At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage complex subsidence claims and provide expert solutions for domestic and commercial properties.
- Company: Join Sedgwick, a leader in insurance services with a caring culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, fully funded vehicle, flexible working, and extensive training opportunities.
- Other info: Join a passionate community dedicated to professional growth and wellbeing.
- Why this job: Shape the future of insurance while making a real difference in people's lives.
- Qualifications: Chartered building professional qualification and experience in insurance claims handling.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
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.
**Job Location:** UK wide
**Job Type:** Permanent
**Remuneration:** Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Subsidence Expert Services Building Consultant UK wide. You'll manage a portfolio of domestic and commercial complex and high value subsidence claims from notification to conclusion, requiring skills or qualifications in diagnosis, mitigation, and repairs. You will work within our award-winning Subsidence Services Division, involving communication with other team members and service providers. Perfect for someone with a wide range of subsidence experience and looking to continue to develop their knowledge of complex and large loss claims within a successful, specialist team.
**The skills you will have when you apply:**
- Driving Licence: A full UK Driving Licence is essential as you must be able to travel by car.
- Professional Qualifications: Must have a chartered building professional qualification, e.g., MCIOB, MRICS, MICE, and ideally an insurance qualification, e.g., CILA or CII.
- Expertise: Comprehensive expertise in identifying and diagnosing structural defects and subsidence in buildings, understanding prevention methods to halt ongoing damage, and applying effective repair techniques, particularly for subsidence-related issues and drainage systems.
- Insurance Claims Handling: Experience in insurance claims handling is essential.
- Customer Service: Ability to make decisions, deliver excellent customer service, and communicate effectively with empathy.
**The skills that will be developed once working:**
- Comprehensive Training: You'll receive all the Sedgwick-specific training needed to excel in your role.
**What we’ll give you for this role:**
- Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
- Fully funded company vehicle or cash in lieu allowance
- A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
- You will join an appropriate incentive (bonus) scheme
- 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
- 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 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. 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).
Building Consultant - Expert Services, Subsidence in London employer: Sedgwick Claims Management Services Ltd
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Ltd is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth. With flexible working options and a comprehensive training programme, employees are empowered to excel in their roles while enjoying benefits such as private healthcare and a self-invested personal pension scheme, making it a rewarding place to build a career in Lee-on-the-Solent.
Contact Details:
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Ltd Recruitment Team
