Building Surveyor London

By joining Sedgwick youll be part of something truly meaningful. Its what our 33000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us experience our caring culture and enjoy work-life balance. Here theres no limit to what you can achieve.

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As a Building Surveyor within our building consultancy division you will play a key role in the reinstatement of buildings affected by a range of unexpected events including fire flood escape of water and impact. As the buildings expert you will work with all stakeholders to ensure successful completion of projects to time and budget. You will interact with home and property owners building contractors loss adjusters and other professionals so excellent communication skills prioritisation strategic thinking as well as technical expertise are all essential.

In addition to specifying building repairs and acting as contract administrator you will be called upon to produce technical reports on a range building matters and to assess and validate costs and quotations.

Our surveyors adopt a mix of home site and office-based working which helps support a healthy work/life balance and you will have dedicated administrative and managerial support.

This role demands excellent building construction knowledge great organisation and time management empathy and outstanding communication skills. If you thrive on challenges and want to make a tangible difference this could be your next step.

• Collaborative Environment: Youll receive administrative support from a Project Coordinator surveying assistance from a professionally qualified Operations Manager and work closely with your loss adjusting colleagues and approved contractors.
• Professional Development: We are committed to helping you achieve and retain chartered status. We support further learning and CPD and are at the forefront of specialist training and additional qualifications specific to our sector.
• Flexible and Incentivised workload: Youll be predominantly home and field based with the flexibility to manage your time to maintain a healthy work life balance. You will join our Incentive Scheme which gives you the opportunity to increase your earnings based on performance.

• Excellent communication skills: Youll be able to work effectively with loss adjusters contractors as well as homeowners who have suffered an insured loss tailoring your approach and acting with empathy.
• A full UK Driving Licence: Its essential you can drive to appointments throughout your work area.
• Knowledge of building construction and repair: You will have a good understanding of building construction demonstrated through experience and qualification.
• MRICS/MCIOB or working towards: You may have relevant chartered qualification or certainly the entry requirements (Building Surveying degree or otherwise) and engagement to pursueg chartership.

• Surveying experience in the Buildings Insurance sector.
• Experience working with schedules of rates and contractor networks.
• Familiarity with forms of building contract.

• All the Sedgwick specific process training you need to thrive in this role.
• Sector specific training and qualifications including damage management and flood resilience.

Remuneration & more

• Competitive salary taking into account skills experience and qualifications.
• Company Car Scheme or cash allowance.
• Incentive scheme directly linked to your performance.
• Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP).
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays with buy/sell options.
• Flexible working from our office or your home.

Health & support

• Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
• Life assurance
• Group Income Protection

Other benefits

• Voluntary benefits including dental cover cycle to work scheme season ticket loan wellbeing and digital GP applications
• Discounts on various products and services

At Sedgwick you wont just build your career; youll join a team of experts and be encouraged to thrive. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel with the most comprehensive training program in the industry which includes more than 15000 courses on demand training specific to roles and opportunities to continue formal education.

Together were not only reshaping the insurance and building repair landscape were building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.

Think wed be a great match Apply now we want to hear from you.

If youre unsure whether you have all the skills needed then do apply we are looking for all backgrounds from seasoned professionals to those returning to the workforce and new entrants and everyone in-between.

Not only that we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age disability gender identity marital/ family status race religion sex or sexual orientation.

After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual or in-person).

Sedgwickis an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions duties or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.