Senior Mitigation Technician

Sedgwick; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SIPP

Performance bonus

Private healthcare

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Sedgwick is seeking a Senior Mitigation Technician to join our remote Mitigation team. You will lead a skilled group, drive mitigation projects, and coordinate with Subsidence Services to protect clients’ properties while upholding service standards.

The role requires litigation experience, strong communication, and a proactive, results-driven mindset to deliver high-quality outcomes in a dynamic environment. Salary is competitive with benefits.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in legal or insurance settings.
• Proven litigation experience in Fast Track cases, for Claimants or Defendants.
• Resilient, adaptable, and results-driven under heavy workload.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills with empathy.
• Experience with claims handling systems and digital tools.
• Willingness to embrace improvements and new ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Manage tree mitigation work to agreed service standards
• Provide updates to Subsidence Services
• Interpret and comment on arboriculture reports and site investigations
• Maintain relationships with third parties and local authorities
• Ensure compliance with current statutes
• Raise invoices for work and handle queries

Skills

Team Leadership

Litigation Expertise

Resilience & Adaptability

Communication & Customer Management

Technical Capability

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Tools

Claims handling software

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.

Senior Mitigation Technician

Job Location: Remote

Job Type: Permanent

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

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Mitigation Technician to join our Mitigation team working remotely.

Sedgwick specialises in the provision of claims management and loss adjusting services. Working in partnership with you, Sedgwick can unlock your potential - learning and growth. When it comes to investing in our employees’ development, we are unrivalled in our market sector.

As a Senior Mitigation Specialist and with previous team leading experience, you will work within our Mitigation team pursuing third parties, gaining their approval for the necessary vegetation measures. You will work closely with our award winning Subsidence Team, to help prevent further damage occurring to their customer’s property. It will be your responsibility to deliver high levels of mitigation success within the shortest duration possible. You’ll act as first point of contact for third parties and members of our in house Subsidence Services team for any mitigation queries.

This is perfect for a confident and detail-oriented professional with litigation experience and a passion for leadership, looking to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic legal services team.

As well as proactively driving your case portfolio you will be required to:

• Manage tree mitigation work to agreed service standards
• Provide the desired level of updates to Subsidence Services
• Interpret instructions and documentation from Subsidence Services
• Interpret and comment on arboriculture reports, site investigation reports, soils analysis and root evidence
• Form and maintain working relationships with third parties and local authorities to improve the cooperation and communication concerning tree mitigation matters
• Manage tree mitigation in accordance with any specific protocols
• Ensure that tree mitigation is handled in accordance with current statute
• Provide tree mitigation advice to Subsidence Services
• Deal with telephone calls and queries
• Raise invoices for work completed and deal with any invoice queries

The skills you will have when you apply:

• Team Leadership & Direction: Proven ability to lead and support teams in legal or insurance environments.

• Litigation Expertise: Demonstrable experience handling Fast Track litigation cases, either for Claimants or Defendants.ting priorities and drive tasks through to successful completion.

• Resilience & Adaptability - Committed and results-driven, with the flexibility to perform effectively during periods of high workload and within a rapidly changing environment.

• Communication & Customer Management - Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to handle challenging customer interactions over the telephone in a professional, empathetic and assertive manner.

• Technical Capability - Experience using computer-based claims handling systems and confidence working across digital platforms and business applications.

• Continuous Improvement Mindset - Open to change and keen to embrace innovative ways of working that enhance efficiency, service quality and customer outcomes.

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
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays

Health & support

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

Other benefits

• Voluntary flexible benefits – green car scheme, health assessment, travel insurance, dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan
• Discounts on various products and services

This isn’t just a position, it’s a pivotal role in shaping your future career and our industry

At Sedgwick, you won’t just build your career; you’ll cultivate a team of experts. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel as well as your team members, 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 landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.

As part of our commitment to you, 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).