Senior Construction Risk Technical Lead

The Role

Join WTWs marketleading Construction Risk & Insurance specialty and support some of the regions most significant infrastructure and civil engineering projects. This senior role suits experienced construction brokers and/or professionals with strong contractinterpretation capability (such as legal project advisory or risk consulting backgrounds) who enjoy solving complex risk and insurance challenges.

Youll bring strong technical judgement and the ability to translate complexity into clear commercially focused advice. Working closely with Account Directors broking teams underwriters and specialist partners youll provide highvalue technical leadership while collaborating across the practice to deliver excellent client outcomes. This is a highly visible and impactful role with the autonomy to shape technical excellence across major national projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Quality Assurance

• Act as a senior technical authority across construction risks offering clear commercially practical advice.
• Lead and uphold technical standards in contract reviews policy interpretation risk analysis and insurance structure recommendations.

2. Strategic Client & Project Support

• Provide senior input across project lifecycles from bid and design phases through delivery helping clients understand allocate and mitigate risk.
• Translate technical findings into strategic recommendations that support project success.

3. Partnership with Account Directors & Broking Teams

• Partner closely with Account Directors and brokers across the business on renewal strategies market engagement pricing analysis and underwriter negotiations.
• Provide specialist technical input for broking client management or commercial outcomes.

4. Stakeholder Engagement & Market Influence

• Build credibility with senior stakeholders including contractors project owners engineers lawyers insurers and risk specialists.
• Strengthen WTWs presence in the construction insurance market by maintaining strategic relationships with insurers and technical partners.

5. Business Growth Value Creation & Revenue Support

• Contribute technical insight to tenders bids and capability presentations.
• Identify opportunities to add value strengthen accounts and leverage crosspractice expertise across WTW.

6. Development & Capability Building

• Mentor colleagues support technical training and contribute to continuous improvement within the Construction Practice.
• Ensure compliance with WTW processes regulatory obligations and quality standards.

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The Requirements

Essential Requirements

• Curiosity initiative and a desire to deepen specialist technical expertise within a supportive learning environment.
• Strong experience in construction general or liability insurance broking underwriting and/or working in an environment requiring skilled contract interpretation (e.g. legal project advisory risk consultancy).
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex documents.
• Confident communicator with the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly and commercially to senior stakeholders.
• Professional reliable and committed to delivering outstanding client outcomes.
• Excellent written communication able to distil technical issues clearly and concisely.
• High attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy.

• New Zealand Certificate in Financial Services (Level 5) or ability to obtain Level 5 with WTWs support.

Desirable

• Exposure to major infrastructure engineering PPP or alliance projects.
• Familiarity with reviewing construction contractual clauses for insurance implications.

Why Join WTW

WTW provides a competitive benefits package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Additional paid annual leave
• Life Income Protection and Trauma insurance
• Annual bonus
• Company paid salary continuance insurance
• Hybrid working
• Networks (Gender Wellbeing Pride)
• Career Growth internal opportunities and development programs

At WTW we trust you to know your work and the people tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a hybrid style with a mix of in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and hybrid is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

Flexibility is essential for an inclusive workforce. We welcome flexible working requests. Please talk to your recruiter for more details.

At WTW we believe that a culture of inclusion and diversity is critical to our business. Its not a separate initiative rather its fundamental to everything we are an equal-opportunity employer who is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and embrace diversityincludinggender nationality disability age marital/parental status ethnicity gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.

Were committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers from the application process through to joining WTW please email