Technical; Construction) Risk Analyst

Technical (Construction) Risk Analyst - TRA
091826 Department:
Underwriting Type of Position:
Full Time, Permanent

Location:

Home Office, Greater Toronto Area Reporting to:
Director, Underwriting Work Model:

Remote:
Frequent car travel is required to assigned work locations within Ontario. This role would also require the incumbent to complete work from a home office. (All remote work must be completed from your home office within the province of Ontario.)

Since 1976, Tarion has served new home buyers and owners by ensuring that one of their life’s biggest investments is protected. By law, almost all new homes built in Ontario are provided with a warranty by the builder. Tarion’s role is to ensure that buyers of these homes receive the coverage they are entitled to under their builder’s warranty. More than 375,000 homes are currently enrolled in the warranty and protection program.

Every year about 55,000 new homes are enrolled.

As an independent and not-for-profit consumer protection organization, Tarion provides Ontario’s new home buyers and owners with peace of mind that their purchase is safeguarded through the province’s new home warranty and protection program.

Tarion offers guidance to help homeowners receive the warranty coverage they’re entitled to and when necessary, steps in to help resolve warranty claims with financial compensation. Tarion also provides free tools, guides and resources to help homeowners understand their builder’s warranty and navigate warranty claims with confidence.

The Technical Risk Analyst role is an important part of Tarion’s risk-based underwriting and inspection programs. This role combines the technical underwriting analysis function with proactive field-based construction risk review. The role is accountable for assessing vendor/builder technical competency, past performance, warranty and construction risk indicators, and site practices in order to identify potential risks, recommend appropriate underwriting or inspection actions, and support consumer protection outcomes.

The role acts as a technical resource to Underwriting, and communicates with builders, applicants, consultants, HCRA, and other enforcement or regulatory bodies where required. The position requires strong construction knowledge, analytical judgment, report-writing ability, and the ability to connect underwriting file information, warranty performance, builder interviews, and site observations into practical risk recommendations.

The position also requires strong technical understanding of residential construction, building science, warranty risk, underwriting risk, and Tarion processes. Ministry of Municipal Affairs OBC credentials in House and Legal, or equivalent experience and qualifications, are considered important assets.

Remote:
Frequent car travel is required to assigned work locations within Ontario. This role would also require the incumbent to complete work from a home office. (All remote work must be completed from your home office within the province of Ontario.)

• Analyze risk based on vendor/builder past performance.
• Meet with builders on-site to review their construction practices, identify possible risk of future claims, make recommendations for the Builder to mitigate the risks, identify better building practices, and provide builder education.
• Analyze files on the request of the underwriter in relation to the reasons for specific claims, reasons for outstanding reserves, trends etc. and then communicate back to the underwriter with recommendations. This will include liaising with warranty…