Chartered Subsidence Building Surveyor

Job Title – Chartered Subsidence Building Surveyor

Contract – Full Time

Salary -£65,000 + Car/Car Allowance + Bonus

Location – South / South East

The Role:

We are looking for a Subsidence Surveyor/Engineer to support our clients newly developed subsidence and building team as well as their Property Adjusters across a mixed portfolio of material damage and subsidence claims. The role will cover the South/South East region.

Key Responsibilities

• To handle a mixed portfolio of Specialist building claims and provide technical support to Adjusters.
• To provide technical advice and guidance on commercial building losses (Material Damage, Liability and some smaller Major Loss claims).
• Undertaking initial investigation, and projecting building re-instatement costs to enable reserves to be set.
• Provide technical reports to adjusters on building defects and policy cover.
• Manage own portfolio of specialist claims including subsidence and building warranty work.
• Communicating regularly with all interested parties, calculating and approving interim payments, preparing interim reports and other communication.
• Calculating and agreeing settlement of claims and preparing specialist aspects of reports or final reports

Competencies

• Customer focused
• Quality focused role – providing excellent standard of service
• Complex analysis and decision-making skills
• Team focused – working with colleagues throughout the business
• Proactive – making sure Client service and quality standards are met
• Reactive – responding to daily workloads as dictated by customer requirements
• Handle and co-ordinate complaints and compliments
• Achievement of own performance targets
• Competent use of technology

Personal Characteristics

• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to demonstrate an attention to detail and proactively analyse and resolve complex issues.
• Ability to work as an individual and lead a team of professionals
• Excellent customer service and communication skills with a positive attitude
• Able to co-ordinate a variety of actions concurrently
• Ability to work to given targets

Ideal experience:

• Strong subsidence experience gained through working in the insurance / loss adjusting sector
• Ideaally educated to degree level – BSc Hons in Civil or Structural Engineering and/or professional Engineering/Surveying/Building qualification – MICE/MIStructE/MCIOB/MRICS or equivalent
• Experience of working for a variety of insurance and / or loss adjusting practices in similar technical roles.
• Experience of handling a variety of subsidence, fire, flood, impact damage and other large building claims

In return we offer:

• Competitive base salary
• A generous, straightforward and achievable bonus structure based on agreed fee incomes
• Company Car/ Car allowance
• Company pension
• Death in Service
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holiday and the option to purchase/buy back

For extra information please contact: –

London: 0203 411 8430

Email: admin@lawesgroup.co.uk