Introduction
Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview
Our Gallagher Specialty team is looking for an experienced Risk Engineer to join their team and provide dedicated expertise to their power clients
The role involves managing client risk engineering accounts of all sizes and complexity, and requires a thorough knowledge of the relevant industry sector.
Your goal will be to put the interests of the client / broking team and integrity of the insurance market at the core of the risk engineering business.
- Use your excellent knowledge of industry sector operating practices, procedures, fire systems, international codes & standards
- You will be considered an expert in a variety of areas; resolve sensitive and/or complex issues with little precedent; suggest improvements to processes and solutions
- You will typically act as a lead by coordinating and accomplishing work with minimal supervision and regularly exercise discretion and judgment
- Serve as a resource for best practices and quality
- Be autonomous in managing own work and projects and reviewing the work performed by others.
How you'll make an impact
The following activities are the key activities of a Risk Engineer within Gallagher Specialty. This is a role in the engineering team and the individual will have a deep understanding of the power industry and respective insurance sector.
- Arrange individual risk engineering surveys through discussions with account teams, clients and market engineers
- Coordinate and manage the execution of surveys on a global basis to the satisfaction of clients
- Prepare marketing reports to assist in the placement of client insurance programmes
- Market reports will follow the Gallagher standard structure and contain a key understanding of the hazards at facilities and how the management team are controlling/mitigating their impact
- Develop risk improvement recommendations, ensuring that proposed recommendations are clear and appropriate and are balanced between the interests of the client and insurers
- Preparation of EML (estimated maximum loss) calculations using latest PD/BI valuations
- Support broker teams at renewal meetings and provide risk engineering support as necessary
Account Risk Engineering activities:
- Ensure the client and broker teams are appraised and understand the scope of risk engineering work required.
- Understand the account specifics such as available engineering fee, renewal date and engineering activities required etc.
- Ensure that all reports and other deliverables are prepared in a timely manner.
- Identify and produce value-added services on accounts where possible.
- Maintain technical competency in industry sector and keep up-to-date with risk management developments (e.g. attend seminars, review technical publications, etc.).
- Represent Gallagher professionally on business trips and meetings.
- Comply with all Gallagher company policies, practices and procedures.
About You
- Educated to degree level in an engineering discipline (e.g. mechanical, electrical)
- Power industry experience coupled with insurance broker and/or underwriter experience
- Willing to travel internationally and visit the London office as required (e.g. once per week)
- Able to work to agreed deadlines and prioritise workload based on team needs
- Long term aspirations to contribute to the growth of the team
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include:
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more…
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
