Senior Surety Consultant: Engineer

At Guardian Group, the harder we work, the luckier we get. Sound like someone you know?

Protecting our clients’ interests isn’t always easy. It can keep you pretty busy. Details. E-mails. Phone calls. Paperwork. But if dotting your i’s, crossing your t’s, and going out of your way for people is part of who you are, you should consider working with us. As leading construction consultants, we’re a team of dedicated, driven people who perform all manner of surety claims handling, insurance claims handling, construction management and construction defect services.

If you have experience with the surety, fidelity, construction/engineering, construction defect or litigation support fields, your proven diligence and track record of going the extra mile for clients could just find a home with us. In addition to great people, a competitive salary and great benefits, you’ll also have the chance to grow with a rapidly growing company.

Guardian is a privately held company offering competitive pay, an array of company benefits, and an environment where teamwork, ongoing professional development, continuous improvement and exceptional service is valued and rewarded. Benefits package includes:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Voluntary long-term disability plan
• 401(K) and company profit sharing
• Paid holidays
• Paid personal days

The Senior Surety Consultant partners with, and supports the work of, the company’s Vice President of Surety, including representing the company’s unique capabilities to current and prospective clients. Whether you possess a civil or structural engineering and engineering management background, or a claims examination background, this position owns the client relationship for assigned business, solves all manner of problems and works diligently to achieve client satisfaction.

Also helping to oversee the company’s technical investigations work and successful claim resolutions, this individual will partner with management to ensure consulting on all surety claims, including performance, payment and commercial bonds, is handled expeditiously and in accordance with the law, company policy and its industry-leading standards of efficiency and integrity. With a deep knowledge of the various bond types and the surety, construction and engineering industries, the right person to soar in this role is an experienced, polished and driven individual who thoroughly understands the business of bonds, the discipline of business development and the principles and practices of construction claims administration.

The right individual for this role possesses deep experience in the business of construction, having most likely worked in construction management-type roles for major contractors on large, high-profile projects. You possess sharp analytical, relational, and other construction claim diagnostic skills, and you can be relied upon for expert determinations of both direct and indirect costs when subcontractors default. You understand the nuances of delays and their impacts, you’re familiar with all of the various subs and their dependencies, you can recognize stages of work completion, spot inefficiencies, etc.

The surety claims consultant/examiner advises clients on their claims, physically examining problem-stalled-delayed construction projects in the assigned territory, reviewing contracts and estimating repair costs. The right individuals for this work are not only knowledgeable about construction but are also highly organized, efficient, pleasant, and meticulous with notes, process, and follow-up. These are consultative positions that make recommendations internally and externally for fair and expeditious bond claim resolution but do not authorize or render settlements independently.