Property Risk Engineer in London

Your Company: An established and highly respected independent risk management consultancy is partnering with NET Recruit to appoint a Property Risk Engineer on a permanent basis. This growing organisation delivers high-quality, independent property risk engineering services to a diverse portfolio of insurers, brokers, and national and multinational clients across a broad range of industries including power, manufacturing, retail, logistics, construction, and chemicals. With a strong global footprint and a reputation for technical excellence, this business combines deep engineering expertise with a collaborative and forward-thinking culture. This is an exciting opportunity to join a 170-strong global risk engineering team within a business that values technical integrity, autonomy, and professional development.

Your Role and Responsibilities: While in this position your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Delivering high-quality, tailored property risk engineering assessments across a varied client portfolio, ensuring excellence in technical reporting and adherence to client service standards.
• Acting as Account Engineering lead for designated clients, developing customer-specific risk engineering programmes and internal service plans.
• Preparing detailed market and technical reports to support insurers, brokers and corporate clients.
• Conducting UK-based site visits, with a balance of home-based technical report writing and client engagement.
• Applying technical guidance, reporting protocols and client-specific standards for both site assessments and account engineering tasks.
• Reviewing projects and plans to support field and account engineering components.
• Applying strong technical knowledge across a wide range of occupancies and sectors, assessing fire, explosion, natural catastrophe and business interruption exposures.
• Analysing property risk exposures and recommending practical, prioritised mitigation strategies.

What You Will Need To Apply:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience within a property risk engineering or consultancy role, including field-based experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of property risk engineering principles across varied sectors and occupancies.
• Experience working with internationally recognised fire protection codes and standards (including NFPA and sprinkler standards such as LPC Rules).
• Familiarity with insurer expectations, regulatory requirements and industry best practice.
• Experience in machinery breakdown or specialist sectors such as molten metal, power or pulp & paper would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Experience in account engineering, mentoring or supervisory responsibilities would be highly desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical findings into clear and constructive advice.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to assess risk severity and prioritise mitigation actions.
• A self-motivated, autonomous approach with the ability to manage workload independently.

What You Will Get In Return: The successful candidate will receive a highly competitive base salary, alongside a discretionary bonus. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is provided, including private health benefits and other valuable perks. This role offers the opportunity to join a fast-growing, successful independent consultancy with a global presence and strong reputation for excellence. There is genuine scope for progression, exposure to international assignments, and the opportunity to work on technically varied and rewarding projects. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced property risk engineering professional seeking a senior-level role within a dynamic and expanding organisation committed to technical excellence and professional growth.

If this fantastic opportunity appeals to you then please don’t hesitate to contact: Richard Quin - Director Global Insurance M: 07961 425489 E: