Heritage Surveyor

AXA UK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading team as a Building Surveyor focusing on heritage and conservation. In this role, you'll manage projects restoring historic buildings, ensuring they meet legislation and conservation standards. With a strong support network and training opportunities, you'll thrive in a caring work culture that values your professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)

Company vehicle or cash allowance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working from home or office

Private healthcare plan

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK Driving Licence.
• Proven experience with listed buildings and conservation areas.
• Strong knowledge of traditional materials and construction techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects to restore historic buildings damaged by insured perils.
• Prepare Schedules of Works and manage contract administration.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and liaise with authorities.

Skills

Communication

Technical reporting

Defect diagnosis

Project management

Education

Chartered status (MRICS or MCIOB preferred)

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.

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Heritage Surveyor

Job Location: South

Job Type: Permanent

Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Building Surveyor South of the UK.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Chartered Surveyor with a specialism in building conservation to join our heritage and conservation team. This role involves working on a diverse portfolio of historic and listed buildings, ensuring their preservation, restoration, and adaptive reuse in line with best conservation practices and statutory requirements.

You will lead and manage various projects to restore historic properties damaged by insured perils, with values ranging from £50k to £5m. Depending on the project's size and complexity, you may work independently with support from other Building Professionals. You will ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, and liaise with local planning authorities, Historic England (or equivalent), and other stakeholders.

Your surveying activities will include technical reporting, defect diagnosis, preparing Schedules of Works, contract administration, and project management. You must be able to empathise with clients who have suffered loss or bereavement and deliver professional reports within tight deadlines. The role requires sound judgement, the ability to manage competing priorities, and confidence in making decisions under pressure.

This is perfect for someone who thrives on protecting historic buildings, enjoys leading complex projects, and values both technical excellence and human understanding.

The skills you will have when you apply:

• A full UK Driving Licence: It is essential you can travel by car.
• Excellent communication skills: You'll speak with and write to policyholders, insurers, contractors, and more. You’ll explain complex details clearly and negotiate with project stakeholders.
• Extensive knowledge of building construction and relevant legislation, as well as proven experience working with listed buildings, conservation areas, and heritage assets. Strong knowledge of traditional building materials, construction techniques, and conservation philosophy is essential.
• Chartered status (or working towards this qualification). MRICS or MCIOB preferred, and as a minimum actively working towards Chartered status.

What is helpful, but not vital, in your application:

• Use of Apple software such as iPads, or other tablets

The skills that will be developed once working:

• We will provide all the Sedgwick specific training you need to thrive in this role

What we’ll give you for this 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
• Fully funded company vehicle or cash in lieu allowance
• 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

This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry

At Sedgwick, not only will you be working behind the scenes for some of the UK's most trusted insurance brands helping to resolve millions of claims every year, you'll also be an architect of tomorrow's insurance landscape with Sedgwick University. Our proprietary offering is the most comprehensive training and development program in the industry with more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue your formal education – all available to you starting from your very first day.

You'll join a community passionate about making a difference, where every role contributes to a larger mission; protecting people and businesses. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to shape the future of insurance.

Next steps for you:

Think we'd be a great match? Apply now – we want to hear from you.

If you’re 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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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.