Surveyor/Buildings Claims Estimator: DFP52830

• Due to growth and success, a newly established FCA-regulated firm of loss assessors are seeking an experienced Estimator/Buildings Claims Technician/Surveyor or a Junior Estimator/Buildings Coordinator looking for your next step in your career to join their already established team.
• You will act on behalf of Policyholders dealing with general perils predominantly escape of water/floods.
• This will be an exciting time to join where you will play a vital part of the growth of the business and continue with their journey.
• As well as experienced Loss Assessors the team consist of professional Building Surveyors and highly skilled Contractors working with a wide range of clients including letting agents, building managers and homeowners.

Key responsibilities:

• Attending site visits 75% of the week covering the Glasgow/Edinburgh areas within an hour radius, assessing property damage, producing scopes/estimates, and writing reports
• Handling end to end mitigation, on-site damage assessment, raising and managing the claim within the Insurer
• Be the first response on incidents, scoping damage, leading Insurer negotiations on site and managing contractors through reinstatement

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:

• Experienced in handling buildings repair reinstatements
• Be able to put together scopes of works/schedules
• A background working in the construction/buildings trade, property reinstatements or within the Insurance Claims Industry dealing with end-to-end property repairs
• Ideally experienced conducting site visits to assess damage to properties
• Experience in dealing with the reinstatement of properties due to general perils damage
• Exceptional communication skills, face to face, written and verbal
• Good IT/Systems experience
• Be happy to travel to site visits
• A competitive annual salary is on offer, a company vehicle or paid company mileage, 30 days holiday including bank holidays and pension.
• The role is remote working.