Engineer Surveyor - Lift & Crane (Dublin, Leinster - Ireland)

Allianz; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global insurance and financial services provider is seeking an experienced Engineer Surveyor to join their home-based team. This role involves assessing various installations, preparing reports, and conducting hands-on inspections, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Candidates should have relevant qualifications in Mechanical Engineering and strong communication skills. Benefits include competitive salary, company car, and a flexible working environment. The role requires travel and working in diverse conditions.

Benefits

Annual salary increases

Company car

Generous pension contributions

Competitive annual bonus scheme

Overtime earnings – uncapped

Travel time included in working week

Life cover x 4 basic salary

Employee Support Programme

Discounts on insurance products

Qualifications

• Experience in hands-on work with lifts or cranes.
• Able to effectively travel within the local work area.
• Competence in processing documentation and administration.

Responsibilities

• Assess installations including lifts and cranes.
• Prepare examination reports after inspections.
• Conduct hands-on inspections of plant and equipment.

Skills

Knowledge of Lift and Crane discipline

Customer interaction skills

Time management skills

Communication skills (oral and written)

Education

Minimum qualification in Mechanical Engineering (level 4 UK or level 6 Ireland)

Tools

Tablets and smartphones

Job description

Role Description

This is an exciting home‑based opportunity for an experienced engineer with a good knowledge of the Lift and Crane discipline to join Allianz Engineering, a division of one of the largest insurers and financial services companies in the world. As an Engineer Surveyor you will assess a wide range of installations, these could be lifts located in IFSC in Dublin or lifting equipment in a Pharmaceutical company in Ireland. You will anticipate our client's needs and help them in ensuring that they comply with the relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

You will work closely with your Engineer Surveyor Team managed by one of our Senior Operations Team Leaders. You will prepare reports of examination following your inspections using electronic reporting to ensure fast and efficient delivery to our clients. This role forms an integral part of our business, as you carry out hands‑on inspections of various items of plant and equipment such as lifts, material handling equipment, cranes, and construction plant. The Engineer Surveyor role can be physically demanding and may require working at height, working in confined spaces, lifting, and climbing in both hot and cold conditions.

Location

Dublin, Leinster - Ireland.

About You

• Up to date on your knowledge and understanding of all relevant compliance and regulatory rules and procedures that relate to the Lift and Crane discipline.
• Making well informed decisions, and willing to take responsibility.
• Being effective at short, medium and long‑term planning, in order to diarise meetings, visits and work allocation.
• Being able to travel effectively within your local allocated work area.
• Processing documentation, as well as undertaking general administration in a timely manner.
• Willingness to support and deputise for fellow Engineer Surveyors (of own discipline) as and when required.

Essential Skills

• Hold or be working towards a minimum qualification in Mechanical Engineering at level 4 (UK) or level 6 (Ireland) i.e. HND/HNC/Full Technological Certificate.
• A background in working with lifts, cranes, materials handling equipment, with hands‑on experience in a role such as manufacturing / repair / maintenance.
• Strong customer interaction skills are essential, including good oral and written communication skills.
• A holder of a full valid Irish/EU/UK driving licence.
• Time management skills are essential as you will be required to independently organise your week's work in an effective manner.
• Comfortable using tablets and smartphones as part of your working day.

Desirable Skills

• Incorporated Engineer (desirable).

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of benefits for you to choose from - including insurance cover discounts. We also offer flexible working options and career development opportunities across the wider Allianz Group.

• Annual salary increases
• Company car
• Generous pension contributions
• Competitive annual bonus scheme
• Overtime earnings – uncapped.
• Travel time included within working week.

• Life cover x 4 basic salary.
• Development days and Learning & Development opportunities.
• A discount up to 20% on a range of insurance products for you and your family including car, home, pet, and equine.
• Employee Support Programme.

Our Ways of Working

Let us know you need flexibility with the hours you work. If it’s right for our customers, our business and you, we will make it happen. We are signatories of the ABIS flexible working charter and support hybrid work patterns to balance needs and business requirements.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer with numerous accreditations including EDGE gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter, Disability Confident, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and others.

Accessible Application for All

We support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme. Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application.

Contact

Head of Recruitment – Dharmesh Pancholi, [e-mail]

Closing date

11th January 2026

Equal Employment Opportunity

Allianz is an equal opportunities employer who values a diverse and inclusive workplace. We recognise people work in different ways and foster a culture where everyone can bring their true self to work. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce, accepting applications from everyone regardless of background, culture, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, and health conditions.

We reserve the right to close the ad early if we reach enough applications.