Health and Safety, Senior Risk Manager - EO Risk Solutions

The purpose of this role is to provide risk improvement advice, conduct loss control surveys, and support Portfolio Managers and Senior Underwriters in managing Major Clients accounts to enhance the profitability and growth of the regional portfolio. This involves evaluating hazard controls, making loss prevention recommendations, and providing technical advice to underwriters, while ensuring business retention and acquisition objectives are met through the delivery of risk management services.

QBE Europe is recruiting an experienced health & safety, environmental and quality professional for a Casualty Senior Risk Manager position in our EO Casualty & Construction Risk Solutions team. As a Senior Risk Manager, you will provide support for the Practice Leader and Underwriting teams by assisting with identification and management of key risks associated with various liability insurance policyholders. You will assist the Practice Leader with the management of Major and Corporate Customer accounts through the oversight and provision of health, safety and liability risk management programmes, evaluations and services to help improve the risk profile of our customers and to support business retention and acquisition. The role provides an opportunity to apply health & safety and risk management experience across multiple business sectors through an insurance lens. Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role. QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion.

Your new role

• Responsibility for the account management of Major and Corporate Customer casualty accounts.
• Lead in facilitation of customer risk improvement programmes.
• Facilitating reviews regarding insured perils including personal injury, third party property damage and product liability.
• Undertaking risk engineering activities including, but not limited to, facilitating, joining and conducting site surveys, the delivery of our value-add proposition and completion of technical desktop reviews.
• Overseeing the evaluation of clients’ risk control measures in line with industry best practice guidance, including provision and monitoring of identified Risk Improvements and opportunities.
• Overseeing the workflow process for client Risk Solutions activity via our reporting platform – QRisk.
• Recording of risk management activities and data on the appropriate systems to ensure the client work is recorded and visible to the wider client teams.
• Remaining up to date with current industry best practice and liability loss prevention guidance and trends including identifying emerging risks.
• Development of new risk management proposition and activities to enhance QBE’s risk management proposition.
• Assisting the Practice Leader with effective management of outsourced service providers and ensuring service level standards are met.
• Support with the development and mentoring of junior team members.

About You

• Relevant health & safety qualifications – to degree level, NVQ Level 6 or equivalent.
• Chartered Health & Safety Practitioner CMIOSH or on journey to obtain.
• Relevant health and safety management or insurance risk management experience is preferential.
• Strong pragmatic working knowledge and insights of health & safety risks and risk management practices.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to manage technical issues, negotiations and problem solve in an effective and efficient manner.
• Be highly motivated, pro-active, organised to effectively manage a wide client portfolio.
• An effective communicator with demonstrable soft skills, including the confidence to fulfil public speaking activities and to liaise at C-suite level.
• An empathetic but tenacious consultative approach to engagement.
• The role requires a willingness to travel throughout the UK (and further afield if required) to assist with providing services and support to clients and to support our Underwriting teams at various offices.
• Full, clean UK driving licence is essential.

Benefits

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• Flexible working – balancing work and life, with options including part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• QBE is committed to employee wellbeing. You’ll have access to mental health support, wellbeing resources, and employee assistance programs to help you thrive both professionally and personally.

Awards & Recognition

We value our employees’ experience and are proud to have been recognised for various awards.

How to Apply

To submit your application, follow the step by step process. Equal Employment Opportunity: QBE is an equal opportunity employer and complies with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.