BITCO Corporation, headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, is seeking a Risk Control Representative located in Indiana. BITCO provides quality property and casualty insurance services to specialized industries including construction, construction products, forest products, oil & gas and public entities. This is a remote position with required overnight travel to customer job sites and offices.

Position Summary :

This position provides risk control services to mid-sized BITCO customer accounts and performs risk control evaluations for potential customer accounts for the BITCO Underwriting team in the assigned territory. This is a client facing role that with appropriate supervision, will require independent action and judgement in recognizing, evaluating and making conclusions about risk control issues. Observations of unsafe conditions and unsafe acts will require recommendations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates risk control and safety situations for current customers and prospective customer accounts
• Identifies priorities for service and recommends risk improvements
• Prepares reports to customers and underwriting teams, identifying risk control and safety issues and making recommendations
• Advises customers of risk control and safety hazards and provides recommendations to assist customers in managing their exposure to loss
• Advises BITCO management and underwriters of analysis of loss data for making pricing decisions, the selection of prospective customers, and the retention of current customers
• Assists the policyholder management in developing risk control practices and procedures and assist in training customer management and staff in risk control and safety related topics
• Performs customer visits and activities in accordance with department expectations
• Obtain and apply product line expertise to ensure good loss experience outcomes and reflect a high level of understanding of operations, exposures, safety processes and control within the respective industry group
• Participate in the branch agency business plan and the preferred customer business program
• Advise BITCO management and underwriters of changes in customer operations or financial conditions
• Foster new business development through quality agency relationships and effective customer interactions
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 1 years of experience as a Risk Control Consultant/Loss Control Consultant with experience in the areas of Commercial Construction; Forestry; Public Entities; or Oil and Gas preferred
• Professional safety certification (CSP, ARM, or other) preferred; or willingness to obtain
• OSHA/MSHA/DOT knowledge preferred
• Progressive working knowledge of customer safety programs, state and federal regulations, and general insurance and policy terms
• Good communication skills; ability to convey knowledge to others
• Ability to develop and maintain good customer relations
• Effectively communicate in person, by telephone, and email with supervisors, co-workers, customers and their representatives, and other third parties
• Ability to routinely bend, kneel, reach, climb, and walk around to evaluate customer job sites and machinery
• This position is eligible for a remote work schedule, as directed by manager
• Occasionally lift and carry equipment and/or materials weighing up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to attend and perform job duties effectively both in-person and virtually, as required by manager
• Travel – overnight travel by air or car is required
• Must have a valid driver's license with acceptable motor vehicle report (MVR)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States