Sedgwick
Development Building Consultant
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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.
Development Building Consultant
Job Location: UK wide
Job Type: Permanent
Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Development Building Consultant UK wide.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an aspiring Development Building Consultant to join our award-winning Subsidence Services Division, working across the UK.
In this role, you’ll work towards managing a portfolio of domestic and commercial subsidence claims from initial assessment to completion of repairs. The position is designed to support professional development, providing exposure to diagnosis, mitigation strategies, and repair solutions, with the opportunity to broaden your technical expertise over time.
You will work closely with experienced consultants, and specialist service providers, developing your capability in assessing structural movement and contributing to effective resolution strategies. Strong communication and collaboration will be central to your success as you progress your skills within a supportive, knowledge-sharing environment.
This role is ideal for someone seeking a career development pathway, who enjoys balancing technology-led solutions with hands-on site experience and is motivated to grow within a specialist technical discipline.
The skills you will have when you apply:
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- Qualifications: Most important is a passion for the built environment and a willingness to work towards a recognised building qualification (e.g. MCIOB, MRICS, MICE). Existing building related qualifications are advantageous. Insurance qualifications (CILA/CII) desirable, with development support available.
- Technical Capability: You will have a sound technical foundation or emerging experience in identifying structural defects and subsidence, with opportunities to further develop expertise in: diagnosis of building movement; mitigation techniques, repair solutions, including underpinning schemes. Ongoing learning across a wide variety of cases will support continued technical development.
- Insurance Claims Handling: Experience in insurance claims handling is a plus, but training will be provided.
- Customer Service: Ability to make decisions, deliver excellent customer service, and communicate effectively with empathy.
The skills that will be developed once working:
- Comprehensive Training: You'll receive all the Sedgwick-specific training needed to excel in your role.
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
- Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
- Flexible working from our office or your home
Health & support
- Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
- Group Income Protection
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Other benefits
- Voluntary benefits – green car scheme, dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP applications
- Discounts on various products and services
This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry
At Sedgwick, not only will you be working behind the scenes for some of the UK's most trusted insurance brands helping to resolve millions of claims every year, you'll also be an architect of tomorrow's insurance landscape with Sedgwick University. Our proprietary offering is the most comprehensive training and development program in the industry with more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue your formal education – all available to you starting from your very first day.
You'll join a community passionate about making a difference, where every role contributes to a larger mission; protecting people and businesses. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to shape the future of insurance.
Next steps for you:
Think we'd be a great match? Apply now – we want to hear from you.
If you’re unsure whether you have all the skills needed then do apply – we are looking for all backgrounds from seasoned professionals to those returning to the workforce, and everyone in-between.
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).
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