Risk Engineer

About the role

Join NFU Mutual as a Loss Control Surveyor covering the East & Norfolk area and play a pivotal role in shaping risk management strategies for a diverse portfolio of customers. Your primary responsibility will involve conducting thorough underwriting risk assessments across various sectors including domestic, bespoke, and commercial. Through meticulous site visits and remote surveys, you'll provide valuable technical insights to our Underwriting teams, facilitating informed insurance decisions and effectively mitigating risks for both our customers and the business.

In this dynamic role, you'll be instrumental in producing detailed technical reports that capture the nuances of underwriting risk assessments to a professional standard. Utilising defined systems and frameworks, you'll ensure that insurance decisions – whether quotes, renewals, or rejections – are reached promptly, enabling seamless operations for Underwriting and Brokers.

Moreover, as a Loss Control Surveyor, you'll actively engage in site reviews and consultancy with customers, collaborating closely with Agents and Brokers to manage stakeholders effectively. By imparting knowledge of potential risks and offering viable solutions, you'll contribute to the overarching goal of reducing risk and losses. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the broader professional community by researching, producing, and disseminating technical guidance aimed at enhancing the knowledge base of clients and colleagues alike. Join us and make a real impact in shaping risk management practices while advancing your own technical expertise in a dynamic and supportive environment.

This Risk Engineer role is known internally as Loss Control Surveyor.

About you

You’ll be an experienced Loss Control Surveyor with detailed knowledge of current risk management and loss prevention practices for a broad range of insurance risks as well as significant experience of surveying and consulting in large and complex commercial environments. Your ability to interpret underwriting requirements and effectively communicate with stakeholders will be invaluable in driving impactful risk management decisions. You’ll also:

A full valid UK Driving Licence is essential in order for you to be successful in this role.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.