Intern - Risk Management

Wharton-Smith, Inc., a highly regarded construction company, is seeking qualified candidates for an Intern - Risk Management position. This position is located in our Corporate office in Sanford, FL.

Primary responsibilities: 

• Utilize applicable platform to review and manage vendor insurance compliance, including applicable reports, with little oversight.
• Effectively communicate compliance status to vendors and project teams.
• Efficiently resolve noncompliance with vendors and project teams, including following ups, with little oversight.
• Provide knowledge and expertise regarding vendor insurance and processes to key stakeholders (both internal and external), with oversight.
• Effectively communicate claim updates to executives, adjusters, and project teams by promptly working to close claims, with oversight.
• Utilize applicable platforms to process, track, and report on claims, as assigned and with oversight.
• Complete and track subcontractor performance payment bond verification requests, as assigned and with oversight.
• Complete and track new job set up forms to ensure Owner provided policies are collected and reviewed, as assigned and with oversight.
• Work with department management to evaluate risk and insurance exceptions, as needed. 
• Prepare OSHA record keeping via applicable platform, as assigned and with oversight. 

Technical skills:

• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, smartphones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

Qualifications: 

• High school diploma or equivalent
• One (1) to two plus (2+) years of insurance/risk
• Requires regular professional communication both internal and external.