Building Surveyor - South East England

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car Scheme or cash allowance

Incentive scheme linked to performance

SIPP / pension scheme

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible working (office or home)

Private healthcare

Job summary

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Ltd is hiring a Building Surveyor for the South East England region. The role focuses on reinstatement of buildings after insured events, requiring coordination with homeowners, contractors and loss adjusters to deliver on time and within budget.

You will work across home, site and office settings, with opportunities to progress towards chartered status and gain specialist training through Sedgwick University.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with loss adjusters, homeowners and contractors.
• Full UK Driving Licence to attend appointments.
• Knowledge of building construction and repair demonstrated through experience.
• MRICS/MCIOB or working towards chartership.
• Surveying experience in Buildings Insurance sector.
• Experience with schedules of rates and contractor networks.
• Familiarity with forms of building contract.

Responsibilities

• Reinstatement of buildings affected by events (fire, flood, water loss, impact).
• Interact with homeowners, loss adjusters, builders and other professionals to complete projects.
• Produce technical reports on building matters and assess costs and quotations.
• Act as contract administrator and manage time/budget for projects.
• Help shape projects with stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

Communication

Driving license

Building construction knowledge

Buildings Insurance experience

Schedules of rates

Building contracts familiarity

Education

MRICS/MCIOB or in progress

Building Surveying degree or equivalent

Job description

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 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, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance Building Surveyor - South East England Location: South East England Job Type: Permanent Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications

We have a fantastic opportunity for Building Surveyors in South East England. 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.

Why Choose Us?

Collaborative Environment: You'll 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: You’ll 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.

The things you will have when you apply:

• Excellent communication skills: You'll 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: It’s 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 pursue chartership.
• What is helpful, but not vital, in your application Surveying experience in the Buildings Insurance sector.
• Experience working with schedules of rates and contractor networks.
• Familiarity with forms of building contract.

The skills that will be developed once working:

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What we’ll give you for this role:

• 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

This isn't just a position, it's a key role in shaping our industry At Sedgwick, you won't just build your career; you'll 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 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue formal education. Together, we're not only reshaping the insurance and building repair landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.

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). Sedgwick is 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.

Sedgwick is the world’s leading risk and claims administration partner, which helps clients thrive by navigating the unexpected. The company’s expertise, combined with the most advanced AI-enabled technology available, sets the standard for solutions in claims administration, loss adjusting, benefits administration, and product recall. With over 33,000 colleagues and 10,000 clients across 80 countries, Sedgwick provides unmatched perspective, caring that counts, and solutions for the rapidly changing and complex risk landscape. For more, see sedgwick.com