Sr. Risk Engineering Consultant

Posted Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM

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Hanover's Specialty Industrial Property team is currently seeking a Sr. Risk Engineering Consultant in our Chicago or Milwaukee area. This is a full time, exempt role. This is a remote opportunity.
* The level of this role is flexible. We encourage all qualified professionals with high hazard property experience to apply.*

Operates semi‑autonomously regarding core competencies including day‑to‑day risk engineering and insured support activities. Conducts property risk engineering field inspections of existing and limited prospective policyholders, including consulting with customers regarding solutions to identified property risk engineering exposures/deficiencies. Demonstrates a broad knowledge and expertise across the Risk Engineering spectrum. Occasionally provides guidance to less experienced field consultants. Some travel may require overnight stays depending upon distance from home base, and infrequently out‑of‑territory air travel may be required based on workload allocations.

• Perform property risk engineering site inspections of existing and limited prospective policyholders with all levels of complexity.
• Generate technical property risk engineering reports designed to identify property risk engineering exposures and recommend appropriate controls to minimize the frequency and magnitude of potential losses.
• Collaborate with Risk Analysts to assist insureds in solving/resolving identified property risk engineering deficiencies.
• Occasionally partner with the Technical/Project Specialist on various projects and initiatives within the risk engineering department to further develop technical knowledge of the processes and controls specific to the operations conducted at insured locations.
• Partner periodically with less experienced Risk Engineering Field Consultants as a mentor as part of their continued development to build skills in report generation and performing audits/managing accounts of increasing complexity.
• Regularly coordinate with internal and external resources on risks of all levels of complexity.
• Conduct property risk engineering field inspections of existing and prospective policyholders, including consulting with customers regarding solutions to identified property risk engineering exposures/deficiencies; workload may fluctuate based on territory and/or experience level.
• Generate technical property risk engineering reports and other related documents in conjunction with the field inspections carried out as outlined in the first bullet item.
• Provide input and contribute in the completion of various risk engineering related projects.
• Mentor junior Risk Engineering Consultants.

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline preferred.
• 8+ years in technical and/or engineering related experience.
• Must have property experience, inclusive of high hazard property exposure.
• Strong understanding of NFPA Codes and Standards or equivalent (Factory Mutual Guidelines).
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and basic knowledge of Excel.
• Must be able to travel by car regularly (limited air travel).
• Good command of fundamental and advanced technical concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate difficult or technical decisions with confidence and precision.
• Consistently demonstrate high level of proficiency across Property Risk Engineering core competencies.

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