Development Building Consultant

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.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an aspiring Development Building Consultant to join our award-winning Subsidence Services Division working across the UK.

In this role youll work towards managing a portfolio of domestic and commercial subsidence claims from initial assessment to completion of repairs. The position is designed to support professional development providing exposure to diagnosis mitigation strategies and repair solutions with the opportunity to broaden your technical expertise over time.

You will work closely with experienced consultants and specialist service providers developing your capability in assessing structural movement and contributing to effective resolution strategies. Strong communication and collaboration will be central to your success as you progress your skills within a supportive knowledge-sharing environment.

This role is ideal for someone seeking a career development pathway who enjoys balancing technology-led solutions with hands-on site experience and is motivated to grow within a specialist technical discipline.

• Qualifications: Most important is a passion for the built environment and a willingness to work towards a recognised building qualification (e.g. MCIOB MRICS MICE). Existing building related qualifications are advantageous. Insurance qualifications (CILA/CII) desirable with development support available.
• Technical Capability: You will have a sound technical foundation or emerging experience in identifying structural defects and subsidence with opportunities to further develop expertise in: diagnosis of building movement; mitigation techniques repair solutions including underpinning schemes. Ongoing learning across a wide variety of cases will support continued technical development.
• Insurance Claims Handling: Experience in insurance claims handling is a plus but training will be provided.
• Customer Service: Ability to make decisions deliver excellent customer service and communicate effectively with empathy.

The skills that will be developed once working:

• Comprehensive Training: Youll receive all the Sedgwick-specific training needed to excel in your role.

Remuneration & more

• Competitive salary taking into account skills experience and qualifications
• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
• You will join an appropriate incentive (bonus) scheme
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working from our office or your home

Health & support

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

Other benefits

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

At Sedgwick not only will you be working behind the scenes for some of the UKs most trusted insurance brands helping to resolve millions of claims every year youll also be an architect of tomorrows insurance landscape with Sedgwick University. Our proprietary offering is the most comprehensive training and development program in the industry with more than 15000 courses on demand training specific to roles and opportunities to continue your formal education all available to you starting from your very first day.

Youll join a community passionate about making a difference where every role contributes to a larger mission; protecting people and businesses. This isnt just a job; its an opportunity to shape the future of insurance.

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 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).

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