Risk Engineer

4 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Santam Insurance Full time

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business, so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

Job Description

The position will have full accountability for the risk survey evaluation and underwriting of all very large Commercial Property policies with exposures greater than R250m at every stage of the policy lifecycle i.e. from quote stage to amendments to renewal of these policies and will therefore require a certain level of discretion to be considered and applied. The incumbent will be expected to know these policies intimately and be able to discuss details directly with brokers, giving advice where required and suggesting solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Conducting desktop assessment according to retention class and exposure
- Identify hazards and risk exposures at the premises and to advise of risk improvement requirements
- Review survey reports provided from internal and external stakeholders to assess the risk and to provide risk reduction requirements or alternative risk management measures for the risk.
- Review surveys & QA of completed survey reports
- Assist Underwriters in risk selection and retention by providing loss control expertise
- Technical support to underwriters and technical managers
- Read and interpret the survey report requirements and prepare RRR letters for brokers incl. handling RRR negotiations under the guidance of the relevant Technical Manager

Qualifications and Experience

- Matric and ideally Fire Service Qualification, Technical Engineering Degree or Diploma, or relevant qualification, Minimum NQF level 4
- Valid driver’s licence
- Competency at previous level and proven competence at risk surveying, with experience in retention class and exposure stipulated above.
- FPA advanced courses, risk prevention strategies, technical training for related risks - entry level Prive', high hazard risks, thatch.
- Underwriting training modules/product training
- RIA Modules
- Google Earth & Maps analysis
- FPA Advanced firefighting and loss prevention etc.
- Ability to work with all relevant SANS and firefighting codes / standards levels

Skills

- Communication and understanding of Basic & Advanced fire hazards, firefighting, risk identification etc.
- Ability to cope with conflicting demands and to prioritize tasks
- Appreciation of surveying and underwriting principles
- Numerical skills
- Information seeking i.e. likes to get to the bottom of things
- Commercial and profit driven
- Execution and deadline oriented
- Good communication skills (verbal and written)
- Keen attention to detail
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Flexibility
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills
- Strong client service orientation
- Ability to work under pressure
- Self-confidence
- Problem solving

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Our commitment to transformation

At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.

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