Engineer Surveyor - Lift & Crane - Bristol

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Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries. From the very first day you join our team, you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, while celebrating an inclusive culture. Progress your engineering career in one of the key roles within Allianz Engineering Inspection Services. Our Engineer Surveyors are at the forefront of our business, visiting client sites to carry out inspections and assess a wide range of plant, equipment, and installations.

As a newly recruited Engineer Surveyor at Allianz Engineering Inspection Services, you will automatically be enrolled onto our unrivalled induction training programme. This is an exciting 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.

• Anticipate our client's needs and help them ensure compliance with the relevant legislation.
• Work closely with the Engineer Surveyor Team managed by a Senior Operations Team Leader.
• Prepare examination reports following inspections using electronic reporting to ensure fast and efficient delivery to our clients.
• Carry out hands-on inspections of various items of plant and equipment such as lifts, material handling equipment, cranes, and construction plant.
• Work in a physically demanding environment that may require working at height, in confined spaces, lifting, climbing, and exposure to noise and dust.

Pay: Starting Salary £44,213 + Company Car and further rewards. Benefits include:

• Incremental salary increases for the first two years.
• Annual performance-related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Overtime earnings.
• Remote working.
• Company car.
• Tools/equipment provided.
• Travel time included within working week.
• Development days.
• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.
• Retail discounts.
• Health & lifestyle benefits for you and your family.
• Volunteering days.

• Up to date on knowledge and understanding of all relevant compliance and regulatory rules relating to the Lift and Crane discipline.
• Making well-informed decisions and willing to take responsibility.
• Effective at short, medium and long-term planning, including diarying meetings, visits and work allocation.
• Able to travel effectively within the local allocated work area.
• Processing documentation and undertaking general administration in a timely manner.
• Willingness to support and deputise for fellow Engineer Surveyors where required.
• A passion for engineering, self-driven with the ability to interact with a variety of clients daily.
• A background in lifts, cranes, materials handling equipment, with hands-on experience from manufacturing, repair or maintenance.
• Strong customer interaction skills, including good oral and written communication.

• NVQ Level 3 or above in a mechanical related subject.
• Holder of a full valid UK driving licence.
• Time management skills to self-sufficiently organise weekly work.
• Comfortable using tablets and smartphones as part of daily work.

• Incorporated Engineer (desirable).

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application. If it’s right for our customers and our business, we’ll do what is necessary to make it happen. Allianz is a signatory of the ABI flexible working charter and supports hybrid work patterns.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to gender equity and balanced representation. We hold accreditations such as EDGE, Women in Finance Charter, Disability Confident, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Race at Work Charter, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Standard. We welcome neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to support success and encourage use of assistive technologies, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, and flexible arrangements.

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme if they meet essential skills. Contact our Resourcing team to assist with application formats.

Closing Date 28th February 2026 – we reserve the right to close the advert early if enough applications are received.