Sr Risk Engineer-Natural Resources

Aon – Energy Risk Engineer- Remote US !

Location: Flexible / Remote with travel — Preference for candidates based along the U.S. Gulf Coast or within reasonable proximity to a major airport as this role is 50% travel.

Business Unit: Global Natural Resources – Energy Risk Engineering

Position Type: Full-Time

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

Aon’s Global Natural Resources practice is seeking an experienced Energy Risk Engineer to support our expanding portfolio of downstream, midstream, petrochemical, refining, LNG, and specialty chemical clients. This role bridges real-world operational experience with insurance risk engineering, helping clients reduce loss exposures, strengthen reliability, and align with insurer expectations for complex energy risks.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Engineering & Loss Control

• Conduct property risk engineering surveys at refining, petrochemical, gas processing, midstream, terminals, and specialty chemical facilities.

• Evaluate fire, explosion, natural catastrophe, mechanical integrity, and business interruption exposures.

• Assess process safety, asset integrity, reliability programs, and management-of-change systems.

• Develop clear, prioritized risk-improvement recommendations aligned with NFPA, API, OSHA PSM, CCPS, and other global standards.

Insurance & Technical Advisory

• Translate complex plant operations into insurance-ready engineering reports, including EML/MFL/BI exposure analyses.

• Support Aon brokers and client teams on renewal strategy, risk positioning, and market presentations.

• Communicate risk insights and mitigation strategies directly with underwriters and client leadership.

• Quantify the financial impact of risk improvements and support clients in decision-making.

Client Engagement & Thought Leadership

• Build and maintain strong relationships with facility leadership (PSM, maintenance, reliability, operations).

• Deliver training and guidance on loss prevention, emergency response, and reliability optimization.

• Contribute to Aon thought leadership: technical articles, benchmarking, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Collaborate with Aon’s global engineering community on complex risks and emerging technologies.

How this opportunity is different

You will support underwriting submissions, conduct global site assessments, prepare property loss-control recommendations, and partner closely with Aon brokers and clients to deliver industry-leading risk insights.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

Required

• 10+ years of engineering experience within petrochemical, refining, midstream, LNG, ammonia/fertilizer, polymers, or specialty chemical operations.

• Background in Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or Process Safety/PSM.

• Strong understanding of PSM, RMP, mechanical integrity, rotating/fixed equipment, utilities, emergency systems, and reliability methodologies (RBI, RCM, LOPA/SIL).

• Ability to produce structured, client-ready technical reports.

• Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally (circa 80 days / year).

Who Succeeds in This Role

• Engineers who enjoy plant operations but want a more strategic, consultative path.

• Professionals who thrive on variety—no two clients or risks are identical.

• Strong communicators who can bridge operations language and insurance language.

• Self-driven, curious thinkers with a passion for safety, reliability, and loss prevention.

Why Aon

Join a globally recognized Natural Resources engineering team supporting some of the world’s largest and most complex energy assets. You’ll collaborate with engineers, brokers, and analytics experts while helping clients strengthen their resilience and operational performance. Aon offers exceptional professional development, global mobility opportunities, and exposure to diverse, high-impact projects.

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $150,000 to $170,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location. This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon’s annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

A summary of all the benefits offered for this position:

Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

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