Job Ref: 213935295

Date: 2021-06-09 11:57:19

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Buildings Insurance Surveyor
Milton Keynes

Barrett Corp & Harrington are excited to be entering a further phase of expansion and are seeking a talented surveyor to join our friendly team. Now in our 15th year, we are a successful RICS regulated surveying company that provides Reinstatement Cost Assessments and risk assessments to the insurance market.

We work for, or alongside, many leading insurers, brokers and property managing agents to provide property owners with the reinstatement cost for their buildings; this advice informs their insurance purchase. We have built a strong reputation for assessing all types of buildings but are seen as the ‘go-to’ company for the large, complex, or historic.

We are seeking a surveyor with relevant experience to join our team as a Buildings Insurance Surveyor. Home based, you will travel to survey properties in the south east,

Midlands and perhaps further afield, as required with possible overnight stays. Regular training meetings are generally at our Warwickshire office, with some being more social and with the potential for overnight stays.

In return the surveyor can expect a salary iro £30-35k, access to a bonus system with earning potential of 10-20% of base, mileage, healthcare benefits, pension scheme, 5 weeks annual leave, career progression and support towards any role relevant qualifications.

Duties/ Responsibilities include:

* Project manage your own case load of surveying duties across a broad spectrum of residential and commercial buildings: this includes making appointments, attending site to measure and record the building and external construction, preparing a scale drawing, an elemental costing and client report

* Responsibility for ‘self-sign off’ of your own work, within set parameters

* Responsibility for peer review of colleagues’ work, within set parameters; coach colleagues on improvements as required

* Answer client and stakeholder queries

About you:

* Experience of building surveying, loss adjusting, Home Buyers reports, Energy Surveys, preparation of cost estimates or similar

* A relevant degree or further education

* Good knowledge of building pathology and the ability to describe the principal construction methods and materials used in any building.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills

* Commercial awareness – good understanding of business principles and experience of working with various stakeholders

* Although not essential insurance or loss adjusting experience would be advantageous

If you are a self-starter with buckets of initiative, have a passion for buildings and a wish that two days are never the same, this is the role for you

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