Experience has taught me that tiny snowflakes can be stronger than steel.

Careers in Field Engineering

For most of the year, the sunlit beauty of New York's Finger Lakes belies the harshness of the winter yet to come, making it easy for our business clients to overestimate the strength of their roofs.

So when examination of a client's 30 ft. ceilings revealed warped structural bracing (and 30 years of dust!), one of our field engineers explained the weakness and recommended a cost-effective solution. We specialize in helping protect our clients’ assets from the elements—even those as seemingly delicate as snowflakes.

Our engineers are both seasoned professionals and recent graduates. Many of them specialize in a wide range of disciplines, such as electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil and industrial engineering and fire protection. You can learn more about all the opportunities open to engineers here.

When the storm passes, I help my clients find calm seas.

Careers in Client Service

When freeways are clogged with storm-tossed boats, when water and wind destroy everything, when a hurricane named Ike turns Galveston upside down, our staff adjusters are there to lend the clarity and calm that comes from nearly two centuries of experience.

In Ike's wake, we flew in to help our customers assess their damages and begin dry-out and repair activities. Our adjusters' ability to quickly leverage our expertise when resources were scarce proved critical. At the end of the day, our customers were very grateful, and we were proud that we were able to mitigate losses all around.

At FM Global, we offer myriad opportunities for client services professionals. You can learn more about careers in underwriting, claims, accounting and information services here.

Where some might see untapped potential, I see potential disaster.

Careers in Research

For some, a warehouse filled with whiskey barrels is an inspiring sight, but when one of our research specialists looks at all that wood and alcohol, he sees an enormous hazard: here, a small fire can quickly escalate into an uncontrollable force.

To help protect one of our distillery clients, we traveled to remote areas of Tennessee, Scotland, Ireland and France to gather data, and then conducted a series of experiments in our world-class burn laboratory to find a way to lessen the hazard. Our research team analyzes the potential, tests the theories and provides our customers with answers where they don’t yet exist. And it’s something FM Global’s been doing for nearly two centuries.

As part of our research department, you'll work alongside other researchers and independently to understand emerging property loss-prevention hazards, quantify real-world scenarios and develop new ways to protect against today’s threats.

You'll also work on implementation, evaluation and development of techniques, including computer models and experiments, and present your findings to make strategic and beneficial advancements in risk mitigation. You can learn more here.