Building Construction Estimator/Quantity Surveyor

We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America's Greatest Workplaces National Top CompaniesCertified as a Great Place to WorkFortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & InsuranceBuilding Surveyor - South East EnglandLocation: South East EnglandJob Type: PermanentRemuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualificationsWe have a fantastic opportunity for Building Surveyors in South East England. As a Building Surveyor within our building consultancy division, you will play a key role in the reinstatement of buildings affected by a range of unexpected events including fire, flood, escape of water and impact. As the buildings expert, you will work with all stakeholders to ensure successful completion of projects to time and budget. You will interact with home and property owners, building contractors, loss adjusters and other professionals, so excellent communication skills, prioritisation, strategic thinking, as well as technical expertise, are all essential. In addition to specifying building repairs and acting as contract administrator, you will be called upon to produce technical reports on a range building matters and to assess and validate costs and quotations. Our surveyors adopt a mix of home, site and office-based working which helps support a healthy work/life balance, and you will have dedicated administrative and managerial support. This role demands excellent building construction knowledge, great organisation and time management, empathy and outstanding communication skills. Collaborative Environment: You'll receive administrative support from a Project Coordinator, surveying assistance from a professionally qualified Operations Manager and work closely with your loss adjusting colleagues and approved contractors. Professional Development: We are committed to helping you achieve and retain chartered status. We support further learning and CPD and are at the forefront of specialist training and additional qualifications specific to our sector. Flexible and Incentivised workload: You'll be predominantly home and field based with the flexibility to manage your time to maintain a healthy work life balance. You will join our Incentive Scheme which gives you the opportunity to increase your earnings based on performance. You'll be able to work effectively with loss adjusters, contractors as well as homeowners who have suffered an insured loss, tailoring your approach and acting with empathy. A full UK Driving Licence: Knowledge of building construction and repair: You will have a good understanding of building construction, demonstrated through experience and qualification. You may have relevant chartered qualification or certainly the entry requirements (Building Surveying degree or otherwise) and engagement to pursue chartership. Experience working with schedules of rates and contractor networks. Familiarity with forms of building contract. All the Sedgwick specific process training you need to thrive in this role. Sector specific training and qualifications including damage management and flood resilience. Remuneration & moreCompetitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications. Company Car Scheme or cash allowance. Incentive scheme directly linked to your performance. Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP).Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays with buy/sell options. Flexible working from our office or your home. Health & supportPrivate healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeingLife assuranceGroup Income Protection Other benefitsVoluntary benefits – including dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP applicationsDiscounts on various products and servicesThis isn't just a position, it's a key role in shaping our industryAt Sedgwick, you won't just build your career; Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel, 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 and building repair landscape, we're building a legacy of talent. 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).They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. SummaryLocation: United KingdomType: Full time