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Building Consultant - Agricultural Subsidence

Job Location: UK wide

Job Type: Permanent

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

We have a fantastic opportunity for dedicated Agricultural Building Consultants UK wide.

You will provide expert technical leadership across a portfolio of predominantly agricultural and domestic subsidence claims, using your specialist knowledge to assess causes, identify appropriate mitigation measures and develop effective repair solutions.

Working in partnership with our dedicated Agricultural Project Managers, you will offer technical expertise, guidance and strategic direction throughout the lifecycle of a claim, supporting informed decision-making while Project Managers maintain ownership of customer relationships.

This role is central to determining the most appropriate claims strategy, ensuring claims are progressed efficiently, effectively and in line with customer and insurer expectations. You will provide support on complex and high-value cases, including undertaking customer visits where specialist technical input is required.

You will also engage directly with insurer clients when necessary, collaborating on the development of suitable strategies and solutions for complex or challenging claims to ensure alignment on claim outcomes and progression. In addition, you will play a key role in maintaining the quality, consistency and accuracy of technical reporting across the business.

A further responsibility will be leading quality assurance activities and supporting the ongoing development of Project Managers, helping to strengthen technical capability, drive best practice and ensure consistently high standards of service delivery and technical decision-making.

For the right candidate, there may also be an opportunity to combine this position with wider team leadership and management responsibilities.

The skills you will have when you apply:

Driving License: A full UK Driving License is essential
Professional Qualifications: Working towards or 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 would be beneficial
Customer Service: Ability to make decisions, deliver excellent customer service, and communicate effectively with empathy.

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
Company car or monthly car allowance.
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 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.

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).

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