[Hiring] Building Consultant - Agricultural Subsidence @Sedgwick

Role Description

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 of subsidence
• Identify appropriate mitigation measures
• 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
• Support 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
• Providing 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
• Collaborate on the development of suitable strategies and solutions for complex or challenging claims
• Play a key role in maintaining the quality, consistency, and accuracy of technical reporting across the business
• Lead quality assurance activities and support the ongoing development of Project Managers
• Help 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.

Qualifications

• A full UK Driving License is essential
• Working towards or have a chartered building professional qualification, e.g., MCIOB, MRICS, MICE
• Ideally, an insurance qualification, e.g., CILA or CII
• Comprehensive expertise in identifying and diagnosing structural defects and subsidence in buildings
• Understanding prevention methods to halt ongoing damage
• Applying effective repair techniques, particularly for subsidence-related issues and drainage systems
• Experience in insurance claims handling would be beneficial
• Ability to make decisions, deliver excellent customer service, and communicate effectively with empathy

Benefits

• Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience, and qualifications
• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
• Participation in an appropriate incentive (bonus) scheme
• Company car or monthly car allowance
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
• Life assurance
• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
• Wellbeing and digital GP apps
• Group Income Protection
• 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

Company Description

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).