Senior Risk Services Specialist

W. R. Berkley Corporation founded in 1967 is one of the nations premier commercial lines of property and casualty insurance providers. Each of the operating units in the Berkley group participates in a niche market requiring specialized knowledge about a territory or product. Our competitive advantage lies in our long-term strategy of decentralized operations allowing each of our units to identify and respond quickly and effectively.

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Position Location: Midland TX or Odess TX

As a Risk Services Specialist with Berkley Oil & Gas you will be expected to ensure that the high standards of our organization are promoted and maintained. You will provide technical advice and account risk quality information to underwriting for the purposes of risk management and selection. This position will conduct onsite and phone surveys of organizations to evaluate the scope of business operations safety culture identify hazards and overall risk control quality for various types of oil and gas operations. The position also provides risk services to help existing customers identify and eliminate or mitigate existing loss exposures. The scope of work includes all lines of commercial property and casualty coverages tailored to oil and gas operations.

• Write detailed risk evaluation reports that provide a technical assessment of risk addresses the safety culture and risk control practices and to provide meaningful recommendations for improvement where needed.
• Strong internal communication skills and the ability to build relationships with underwriting and claims senior leadership and with other Risk Control staff.
• Strong external communication skills to develop key relationships with our brokers/agents and customers to create a long term business relationship through the successful renewal of accounts.
• Serve as technical resource to underwriters claims handlers and managers. This includes being a subject matter expert (SME) on oil and gas operations conducting research on emerging issues and participating in key industry groups.
• Work directly with customers on ways to control insured hazards in order to reduce or prevent losses.
• Maintaining current knowledge of the industry trends regulations and evolving/improving safety and risk management practices.
• Analyze loss trends recognize opportunities to provide risk control products and/or services which can help reduce losses.
• Effective documentation of work completed in a manner that satisfies quality and timeliness expectations.

• Technical and practical knowledge of upstream oil and gas industry safety and risk management practices. This includes a working knowledge of health safety environmental security and quality practices requirements and regulations.
• Knowledge of the oil and gas agency community and territory is a plus.
• 5 years or more of experience in the upstream oil and gas sector.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Must be an effective listener.
• Analytical skills to critically assess risks as to exposures hazards and risk management quality.
• Effective time management skills with a proven ability to identify and balance competing priorities and deliver quality results in a timely manner.
• Candidate should demonstrate strong marketing skills to participate in new and renewal business development.
• Strong technical and computer skills. Demonstrated ability to effectively use required software applications such as Microsoft Office Suite. Should be able to create and modify documents and complex spreadsheets.
• Must be able to climb ladders and stairs and transition to and from ladders or stairs in order to access oilfield equipment and operations or other elevated surfaces within a customer site during risk assessment surveys.
• Have the ability to navigate through customer sites in a safe manner which may include drilling completions and production operations manufacturing areas warehouses construction sites etc. which may present surfaces that are uneven wet icy and unstable or covered with debris or other obstacles.

Requires a minimum of 25% overnight travel and frequent day trips (company truck provided). Some travel by commercial aircraft is required.