Engineer Surveyor - Lift & Crane - Watford / St Albans in Cornwall

Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, but 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 we celebrate 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 would 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.

• You will anticipate our client's needs and help them in ensuring that they comply with the relevant legislation.
• 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.
• 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. It involves exposure to noise and dust, so you need to be happy being in a hands‑on environment.

Salary Information: Pay: Circa £45,539 per year. + Company Car. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

As an Engineer Surveyor you will assess a wide range of installations and anticipate our client's needs and help them in ensuring that they comply with the relevant legislation.

• 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.
• You will need to be passionate about engineering, self‑driven with the ability to interact with a variety of clients daily.
• A background in working with lifts, cranes, materials handling equipment, with hands on experience of working in a role such as manufacturing / repair / maintenance.
• Strong customer interaction skills are essential, including good oral and written communication skills.

Essential Skills:

• NVQ Level 3 or above in a Mechanical related subject.
• A holder of a full valid UK driving licence.
• Time management skills are essential as you will be required to self‑sufficiently organise your week's work in an effective manner.
• As tablets and smartphones are crucial tools for an Engineer Surveyor, you will need to be comfortable using these as part of your working day.

Desirable Skills:

• Incorporated Engineer (desirable).
• Responsible AI.

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from – so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training.

• Incremental salary increases for the first 2 years.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Overtime earnings.
• Remote working.
• Company car.
• Tools/equipment provided.
• Travel time is included within working week.
• Development days.
• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• A 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.
• You will be based from home, regular travel to clients' sites.
• Volunteering days.

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive – your work life balance is important to us.

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Closing date: 31st May 2026