Loss Control Specialist

This advanced individual contributor serves as a trusted technical expert, partnering with underwriting and business leaders to evaluate complex risks, deliver industry-specific guidance, and help drive profitable growth. Managing a sophisticated book of business, this role plays a critical part in identifying opportunities for risk improvement while influencing best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate is a collaborative problem solver who enjoys mentoring others, sharing expertise, and making a meaningful impact on both customers and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a senior risk and safety consultative resource for underwriters, producers, and policyholders by delivering expert-level Loss Control services.
• Performs expert-level risk assessments of complex and unusual operations, applying technical knowledge and advanced judgment to evaluate physical exposures and the maturity of management systems, leadership practices, supervisory execution, and learning culture.
• Leads analysis of complex loss data, identifies significant claim trends and patterns, and develops strategic, technically sound recommendations for policyholders and internal partners.
• Synthesizes loss experience, assessment findings, and observed management practices to differentiate risk quality and inform underwriting and enterprise risk decisions.
• Prioritizes Loss Control service focus based on identified gaps in leadership practices, supervisory execution, hazard controls, learning culture, and claims management effectiveness.
• Manages an assigned book of business with a high degree of autonomy, driving measurable improvements in risk quality, loss results, and underwriting outcomes through targeted, domain-focused Loss Control engagement.
• Serves as a subject-matter expert (SME) in designated industries, verticals, classes of business, or exposures, providing specialized guidance to underwriting, leadership, and Loss Control peers.
• Prepares comprehensive reports and delivers expert presentations, training sessions, and technical consultations to clients, producers, and internal audiences.
• Maintains strong, collaborative relationships with policyholders, producers, underwriting, and internal partners, reinforcing organizational credibility and technical influence.
• Proactively identifies emerging risk trends and recommends improvements to Loss Control practices, underwriting alignment, or enterprise risk strategy.
• Mentors and trains Loss Control Consultants and Senior Loss Control Consultants, supporting the development of technical competence, judgment, and consistency across the department.
• Supports consistent application of structured risk-evaluation standards by guiding peers on interpretation, evidence expectations, and documentation quality.
• Contributes to practice development by creating, refining, or enhancing technical resources, tools, guidelines, best practices, and internal training materials.
• Participates in or leads vertical-, class-, or exposure-specific initiatives and projects based on advanced technical experience and industry insight.
• Conducts detailed industrial hygiene evaluations and provides actionable, technically sound recommendations to address identified hazards.
• Drives a vehicle as a requirement for this position.
• Travels daily between locations with occasional overnight travel.
• Occasionally assists other Loss Control Consultants in different territories which may require travel to other states.
• Completes special projects and performs other duties as assigned by manager.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Works with many different people in a variety of environments – office, jobsite, manufacturing plant, etc.
• A considerable amount of the job involves fieldwork, with occasional overnight travel.
• Works out of a home office and occasionally operates in a professional office environment, routinely using standard office equipment including personal computers and phones.
• May involve moderate exposure to potentially dangerous materials or situations, such as heights, extreme temperatures, dust, fumes, vapors, and/or loud noises, requiring following extensive safety precautions and the use of personal protective equipment.
• Regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit for long periods of time, stand, stoop, kneel, walk, inspect equipment/machinery, climb stairs/ladders, walk rough terrain/uneven surfaces, climb into/out of close or tight spaces, and wear personal protective equipment including respiratory protection.
• Required to read gauges and meters; physically handle objects up to 25 lbs.; and spend significant time in front of a personal computer screen including keyboarding for data entry, email, and creation of business documents.

Location Requirement

This is a remote/work-from-home position; however, candidates must reside within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The role involves regular travel to client locations throughout the assigned territory. Occasional overnight travel outside the local territory, including other areas of Nevada, may be required.

Requirements

• BS/BA college degree in risk management or safety and health preferred; or equivalent full-time work experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Minimum of 6 years of Loss Control experience within an insurance carrier, or a blended equivalent of 3 years of insurance carrier experience alongside at least 3 years of dedicated corporate safety industry experience.
• Proven record of subject-matter expertise (SME) or deep vertical specialization in designated business lines.
• Experience managing a complex book of business with minimal oversight, creating internal technical or training resources, and providing consistent, structured mentoring to less experienced consultants.
• ASP, CSP, ARM, CPCU, or other professional designation preferred.

Skills

• Expert technical knowledge of hazard control and risk-reduction strategies within designated specialized industries, business verticals, or complex lines of insurance.
• Expert skill in synthesizing complex loss experience, physical hazards, and management system maturity to diagnose operational gaps and inform underwriting risk decisions.
• Expert capability in using domain-focused metrics to design high-leverage service strategies and prioritize targeted interventions across an assigned book of business.
• Expert communication, professional presence, and technical consulting skills to deliver expert training, handle highly unusual risk disputes, and turn client resistance into collaborative partnerships.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of commercial insurance.
• Intermediate to senior level PC skills to effectively utilize the various applications within Microsoft Office Suite.
• Expert communication skills both in written and verbal form to effectively listen; turn resistance into cooperation; receive criticism in a professional manner; compose business correspondence, service plans, and facilitate presentations to agency partners and policyholders’ executives and managers.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Health savings account and flexible spending account.
• 401k plan with employer matching contributions.
• Basic Life Insurance and AD&D at two times the employee’s annual salary, provided at no cost to the employee.
• Short- and Long-term Disability coverage, provided at no cost to the employee.
• Employee Assistance Plan, provided at no cost to the employee.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual of 0.0846 hours per paid hour, totaling approximately 22 days per year.
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• 12 hours of paid volunteer time annually.
• Corporate matching of personal charitable contributions up to $500 per year.
• Tuition reimbursement and other education benefits.

Pay

Salary range: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00 annually. Compensation may vary depending on skills, experience, education, and geographical location. In addition to base salary, compensation may include an annual discretionary bonus.