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Building Consultant - Agricultural Subsidence

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Full UK Driving License
  • Working towards or have a chartered building professional qualification (e.g., MCIOB, MRICS, MICE)
  • Experience in insurance claims handling
  • Comprehensive expertise in identifying and diagnosing structural defects and subsidence

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert technical leadership across agricultural and domestic subsidence claims
  • Engage directly with insurer clients to develop strategies for complex claims
  • Support Project Managers with technical expertise and guidance throughout the claims lifecycle
  • Lead quality assurance activities and support the development of Project Managers

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Customer Service
  • Decision Making
  • Communication
  • Empathy

About the company

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Sedgwick

  • Insurance
  • Large
  • 10,001+
Sedgwick is a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions. The company provides a broad range of resources tailored to our clients’ specific needs in casualty, property, marine, benefits, brand protection and other lines. Every day, in every time zone, the most well-known and respected organizations place their trust in us to help their employees regain health and productivity, guide their consumers through the claims process, protect their brand and minimize business interruptions. Our more than 31,000 colleagues across 80 countries embrace our shared purpose and values as they demonstrate what it means to work for an organization committed to doing the right thing – one where caring counts. Join us! Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do, and we start by taking care of you, our valued colleague. A career at Sedgwick means experiencing our culture of caring. It means having flexibility and time for all the things that are important to you. It’s an opportunity to do something meaningful, each and every day. It’s having support for your mental, physical, financial and professional needs. It means sharpening your skills and growing your career. And it means working in an environment that celebrates diversity and is fair and inclusive. A career at Sedgwick is where passion meets purpose to make a positive impact on the world through the people and organizations we serve. If you are someone who is driven to make a difference, who enjoys a challenge and above all, if you’re someone who cares, there’s a place for you here. Join us and contribute to Sedgwick being a great place to work. Great Place to Work® Top 100 Most Loved Workplace® Forbes Best-in-State Employer

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Job description

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.

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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