
Risk Evaluator
SGI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Regina • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$73,731 - CA$93,067 per year
About the role
- Responsible for valuation and loss prevention inspection of highly valued residential, commercial, industrial, manufacturing, municipal, and institutional risks
- Provide technical advice and guidance on replacement cost methods, construction costs, and loss prevention issues or hazards to other employees, external customers, and brokers
- Conduct on-site education field trips for underwriting and adjusting staff
- Ensure accuracy of valuation system(s) through the collection and analysis of loss prevention and GRC valuation data
- Conduct loss prevention inspections and valuations for commercial, municipal or institutional risk to establish guaranteed replacement cost building values inclusive of blueprint interpretation
- Conduct valuations for residential risks to establish a value for Home Owners GRC coverage
- Inspect building construction, mechanical/electrical systems, and occupancy specific hazards to ensure to national, provincial and/or local building and fire code conformance
- Evaluate and report on construction, condition, and the potential moral and/or physical hazards associated with risks to determine insurability
- Identify and make recommendations for risk improvement and/or loss hazard reduction, prevention, and elimination
- Create loss prevention reports, guaranteed replacement cost worksheets, highly valued home reports, risk evaluation letters, and positive feedback letters
- Consult with customers and governing agencies to complete research to determine risk hazards and to establish valuation amounts
- Maintain Risk Evaluators policy and procedure guide
- Manage development of own fieldwork travel ensuring efficiency and cost-effective scheduling
- Create loss prevention and risk assessment material for internal staff, broker partners, and customer use
- Conduct on-site staff field trips for construction, risk, hazard, and loss prevention education component
- Provide commercial and personal lines underwriting staff guidance and support for review or drafting of Commercial Express valuations and 3rd Party Vendor RCT reports
- Assist in development and maintenance of National 3rd party vendor inspection program including hazard identification and report content
- Assist in development and maintenance of inspection criteria guidelines
Requirements
- Two-year diploma from an accredited post-secondary education institution in a relevant Trades field of study (e.g., construction)
- A valid driver’s licence
- 3 - 5 years job-related experience in building construction, inspection or estimating
- Advanced knowledge of Residential/Commercial/Industrial/Institutional Building Valuation Methods
- Advanced knowledge of loss prevention inspection and hazard methods including theories and their effect on the insurability of risks
- Advanced knowledge of national, provincial, and/or local regulations, codes, and building by-laws
- Advanced knowledge of building construction and materials, plant equipment, mechanical equipment, electrical equipment and wiring, the transport and storage of toxic chemicals, high-hazard or prohibitive atmosphere
- Advanced skill in reading blueprints
- Advanced skill in the use of computer-aided design (CAD) software
- Advanced skill in the use of valuation programs
- Proficient knowledge and skill to interpret and transfer data from outsourced vendor reports and valuations
- Fundamental knowledge of insurance theory, principals, and practices
Benefits
- Great benefits
- Perks and options to balance work and everything else life sends their way
- Support for education, accreditation and professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
building constructionloss prevention inspectionvaluation methodshazard identificationblueprint interpretationcomputer-aided design (CAD)valuation programsinsurance theoryrisk assessmentconstruction costs
Soft Skills
technical adviceguidancecommunicationconsultationreport writingeducationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingrecommendation makingfieldwork management
Certifications
two-year diploma in Tradesvalid driver’s licence