts property risk engineering field inspections of existing and limited prospective policyholders.
• Consults with customers regarding solutions to identified property risk engineering exposures/deficiencies.
• Demonstrates a broad knowledge and expertise across the Risk Engineering spectrum.
• Occasionally provides guidance to lesser experienced field consultants.
• Some travel may require overnight stays depending upon distance from home base.
• Infrequently out-of-territory air travel may be required based on workload allocations.

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.
• Partner periodically with less experienced Risk Engineering Field Consultants as a mentor.
• Regularly coordinates with internal and external resources on risks of all levels of complexity.
• 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).