Risk Engineer Assistant Manager

About the Role

Orient Insurance KSA is seeking a Risk Engineer Assistant Manager to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves managing and monitoring risk survey operations to ensure compliance with property and engineering insurance regulations and standards. The Assistant Manager will oversee the Risk Engineering team, delivering accurate and timely risk assessments.

Job Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to manage, monitor, and control risk survey operations within Orient Insurance KSA. This includes ensuring adherence to applicable property and engineering insurance regulations and standards, planning survey schedules, reviewing technical reports, and supporting claims reviews. The Assistant Manager will supervise the Risk Engineering team to ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and commercially useful risk assessments.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, allocate, and monitor commercial and personal risk surveys across major locations in KSA.
• Conduct site surveys, assess risk information, and collect appropriate photographic and technical evidence.
• Prepare and review detailed risk survey reports, presentations, and recommendations for underwriters.
• Evaluate maximum and estimated loss exposures and advise on risk improvement requirements.
• Advise clients, brokers, and internal stakeholders on practical measures to reduce the likelihood and impact of future claims.
• Review the quality of survey reports and recommendations, follow up on implementation, and assign quality grades after improvements are completed.
• Support General Claims in reviewing loss adjuster reports, technical errors, and required evidence for claim decisions.
• Supervise, coach, and develop engineers and processors; maintain current technical knowledge on regulations, fire protection, hazardous materials, and industry standards.

Required Experience

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience in risk engineering or a related field within the insurance industry.

Internal and External Relationships

This role requires extensive communication and collaboration with various internal departments and external stakeholders.

• Internal: General Underwriting, General Claims, Reinsurance, Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Business Development, Human Resources, and Administration.
• External: Clients and site management, brokers, loss adjusters, regulators, health and safety inspectors, fire officers, maintenance teams, and specialist engineers.

Location and Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.