Property Risk Engineer
Posted 1 day 17 hours ago by NET Recruit
£90,000 - £120,000 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
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
- 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